Additional Support Needs: Outline Key Policies And Principles Of Practice
Additional Support Needs; Principles of Practice
June Johnston
Outline Key policies/legislation - Historical perspective of Additional Support Needs.
19th Century
In the 19th century people with additional support needs were segregated from society. These people were shut away in single sex institutions for life or sterilised. Separate “Special Schools” and day centres were set up that denied both disabled and non-disabled people the day to day experience of living and growing up together. Purpose built institutions (Asylums) housed people who were described as “mad or feeble minded”, the residents had little choice and were not valued as people.
20th Century
In the 20th century segregation was still in force although there were attempts to integrate people into society. Institutions were renamed Colonies, proposals were introduced to round up and separate families of “feeble minded people”. In the 1920’s First World War veterans campaigned for the “Right to Work” which was to become known …show more content…
People with a learning disability remained segregated and isolated, and the standard of care was extremely poor. This remained the case right up until the closure of the long-stay hospitals. In 1971 the Government published a paper “Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped” this paper laid foundations for “Care in the Community” with the expectation that half of the people living in Hospitals should be living in the local community by 1990. In 1973 Margaret Thatcher proposed to review educational provision for children and young people handicapped by disabilities of body or mind. This lead to the Warnock Report 1978, the key principles were to integrate disabled children into mainstream schools and looked at the importance of consulting parents in decision making. Terminology also changed from handicapped to Special Educational
June Johnston
Outline Key policies/legislation - Historical perspective of Additional Support Needs.
19th Century
In the 19th century people with additional support needs were segregated from society. These people were shut away in single sex institutions for life or sterilised. Separate “Special Schools” and day centres were set up that denied both disabled and non-disabled people the day to day experience of living and growing up together. Purpose built institutions (Asylums) housed people who were described as “mad or feeble minded”, the residents had little choice and were not valued as people.
20th Century
In the 20th century segregation was still in force although there were attempts to integrate people into society. Institutions were renamed Colonies, proposals were introduced to round up and separate families of “feeble minded people”. In the 1920’s First World War veterans campaigned for the “Right to Work” which was to become known …show more content…
People with a learning disability remained segregated and isolated, and the standard of care was extremely poor. This remained the case right up until the closure of the long-stay hospitals. In 1971 the Government published a paper “Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped” this paper laid foundations for “Care in the Community” with the expectation that half of the people living in Hospitals should be living in the local community by 1990. In 1973 Margaret Thatcher proposed to review educational provision for children and young people handicapped by disabilities of body or mind. This lead to the Warnock Report 1978, the key principles were to integrate disabled children into mainstream schools and looked at the importance of consulting parents in decision making. Terminology also changed from handicapped to Special Educational