Scottish Government

Organisation

Title of project and outcomes

AWARDS

2002-2004

AFASIC

Understanding Dyspraxia: DCD at home and school.

In 2001, AFASIC Scotland and the Dyspraxia Foundation collaborated to develop guidance for teachers on working with children affected by Dyspraxia:DCD in early years. The guidance was distributed to primary schools and has stimulated high levels of interest. This new project aims to evaluate guidance and disseminate findings.

£12,275.00

AFASIC

Promoting Positive Partnerships.- The project will bring together the voluntary sector, local parent groups (AFASIC), education authorities and Health trusts. The aim is to develop a programme, and models for empowering parents, within a framework of constructive partnership which will support the development of inclusive educational provision.

£163,750.00

(9) Barnardo's

Achieving inclusion for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

the project will fund an Education Inclusion Development Officer who will draw together the learning derived from Barnardo's Scotland projects concerned with inclusive education disseminate the learning from this practice. The work will aim to:

• Highlight the barriers to achieving inclusive education for children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties.
• Identify the factors and conditions most likely to achieve successful inclusive education for children with SEBD.
• Identify the place and role of special provision within the overall system.
• Disseminate findings throughout the public and voluntary education services throughout Scotland.
• Assess the optimum conditions for inter-agency collaboration aimed at achieving inclusive education.

£ 95,877.00

(10) Barnardo's

Sustainability through befriending.

The project will secure funding for three volunteer co-ordinators who will be linked to three Barnardo's education services across Scotland. The co-ordinators will enable the recruitment and support of volunteer befrienders who will be matched with children with SEBD. The aim of the befriending will be to maintain the children in mainstream education or, if they are excluded, support their re-integration back into mainstream. Befrienders will work with children in the 5-15 age range. Partnership with parents and families is also a key feature of this application.

£187,125.00

Capability Scotland

Parents as Partners

The project aims to help parents to become actively involved in the development of educational provision for their children. The project will:

• Encourage partnership between parents and professionals.
• Influence service provision to meet the needs of pupils and families.
• Encourage inclusion of more children with SEN in mainstream schools.
• Give parents the skills and confidence to continue to build strong networks.

£147,100.00

Capability Scotland

Supporting the Inclusion of Pupils with Physical Disabilities in Mainstream Schools- The project aims to help physically disabled pupils access activities with a disabled peer group to develop confidence, self esteem and positive self image. Project outcomes include:

• A local authority conference for disabled and non-disabled pupils and staff across sectors.
• Direct work with pupils in mainstream provision and their families.
• A training resource for staff working with pupils with SEN in mainstream education.
• Increased capacity on the part of schools to fully include pupils with SEN.

£105,500.00

Collusion Theatre Company

Activate!- Activate! is an arts based project which strives to develop confidence and imagination of participants. The project will involve three local authorities and special needs Activate! groups will be established in each area. The intention is to develop good relationships and understanding between pupils of all abilities and needs and to engage in joint projects. To culminate in an Activate! two day national festival which will involve presentations, workshops and sharing of experiences.

£68,738.00

Down's Syndrome Scotland

Inclusion in Secondary Schools Training Pack- The aim of the project is to produce a training pack for staff in mainstream secondary schools and local authorities which will enable fully inclusive experiences for children and young people with Down's Syndrome. The materials will target transition stage from P7 to S1 and all of the secondary stages. The work should:

• Facilitate the inclusion of pupils with SEN into mainstream.
• Identify the conditions that make for effective inclusion.
• Help to challenge the thinking and attitudes which prevent inclusion.

£ 60,233.08

Dyslexia Scotwest

Dyslexia Friendly Schools - Development Officer will work with East Renfrewshire Education Department, to put together criteria and Award pack that will have to be fulfilled by every school. Will involve parents, young people and professionals

£79,356

Edinburgh Youth Social Inclusion Partnership

Social Inclusion Partnership- The project seeks to enable secondary school-aged young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties to participate effectively in decision making. It will:

• Develop and test approaches to participation in decision making.
• Prepare and disseminate training and resource materials via a toolkit to a range of practitioners.
• Influence development of future policy and practice in Edinburgh in relation to young people's participation in decision making, in an educational context.

£173,972.01

ENABLE

Supporting our Children Speak (SOCS)- The project aims to promote the rights of children and young people (12-18 years old) through establishing a National Special Educational Needs Advocacy Forum. The Forum will:

• Promote the views of children and young people to schools, local authorities and other bodies providing services to children with SEN.
• Promote a children's advocacy model to schools for special educational needs.
• Support the establishment of local advocacy groups - linking them to the National Forum.
• Establish a national picture of children's issues - being better able to represent the views of children and young people to the Scottish Executive.

£80,612.00

ENABLE

B.A.S.E - Bridging Aberdeenshire Special Education

The project aims to improve the abilities, skills and capacity of the school and local employers to encourage the transition of SEN pupils from school to the world of work through the development of:

• two Pupil Forums to explore future plans;
• a transitional group within the school involving a joint group of young people, parents and teachers, special needs careers staff, college staff, social work staff and employers;
• a curriculum appropriate to the needs of young people with special needs;
• links with mainstream pupils and pupils with special needs;
• a vocational profile for each young person involved in the project - this profile will be used to arrange taster work experiences and placements;
• training to employers and school staff.

£79,734.00

ENABLE

B.A.S.E. - Bridging Angus Special Education.

project aims to improve the abilities, skills and capacity of mainstream schools and local employers to encourage the transition of SEN pupils from school to the world of work by:

• Establishing pupil forums to explore future plans.
• Developing a curriculum appropriate to the needs of young people.
• Increasing links with mainstream pupils and pupils with special needs.
• Developing 20 vocational profiles.
• Linking with adult providers and employers.
• Increasing school capacity for preparing pupils for the world of work.
• Increasing employer capacity to employ young people with special needs.

£91,562.00

Govan Law Centre

Education Law Unit.

The Education Law Unit will provide:

• Tailored training in education law to education authorities, the advice sector, parents' groups and SEN mediators. It will cover all areas of education law relating to special educational needs.
• Expert legal advice to local and national agencies.
• Information on SEN law which will be made accessible to pupils and parents via leaflets and the inter-net.
• Develop mediation pilots in liaison with ENQUIRE

£ 141918.25

Highland Society for the Blind

View Point Highland

The objectives of the project are to establish a:

• Highland youth forum to identify and challenge barriers to social inclusion.
• Network for mutual support and confidence building.

Achieving these outcomes will involve the appointment of a full time youth development worker who will facilitate the youth forum and (through consultation with the young people involved) the development of training/conferences and a range of multi-media resources.

£ 57,179.00

MELDI

Social Inclusion of Minority Ethnic Disabled Children: development of a national network of Bilingual Key-workers to empower children and families.

The project aims to:

• Empower families/carers of minority ethnic disabled children in order that they are able to make informed decisions about their children's education and welfare.
• Promote sustainable change in the practice of statutory and voluntary organisations so that they can meet their legal duties in the provision of services to this client group.

Outcomes will include:

• A team of trained volunteer and/or paid Bilingual key workers to work with families.
• A more sensitised service capable of developing culturally inclusive provision for minority ethnic disabled children and their families.

£113,625.00

National Autistic Society

Training for professionals working in the field of autistic spectrum disorders.

The project aims to lay the foundations for 'joined-up' training for professionals working in the field of autistic spectrum disorder. At present, training initiatives are disparate and there is no national perspective either on the extent of needs or on co-ordinated approaches to addressing these. The project will:

• Review current training provision for ASD in Scotland.
• Identify gaps in provision.
• Develop a targeted national training framework.

£69,972.00

National Autistic Society

Action for Autism - Dumfries and Galloway

The project focuses on the need to integrate local services for children and young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The project aims to:

• Strengthen the role of parents in shaping local services to children and adults with ASD.
• Increase the skills and knowledge of frontline staff.
• Facilitate the development of integrated care plans using the Child Locality Disability Team framework.
• Provide audits of need for post 16 provision and for a Family Club.
• Host a regional conference to disseminate good practice from the project.

£ 97,121.48

National Autistic Society

Dundee/NAS Partnership - Out of School Care

The project will provide additional resources and support for children and young people with ASD through the establishment of four Out of School care programmes within four identified schools in Dundee. Through this work, a network of 'autism friendly' out of school services will be established.

£192,381.92

Parent to Parent Tayside

Mediation and advice for parents of children win SEN in Perth & Kinross

The funding will enable the project manager to:

• Be trained in mediation skills.
• Form an advisory group.
• Attend educational review meetings to reduce confrontation.
• Work with schools and parents to identify the resources required to enable children to participate in mainstream schools.

The project aims to improve communication and empower parents.

£43,504.00

Right Track

Alternatives to Exclusion - New Model Education Initiative

This project aims to provide an early intervention programme for pupils who are effectively excluded from mainstream education. Outcomes include:

• Stabilising the lifestyles of 30-40 seriously excluded young people of age 14-15 years.
• 45% of pupils to be re-integrated into mainstream provision with relevant support on either full/part-time basis.
• 55% of pupils to progress to a more career focussed personal development programme before attainment of school leaving age.
• Project attendance to increase to an average of 85%.

£ 77,924.00

RNIB

If I can't read it, I can't learn it. Accessing information: planning and implementation.

The main outcome of this project is the publication of a planning and implementation guide for the 32 education authorities and independent schools in Scotland to help them fulfil their new planning duty in relation to 'accessible information' (ref. to the Education (Disabilities Strategies and Pupils'Educational Records) (Scotland) Bill and the SEN and Disability Act 2001. The project will focus on three related areas:

• planning for accessible information;
• in-house production of alternative format educational materials;
• highlighting good practice within the three partnership local authorities

£ 24,952.00

RNID

Forth Valley Deaf Aware

The project will establish a Forth Valley wide Deaf Education Development Team which will:

• Develop best practice guidelines for deaf children in Forth Valley Schools.
• Set up a Deaf Pupils Forum to provide opportunity to involve young people in the development work.
• Develop a one to one advocacy service for deaf pupils in the Forth Valley.
• Provide deaf awareness training to pupils and staff in Forth Valley Schools focusing on P7 and S1.
• Provide support to a cohort of deaf pupils from P7 through the transition to S1 over the two year programme.

£138,053.10

Scottish Sensory Centre

The Achievements of Deaf Pupils in Scotland (ADPS)

The project will build on the work of the current ADPS project, but will also include completely new innovative elements. It will:

• Provide longitudinal data, collected on a yearly basis, which will allow measurement of value-added aspects of pupil development.
• Provide evidence on which to build genuinely inclusive practices within schools and services.
• Track the achievements of a whole national population of deaf children.
• Facilitate effective planning of provision for sensory impaired pupils.
• The development of standalone databases for local authorities as a tool for strategic planning.
• Involve parents and young people in data collection and decision making.

£238,352.00

Scottish Society for Autism

National Autism Education Advisory Service

The project aims to provide an education advisory service which focuses specifically on Autistic Spectrum Disorders and the issues surrounding it. The project seeks to:

• Reduce the exclusion of ASD pupils from local authority education provision.
• Provide a range of ASD training events or advice to enhance the knowledge base in local authority education provision.
• Work in partnership with other authorities outwith the established partnership area.
• Enable families to gain maximum benefit from the educational opportunities available from local authorities.
• To promote participation of ASD pupils in decisions which affect them and maximise opportunities for self-advocacy.

£158,249.00

Scottish Support for Learning

Celebrating partnerships to support children and young people.

Outcomes will include:

• Publication of a handbook of good practice illustrating models of partnership to support the learning of vulnerable children and young people.
• Celebrating and exploring good practice through a national conference.
• Fostering local partnerships between local authorities and networked groups of professionals to share further examples of good practice.

£ 2,907.00

Sense Scotland

Listening to children with severe communication impairment: phase II - dissemination and development.

Funding for the project will be used to disseminate the findings of Phase I of the Listening to Children project. The report and practical resources produced during Phase I will be further strengthened by presentations on the development of personal passports. Further practical resources will also be developed as Phase I highlighted a lack of resources to assist in listening to children who have complex communication and support needs.

£ 41,085.00

Sleep Scotland

Development of Sleep Counselling Service

This service seeks to raise awareness of the importance of sleep as an issue for the families of children with special needs.

The project aims to:

• Run 4 multi-professional training courses, each with 16 participants.
• Set up 30 new Sleep Clinics.
• Establish a National Sleep Counselling Centre.
• Deliver continuing professional development including on ADHD and sleep issues.

The new funding will ensure that Sleep Counselling becomes part of the package of services offered to parents by local authorities.

£ 60,685.00

Scottish National Advisory Group (SNAG)

(SNAG) - run by Children in Scotland. This group comprises representatives from the voluntary and statutory sectors. Key aim is to provide and develop consultation events/conferences on behalf of the Executive eg national debate, Records of needs review. They can quickly obtain a broad range of views from the voluntary and statutory sectors.

£70,000

Stories in the Air

BSL Dictionary

The funding will be used to create and distribute a virtual reality BSL dictionary resource. Existing BSL dictionaries require a knowledge of English and are therefore unsuitable for young deaf children and adult BSL courses are difficult for parents to access. The project has identified a need for an attractive, accessible BSL dictionary resource targeted specifically at the parents/carers of deaf children. The resource will be made available via the inter-net and CD-ROM

£63,212.00

The Caledonian Award

Junior Award Project

The Junior Award is based on the core skills of the 5-14 curriculum. Based on achievement rather than attainment it involves the:

• Promotion of inclusive policies in mainstream, unit based and special schools.
• Development of links and shared skills between all participating schools.
• Full participation of teachers, parents, pupils and others involved in the development of Award activities and themes.

The project will involve employing, training and supporting development workers to work in local areas on a part-time sessional basis.

£ 71,000.00

The Disability Partnership - MOVE

MOVE: Partnerships for the Future

MOVE is an innovative teaching programme which helps children and adults with complex needs to take greater control of their lives giving them increased independence. The aims of the project are to:

• Promote the use of the MOVE programme as a tool to ensure collaborative working between statutory organisations.
• Demonstrate the benefits of the programme to local authorities.
• Offer to undertake an audit of current services based upon the principles of MOVE.
• Formulate a plan for the development of child/family centred collaborative working practices through the use of a structured and measurable framework (the MOVE programme).

£120,111.00

Scottish Dyslexia Trust (and Scottish Dyselxia Forum)

Count me In - Aims to provide practical support to teachers and parents in the educational inclusion of learners with dyslexia - will build on current best practice, and deliver a rang of tools and materials in variety of formats to improve understanding and skills in responding to dyslexia within schools.

£102,875.00

The Yard

Play Inclusive

The project will develop and disseminate expertise on the use of play to foster participation, inclusion and understanding between children with diverse abilities and special needs. It will:

• Initiate and implement play projects focussing on inclusion and participation with 4 schools for primary aged children of diverse abilities and special needs.
• Develop learning packs based on the good practice identified from the 4 school based projects.
• Disseminate findings through the media and training/development opportunities.
• Explore the possibility of establishing a Play Inclusive education outreach team at The Yard.

£ 53,728.00

University of Strathclyde

Collaborative professional development for pupils with developmental disorders.

The main proportion of the funding will be used to employ a consultant to construct an open learning course on children's developmental difficulties such as specific language impairment and Dyspraxia. The course will be taken by professionals from a variety of disciplines, gathered together for collaborative professional development.

£ 80,772.00

University of Strathclyde

" Share" - development of home-school links: the Lanarkshire Programme of Support for child and family, post diagnosis, for families of children with autism in the early years.

The funding will be used to recruit two link workers for liaison between the homes of pre-school children with autism and the range of public services they will receive in Lanarkshire. The link workers will be trained in the 'joint-play communication approach' developed at the Universities of Strathclyde and Edinburgh. The outcomes will include:

• Improved communication in children with autism.
• Better targeted IEPs.
• Improved liaison between families and professionals and the active involvement of parents in the development of the joint-play approach.

£179,360.00

Voluntary Action Lewis

Open Sesame II

This project seeks to:

• Develop training programmes for befrienders, mentors and buddies.
• Connect families and the community via the development of a databank of organisations who can help to facilitate participation.
• Raise awareness of issues relating to children and young people with special needs.
• Build parent capacity and empower through parent workshops.
• Increase the range, quality and breadth of activities that young people can access.

£130,700.00

Young People Speak Out

Video Groupwork with Pupils Experiencing Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties.

A full time project worker will work with groups of young people who are in need of support and who have been identified as being ' at risk of exclusion'. Outcomes will include:

For the school - improvements in behaviour, attendance and participation in learning. For the young people involved - increased confidence; better self control; improved social skills;increased involvement in community activities.

Video is used to record interviews, role plays, drama sketches, documentaries etc. The aim is to encourage young people to speak out and reflect on their individual circumstances, and develop their own unique video story.

£76,247.00

Scottish Marriage Care

Emotional Intelligences Project: Looked After Children.

The project aims to:

• Provide professional curricula materials for the teaching of emotional intelligence for mainstream and special education.
• Deliver training to teachers and support staff in the specialist area of relationship education.
• Establish an early intervention education strategy to promote stability and security for children or young people in preparation for adult relationships.
• Demonstrate that relationship education is a critical foundation on which to build sex education, citizenship and community.

£ 30,500.00

Total of Proposed New Projects

£3,782,247.84

Core Funding Requests 2002 - 2004

CALLCentre

They provide specialist expertise in technology for children who have speech/communication and/or writing difficulties. Their objectives include - developing new approaches to the use of IT, Research and Development projects, to provide specialist assessment, advice and support and to provide a loan bank of specialised technology

£405,140.00

ENQUIRE

Provides general advice across the whole spectrum of SEN. The main elements of the service are an advice and information help-line, training support to local networks, holding national conferences/events, producing a variety of publications (Including the Parents Guide to SEN) and taking forward a pilot mediation project.

Run by Children in Scotland (contract concludes March 2003).

£506,120.00

Scottish Sensory Centre

They provide a national source of advice and guidance to teachers and others working with pupils with visual or hearing impairment. Objectives include providing access, advice and training for professionals and parents; maintaining a database and library and carry out research and development.

£331,672.34

Total of Core Funding Requests

£1,242,932.34