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Is your school dyslexia-friendly?Beginning with a look at understanding dyslexia, The Dyslexia-Friendly Primary School shows you how to involve an entire school to achieve a dyslexia-friendly environment. You will be able to:Use an audit tool to discover how your school can improve its environment Look at examples of successful dyslexia-friendly initiatives Find information on funding and resourcesThis book offers teachers, lead teachers, SENCOs, student teachers and literacy coordinators a step-by-step guide to creating a whole-school environment that supports students with dyslexia.
The Dyslexia-Friendly Initiative and the Local Authority (LA)
The Dyslexia-Friendly Initiative and the Local Authority (LA)
This chapter looks at what the dyslexia-friendly initiative means for LAs, and considers its impact upon them. It tells you about:
- the value to LAs of taking up the dyslexia-friendly initiative and the Quality Mark process
- the funding, support, assessment and management of dyslexia by LAs
- what LAs understand by dyslexia-friendly policies
- the scope for innovation within existing structures
- practical suggestions relating to LA policies and provisions.
LAs have a public role, and their education element is closely monitored through quality procedures. These include inspection by Ofsted and Best Quality Review, carried out by the Audit Commission. Since 2002, Councils have been subject to comprehensive performance assessment, according to the 2001 government White Paper, Strong Local ...
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