personal care
Level D builds on what has been learned at levels B and C. Level B introduces
the principles of privacy, dignity and safeguarding.
Level C builds upon this by extending the areas covered and by offering additional
perspectives.
In Level D focuses on principles of safeguarding, school inspection frameworks and
staff training.
The materials in this level are intended to provide those working with children with SLD/PMLD/CLDD tools to be able to:
- Clearly articulate a rationale for the development of plans for individuals in the areas listed in the previous slide by working with pupils, families and other professionals; and
- Critically reflect the development of policy and best practice in the area of physical/personal care and medical support in school by examining approaches in other professional settings.
Details of the professional standards that apply to all teachers in England can be obtained from the Department for Education website. These standards apply to all teachers regardless of their career stage and all aspects of the standards are relevant to teachers working with children with special educational needs.
As defined by the Department for Education Special Educational Needs Code of Practice (2001), children have special educational needs if they have a learning difficulty which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.
Children have a learning difficulty if they have:
- A significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age, or
- A disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for children of the same age in schools within the area of the local education authority.
