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Planning to Improve Access to Education for Pupils with Disabilities
Guidance on Preparing Accessibility Strategies
Annex A - Bibliography and Useful Publications
Legislation
The following UK and Scottish Acts and statutory instruments (including regulations) can be viewed at http://www.hmso.gov.uk (for those post-1988) or should be available from:
The Stationery Office
71 Lothian Road, EDINBURGH, EH3 9AZ
Telephone: 0870 606 5566; General Enquiries: 0870 600 5522
Parliamentary orders: 08457 023474
http://www.clicktso.com - see the 'Legislation, Acts and SIs' link
Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils' Educational Records)(Scotland) Act 2002
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - as amended by:
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
The Education (National Priorities) (Scotland) Order 2000
Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000
Education (Scotland) Act 1980 - Scottish Statutory Instrument No.443
Race Relations Act 1976 (
Human Rights Act 1998
Fire Precautions Act 1971 and related regulations
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/raceact/racerel1.htm ) Sex Discrimination Act 1975
Data Protection Act 1998
and the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000
The Code of Practice for Schools (Part IV) to accompany the new duties under the Disability Discrimination Act and the Code of Practice on Rights of Access: Goods, Facilities, Services and Premises (Part III), as well as translation, interpreting and communication fora, can be obtained from:
Disability Rights Commission
Telephone: 08457 622 633/Textphone: 08457 622 644
Fax: 08457 778 878
e-mail: enquiry@drc-gb.org website: http://www.drc-gb.org
Other useful publications
Circular 4/96 - Children and Young Persons with Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Recording - The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department, 1996 (copies of all Scottish Executive/Scottish Office documents listed are available from the Scottish Executive on 0131 244 7139)
A Manual of Good Practice in Special Educational Needs - The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department, 1998
Effective Provision for Special Educational Needs (A Report by HM Inspectors of Schools) - Scottish Office Education Department, 1994
Special Educational Needs: the Programme of Action - The Scottish Executive, 2000 (copies are available from the Stationery Office)
Assessing our children's educational needs - The Way Forward? - consultation document, Scottish Executive, 2001
Assessing our children's educational needs - The Way Forward? - Scottish Executive response to the consultation, Scottish Executive, 2002
Guidance on Presumption of Mainstream Education - Scottish Executive, 2002 Guidance on Education of Children Absent from School Through Ill Health, Scottish Executive, 2001
How good is our school?: 2002 Edition - Self Evaluation using Quality Indicators, HMIE, 2002
Quality Management in Education - Self Evaluation for Local Authority
Education Departments, Scottish Executive, 2000
Building Bulletin 94 - Inclusive School Design - Accommodating pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in mainstream schools - Department for Education and Employment, 2001. Copies are available from the Stationery Office.
website: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/schoolbuildings
Index for Inclusion - developing learning and participation in schools - Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, 2000. Copies are available from:
CSIE, 1 Redland Close, Elm Lane, Redland, BRISTOL. BS6 6UE.
Telephone: 0117 923 8450/Fax: 0117 923 8460
Success for All National Project: Target Setting within IEPs - 'Section 5: Inclusive Education: A framework for auditing effective learning and teaching', University of Aberdeen 2001. Copies are available from the University of Aberdeen, Faculty of Education on 01224 283527 (price 32.50) or can be downloaded from the website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/education/success
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