INTERNATIONAL The Salamanca Statement and Framework for Action (UNESCO 1994)
Commentary and document to download: http://www.csie.org.uk/inclusion/unesco-salamanca.shtml
The Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013
A European programme that supports education and training across Europe
http://www.lifelonglearningprogramme.org.uk/ European Inclusion Initiative
Working to ensure that the European Lifelong learning programme is open and accessible to all.
Case studies include projects for adults on the autism spectrum or with behavioural problems, those with hearing impairments, homeless people, migrant workers, young people at risk, people with mental problems.
http://www.llpinclusion.eu/ Mobility International USA: electronic mailing list
National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange E-News
Mobility International USA's electronic mailing list is for sharing information and resources that will encourage greater inclusion and increased participation of people with disabilities in international exchange programs. A monthly posting includes information about international exchange scholarships, disability resources worldwide, highlights of people's stories, new publications and much more. Announcements are inclusive of all disability types and all types of international exchange and development.
http://www.miusa.org/ncde/aboutncde/mailinglist VIVACE – Voices for Inclusion, Voices for Access to Language Learning and Cultural Education
VIVACE aims to provide a route to the experience of language learning for disadvantaged groups and individuals and helps them overcome some of the barriers they face in engaging with their own immediate environment and with the idea of the linguistic variety of the European Union more broadly.
http://www.vivaceproject.co.uk/
Guidelines for educational providers, organisations, charities, voluntary bodies, national and regional agencies, etc. working to improve the living experience of marginalised, disadvantaged and excluded young people and adults.
http://www.vivaceproject.co.uk/guidelines/introduction.php
SCOTLAND
[7.12.11] Support Manual: Towards excellent support for children and young people
'Guidance to ensure that all managers and practitioners effectively meet the additional support needs of children and young people'. The document updates and builds on Effective Provision for Special Educational Needs and the Manual of Good Practice. As an introduction to ASN, it is well worth perusing. Although developed for Perth and Kinross Council, its comprehensive coverage of policy and practice makes it relevant throughout Scotland.
http://www.pkc.gov.uk/internet/flashmag/national%20asn%20manual/pageflip.html EFfective Provision for Special Educational Needs (EPSEN)
Published by HMIe in Scotland in 1994 but still relevant.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/1994/01/65/File-1
SQA Subject Guidance: Introduction to Assessment Arrangements
http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/36298.2000.html
Links on the right provide general guidance:
Introduction to Assessment; Using Sign in SQA Exams; Assessment Arrangements Explained; Adapted Digital Question Papers; English as an Additional Language in SQA Exams; Quality Assurance; Assessment Arrangements Guide for Candidates; Assessment Arrangements Guide for Parents. CALL Centre Scotland (Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning)
Specialist expertise in technology for children who have speech, communication and/or writing difficulties.
Information and resources on how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can make a major impact on the education of children and people with special educational and communication needs.
http://www.callscotland.org.uk/Home/ The National Framework for Inclusion
http://www.frameworkforinclusion.org/
Learning and Teaching Scotland: Inclusion and Equality website
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/supportinglearners/positivelearningenvironments/inclusionandequality/ Teachability
The University of Strathclyde's Teachability website publishes booklets for academic staff on how to make course content accessible for students with disabilities.
http://www.teachability.strath.ac.uk Learning and Teaching Scotland: Supporting learners
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/supportinglearners/ The National Framework – Supporting learners from early years to positive, sustained destinations
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/supportinglearners/whatissupport/thenationalframework.asp [3.3.11] HMIE and inclusion
Scotland: Why Inclusion?
http://www.hmie.gov.uk/Generic/HMIE+and+Inclusion
Inclusion Reference Manual:
http://www.hmie.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/79D06B05-9F96-41C5-A2F5-4675FDE9C9FC/0/InclusionManualDecember2008forinternet.pdf [15.10.11] Strategic review of learning provision for children and young people with complex additional support needs
The Doran Review interim report of 3/10/11 includes comprehensive background information on terminology, history of provision, legal issues, policy and practice in meeting additional suopport needs.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/DoranReview/Documents/Reports/Interimreport1 [23.12.11] Learning support for disabled social works and teaching students guide
A Guide for lecturers, tutors and others. Published by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
http://www.gtcs.org.uk/news-events/news/gtcs-sssc-support-disabled-social-work-teaching-students-guide.aspx ENGLAND and UK Department for children, schools and families (DCFS)
Key Stage 2 Framework for languages Part 3: Section 4: Inclusion – languages for all considers:
- teaching and supporting children with Special Educational Needs
- identifying an supporting linguistically able children
- teaching and supporting pupils for whom English is an additional language Some quotations:
It is important that all children, including those with special educational needs, linguistically able children and children who are learning English as an additional language are integrated into language lessons and that their particular learning needs are fully supported. Evidence suggests that children can operate in a new language at the same conceptual and linguistic level as in their own language; this ease of transference promotes general linguistic development. National Strategies website: KS2 Framework for languages
Part 3 includes:
Section 3 Integrating languages into the rest of the curriculum
Section 4 Inclusion – Languages for all
Download the whole of Part 3 here:
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/229142?uc=force_uj
Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) - Inclusion and Special Educational Needs
Effective, inclusive teaching helps all learners reach their full potential, whatever their needs.
http://www.qcda.gov.uk/curriculum/80.aspx
The National Strategies – Inclusion
The Achievement For All project: Guidance for schools
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/inclusion
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTATION AND PROJECTS Special Educational Needs in Europe: The Teaching and Learning of Languages: Insights and Innovation
European Commission, January 2005
The full 208-page report and a 6-page summary can be found at this address:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/doc/special_en.pdf LINGO: 50 ways to motivate language learners
This EU study is available to download at http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/pdf/doc439_en.pdf English without Frontiers
This EU funded project offers a curriculum (method, syllabus and materials) for teaching English as a Foreign Language to adult learners with intellectual disabilities or learning difficulties. The curriculum was developed by an international consortium as part of the Barrier-Free Language Learning project to demonstrate that adult learners with intellectual disabilities can and want to learn foreign languages. Even if the materials themselves are not of interest to you, there is plenty of good advice on screen that can be applied in teaching any language.
http://www.englishwithoutfrontiers.com/ European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education
Facilitates the collection, processing and transfer of European level and country specific information.
http://www.european-agency.org/ ALLEGRO - Languages break barriers
A project which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of language learning among agencies and organisations outside the field of teaching and learning and promote opportunities for disadvantaged groups to learn a foreign language
http://allegro.acs.si/home Inclusive education: Knowing what we mean
A free study unit from the Open University's Learning Space
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?name=E848_1 TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE LEARNING Ideas, inspiration and support are available from specialist providers such as Inclusive Technology (http://www.inclusive.co.uk); Crick (http://www.cricksoft.com); Sherston (http://www.sherston.com) MISCELLANEOUS Inclusion classes in USA, Austria and Italy An account by Marianna Buultjens of her visits to schools in three countries. From the Newsletter of the Scottish Sensory Centre.
http://www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/resources/general/internat.html Mobility International USA
Empowering people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development. http://www.miusa.org/
A World Awaits You An online journal full of firsthand accounts by people with disabilities about their success in international exchange programs and their advice for others: http://www.miusa.org/ncde/away/index_html Provision of Modern Foreign Languages for lower achievers and pupils with special educational needs in secondary schools In England, Scotland and the Czech Republic Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of M.Litt to the University Of Glasgow Faculty of Education, May 2008 by Mary Clare McEachern - Kelly
http://theses.gla.ac.uk/218/01/2008McEachern-KellyMlitt.pdf New Jersey World Languages Curriculum Framework
See, in particular:
Chapter 12: Instructional adaptations for students with diverse needs. In two parts: 1. Adaptations for students with disabilities. 2. Adaptations for exceptionally able (gifted) learners
Appendix C: Methodology for innovative instruction
Appendix D: Instructional strategies
Appendix E: Graphic organizers
http://www.state.nj.us/education/frameworks/worldlanguages/ Language Learning Disabilities: Theoretical and Practical Tools for English Teachers in Finnish Upper Secondary School
A 2005 thesis by Katrina Viskari for the Department of Languages University of JYVÄSKYLÄ, Finland. The introduction is in Finnish, the main paper is in English.
https://jyx.jyu.fi/dspace/bitstream/handle/123456789/7414/URN_NBN_fi_jyu-2005164.pdf?sequence=1 Foreign language education for all students
A position paper from the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL) (USA) http://www.ncssfl.org/papers/index.php?allstudents Links
This page on wikispaces has links to sites dealing with second language learning for learners with various learning difficulties: http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/Special+Needs French immersion programme
With more than 60 per cent of students in Ottawa now choosing the immersion route and studying almost exclusively in French, there are growing concerns that it has become a de facto method of selecting and streaming pupils.
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6069346 Using symbols
Do you use symbols with your students? Do you use also use symbols for foreign language learning?
The stories here (French, German, Spanish and Dutch) are long and quite advanced, but they may give you some ideas about how you could use symbols to support foreign language learning in your own context.
http://www.symbolworld.org/learning/languages/index.htm Making independent language learning accessible to disabled university students
This downloadable Guide to Good Practice provides details of design and provision of resources as well as technological aids, lists of contact organisations and useful websites. It includes the following downloadable appendices:
Appendix 2: The current state of electronic mobility devices and electronic orientation aids for blind and partially sighted people
Appendix 3: Case study 1 - Gita Ganger, partially sighted university language student
Appendix 4: Case study 2 - Clare Mar-Molinero, partially sighted member of university language staff
Appendix 5: Accessibility and the language learner with dyslexia.
http://www.llas.ac.uk/resources/goodpractice.aspx?resourceid=1411 Making your teaching inclusive
Detailed information and advice from the Open University for those teaching disabled students at tertiary level.
Barriers to learning: http://www.open.ac.uk/inclusiveteaching/pages/inclusive-teaching/index.php
Preparing to teach inclusively: http://www.open.ac.uk/inclusiveteaching/pages/inclusive-teaching/preparing-to-teach-inclusively.php Latin for students with Learning Disabilities
A short paper from the University of Colorado, US that includes reasons why Latin is a viable choice for students with learning problems, a list of characteristics that describe the ideal teacher for students with learning disabilities (not just languages - so may be of more general interest), and The Organizational Characteristics of an Ideal Latin Class are Appropriate for LD Students (which, again, may have more general application).
http://www.camws.org/cpl/educators/LatinforLDbrochure.pdf Latinteach
Another blog dedicated to the teaching and learning of Latin, including views on teaching Latin to students with learning difficulties.
http://latinteach.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html Foreign language learning and Special Needs Children
Some useful links on early learning benefits:
http://www.cal.org/earlylang/benefits/special_needs.html Books for all: curriculum materials for students with ASN
http://www.booksforall.org.uk/Home/ Creating Accessible Teaching and Support (CATS)
A website from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council that aims to encourage equitable, inclusive access to university education for people with disabilities. It provides information about inclusive teaching, learning, assessment and support. http://www.adcet.edu.au/Cats Hertfordshire Grid for Learning: Slower Learners
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/mfl/ks3-4-5/inclusion/index.shtml Languages for all
A CD support pack for teaching languages to children with special educational needs. For teachers working at Key Stage 2 or with older learners working at or below level 2. The pack includes a 12-page FAQs booklet and a CD containing key documents, teaching ideas, resources and guidance on tracking pupils’ progress. An excellent resource from CILT. For more information:
http://www.cilt.org.uk/shop/product.aspx?id=117 Language learning with a diverse range of learners
For a series of case studies, see:
http://www.specialeducationalneeds.com/case/case.html Can I learn Spanish if I have a disability?
Some comments from a teacher.
http://edufire.com/content/articles/343-can-i-learn-spanish-if-i-have-a-learning-disability [27.3.11] Example of an inclusive school policy on language learning
Kenilworth Primary School, Hertfordshire UK
http://www.kenilworth.herts.sch.uk/policies/Modern%20Foreign%20Languages.pdf [1.6.11] Including pupils with SEN and/or disabilities in Primary modern languages
A training toolkit for Primary PGCE tutors and trainees
http://www.tda.gov.uk/school-leader/school-improvement/sen-and-disability/sen-training-resources/one-year-itt-programmes/~/media/resources/teacher/sen/primary/modernforeignlanguagesmfl.pdf [28.7.11] Including pupils with SEN and/or disabilities in Secondary modern languages
A training toolkit for Secondary PGCE tutors and trainees.
http://www.tda.gov.uk/school-leader/school-improvement/sen-and-disability/sen-training-resources/one-year-itt-programmes/~/media/resources/teacher/sen/secondary/modernforeignlanguagesmfl.pdf [1.8.11] Books for All: improving accessibility to curricular materials for print disabled pupils
The project supports local authorities, teachers and other practitioners in the provision of adapted learning materials in accessible, alternative formats for pupils who have difficulties reading ordinary printed books.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/resources/b/booksforallcurricularmaterials/introduction.asp Home – Themes and topics – Resource finder – Site map - CfE main page | 
