personal care
Level C of this module builds upon the learning at level B which introduces the
principles of privacy, dignity and safeguarding.
Level C builds upon this by extending the areas covered and by offering additional
perspectives.
The materials in this level are intended to provide those working with children with SLD/PMLD/CLDD the tools to be able to:
- Develop plans for individuals in some/all of the areas listed on the previous slide by working with pupils, families and other professionals;
- Articulate how these plans could be integrated into daily curriculum experience, and progress measured; and
- Contribute to whole school policy and leading the safe working practice of other class staff to ensure privacy and dignity for pupils receiving physical/personal care and medical support.
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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.
