Talking About Learning Disability

Towards Inclusion

Towards Inclusion Learning Intentions for lesson 5: To examine how pupils’ relationships were changed by the ways they addressed the bullying of pupils with a learning disability. To consider what opportunities there are for young people, with and without learning disabilities, to come together in the Community. To design a poster about an aspect of what we have learned over the past few weeks and present it to others in our school.

Coming Together to Tackle Bullying (The Woodlands/Currie Story) Activity 1 Watch the film clip about how staff and pupils from two schools came together to tackle disablist bullying Now have a go at the following activity CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO VIEW

Activity 2 Work in Groups of 3/4 You can see that pupils from both schools have ‘moved on’ since the bullying incident. The questions below will help us to examine this ‘transformation’: What did the schools do to resolve the bullying situation? How were the pupils involved in this process? What was achieved by their actions?

What Happens in Our Community? Activity 3 Whole-class discussion Where do pupils with a learning disability in our community go to school? Thinking about our school – what opportunities are there for young people with and without learning disabilities to meet up? Thinking about the wider community – what opportunities are there for young people with and without learning disabilities to meet up?

Don’t be Awkward – Just be Yourself! "I feel awkward talking to someone with a learning disability, so I end up avoiding them." “They’re still a person – and they could be a great person you want to get to know.”

What have we learned over the last few weeks? We are all the same and each of us is different. A learning disability is only a difference. People with a learning disability may need extra help to do things but are entitled to (or can live) as good a life as anyone else.

What have we learned over the last few weeks? People with a learning disability have a right to be safe wherever they are – it can be a crime to bully someone because of their disability. Doing things together is a good way to break down barriers and get to know and understand life from another person’s perspective.

Activity 4 Poster Brief  Choose one of the following themes for a poster:   Celebrating Diversity – being different or unique should be celebrated! We are all the same and each of us is unique. Support for People with a Learning Disability - consider what a ‘full life’ looks like for a person with a learning disability. The Right to Be Safe and Feel Safe - it can be a crime to bully someone because of their disability Being Inclusive - think about how people with and without learning disabilities can come together, making us all part of a team or community and supporting one another. Consider the types of activities we can do together in relation to work and play!

Poster Process Will you: work alone or in a group? draw your poster? use a computer to design your poster? consider poster-collage?

… the word wall will help you focus your ideas: exclusion empathy equality diversity skills support community participation uniqueness safety difference attitudes ignored disablist bullying rights name calling barriers threatening or physical harassment play isolation learning disability inequality responsibility breaking down barriers inclusion

Success Criteria for Lesson 5 I have explored how pupils’ relationships were changed by the ways they addressed the bullying of pupils with a learning disability. I have considered what opportunities there are for young people with and without learning disabilities to come together. I have designed a poster about an aspect of what we have learned over the past few weeks and presented it to others in our school.