• Paul Keenleyside, Executive Director of Nisai Education Trust
Workshop Outline
The term dual or multiple exceptionality (DME) is used in the UK to describe children who have both high learning potential and would be classed as having a special educational need because of a learning difficulty or a disability.
The workshop will give an overview of current approaches to the identification of, and support for, Dual and Multiple Exceptional learners in mainstream and AP settings. These approaches were developed following a commissioned project with Potential Plus UK. There will also be an exploration of an effective structure for delivering personalised learning (Universal Design for Learning – UDL) and how this has been used to effectively meet the needs of DME young people in both a virtual academy and alternative provision.
There will be signposting to resources for educators on identifying and supporting DME learners, and an opportunity to discuss what we can all learn from the experience of trying to ensure equitable education for this complex, and sometimes misunderstood, group of learners.
• This workshop is suitable for all colleagues working in mainstream and alternative provision settings who are working with learners who may have DME and are working to help them reach their full potential. It will also be of interest to colleagues looking for frameworks for the delivery of highly personalised learning experiences.
Presenter’s School
The Nisai Education Trust exists to develop innovation around, and understanding of, the potential of non-traditional learning. It undertakes this work this because the Trust passionately believe in Article 28 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – “Every child has a right to an education” – and that new approaches are needed if society is going to make good on this promise.
Nisai’s work has two main strands. Firstly, to promote awareness of non-traditional options to delivering education – knocking away barriers that can unfairly prejudice young people who find it difficult or impossible to access traditional schooling. Secondly, working together with parents/carers, schools, governmental and non-governmental organisations to put together and evaluate innovative delivery models for vulnerable learners, and to raise awareness of the issues those children and young people face.
Book Your Ticket to the IQM National Inclusion Conference
Tickets are currently available for £265 plus VAT for IQM schools* and £295 plus VAT for non-IQM schools*.
*IQM schools are those which are currently registered to pursue or hold the Inclusive School Award. Non-IQM schools are those schools not yet registered for the Inclusive School Award.