TASK CENTRED APPROACH

Task Centred Approach

Task Centred Approach - Learning Disability

The UK Disability Discrimination Act 1995, new laws and measures to end discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, goods, services, real estate and education. The law gave people with disabilities have the right to equal treatment at work, but what of the students with disabilities and equal treatment in higher education? According to the Disability Discrimination Act, universities are obliged to meet the needs of students with disabilities and a declaration of invalidity, information about facilities for disabled students, admission procedures, complaints and appeals arrangements, etc. Many universities offer in the past, including a disability as part of a policy of equal opportunities. The difference now is that colleges and universities are legally obliged to provide information to people with disabilities and accommodate students with disabilities - not just an option. (Arteche, 2009, 357)

This report represents a case study with visually impaired students and a university in northern England. The recent Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is considered briefly. The implications for teaching, are administrative and support staff reviewed and practical approaches for students and staff are involved to accommodate described with information on learning resources. A proposed best-practice model, and finally the sources of information are listed. The problems and solutions in this report are clearly identified for vocational education and training in relation to courses and workshops for employees with disabilities. (Baeten, 2008, 359)

A person with a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is defined as someone: a physical or mental impairment which has a great influence on the long-term and negative in their ability to carry out normal day to day activities.

Decline include deafness, blindness, paralysis, problems with internal organs such as heart disease, etc. includes clinical mental decline mental illness and learning disabilities defined. Substantial impairment means an impact on the ability of people to normal activities of daily living, ie something that is done frequently and regularly by many people such as washing and feeding be carried out. long-term adverse effects are defined more than 12 months or expected to last 12 months.

Trying to find appropriate books and learning materials has power in a format suitable for blind people has proved difficult. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD) Library and Information Services and the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) have been useful in the details of the materials. The IPD is a series of educational materials based on tape recording and all the speakers at their national conferences. Some of the tapes of flexible learning activity IPD training are also useful. The American Management Association and a number of UK provider of training resources to tapes on human resource management and personnel issues, such as performance appraisal, dealing with conflicts and disputes, negotiation, managing stress, recruitment and selection, (Baeten, 2008, 359) interviewing techniques and firing, etc. The Institute Personnel and Development Library and Information Services can provide further information. In the U.S. there are two organizations that specialize in providing ...