SCHOOL POLICY MANUAL-2024-2025

INCLUSION According to the Dubai Inclusion Educa�on Policy Framework (2017), inclusive educa�on is a provision that is commited to educa�ng all students, including students iden�fied as experiencing special educa�onal needs and disabili�es (SEND) in a common learning environment. In such se�ngs, all students have access to quality instruc�on, interven�on and support, so that they experience success in learning. Inclusive educa�on providers create a culture of collabora�on, in a landscape of mutual respec t and equality for all. All students are given opportuni�es to be successful learners, to form posi�ve social rela�onships with peers, and to become fully par�cipa�ng members of the learning community. Taking this into considera�on the school has set forth the following objec�ves. OUR OBJECTIVE: Our overarching objec�ve is to create an atmosphere of encouragement, acceptance and respect for achievements and sensi�vity to individual needs, in which all students can thrive by paying aten�on to these specific areas: • To focus on early iden�fica�on and interven�on of students with special needs. • To enable each student to reach his or her full poten�al, both curricular and extracurricular. • To op�mally use our resources to ensure that the children’s needs are met. • To respect their views and increase their sense of well-being among student community. • To provide appropriate training for those involved in the implementa�on of the Policy. (teacher, special educator, TA, counsellor, parent and management). • To con�nually monitor the progress of all pupils, to iden�fy needs as early as possible and to provide support, while maintaining the balance of the mainstream class. • To facilitate access to the curriculum through differen�ated planning/ accommoda�on/ modifica�on by class teachers and learning support staff as appropriate. • To enable children to move on from us, as well equipped as possible, holis�cally, including the basic skills of literacy, numeracy and social independence to meet the demands of post school life and learning. • To form strong partnerships between all stakeholders so that the child’s learning and emo�onal well - being are op�mally supported. • To give the children a voice in planning and in decisions that affect them. Defini�on of Special Needs (SEND) The Dubai Inclusion Educa�on Policy Framework (2017) defines special educa�onal needs and disabili�es as “A need which occurs when a student iden�fied with an impairment requires the school to make specific modifica�ons or provide specific supports to prevent, remove or reduce any poten�al disability from occurring and to ensure that the student can access educa�on on an equitable basis and within a common learning environment with same aged peers” Categories of disability and barriers to learning The following framework is based upon the UAE unified categorisation of disability. It provides schools with an important structure to support the identification of students of determination. ASEN1-2024

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