1. Inclusive Curriculum
Inclusion
Jones (1997)

2. Inclusive Curriculum
What Should an Inclusive Curriculum Encompass
• Admissions
• Progressions
• Enrolment
• Curriculum Design
• Content
• Delivery
• Assessment
• Laboratory / Studio Work
• Work Placements
• Field Trips

3. Disability
• Common – in your staff and in your students
• Students in UWN have DSA
• Most common disability in university is:
– Dyslexia
– DCD, ADHD, ASD
– VI, HI, Physical impairment

4. Support
• Student Services
• DSA
• Study Skill Tutors
• Note takers
• Scribes
• Exam Provision
• Computers and Software Support

5. Generic tips
• Consider all students may have a disability
• Some will not have disclosed

6. What are Specific Learning Difficulties?

7. Dyslexia
Key areas of difficulties for individuals with
dyslexia:
•Note taking
•Writing
•Missing information
•Spelling
•Reading
•Copying
•New vocabulary
•Rereading information

8. Developmental Co-ordination
Disorder (DCD)/Dyspraxia
Key areas of difficulties for individuals with DCD/dyspraxia:
•Slower
•Legibility
•Organisation
•Prioritisation
•Time concepts
•Motor control
•Driving
•Packing bags or filing notes
•Meals

9. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
Key areas of difficulties for individuals with
ADHD:
Organisational skills
Impulsivity
Poor concentration
Drifting off
Poor time management
Initiation difficulties

10. Autism Spectrum Disorders/
Aspergers Syndrome
Key areas of difficulties for individuals with
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Asperger’s
Syndrome:
May be socially isolated
Understanding social rules
Coping with change
Different lecturers’ teaching styles
Misunderstanding
Expressing themselves clearly
Coping in the workplace
Noisy situations
Co-ordination difficulties

11. Speech, language and
communication disorders
Key areas of difficulties for individuals with
speech, language and communication
disorders:
•Remembering a sequence of instructions
•Taking down telephone numbers or
instructions
•Anxious or angry
•Withdrawn
•Misunderstand
•Taking turn
•Lead rather than be led

12. Organisational
strategies

13. Tips for note-taking
• Notebook
• Template for notes
• Highlighting
• Bullet points
• Use abbreviations

14. Organising coursework
Some strategies include:
Colour folders for each subject
Subject details page
Create assignment templates

15. Assignment templates
 Template to help students organise their notes:
www.readwritethink.org.
Just some of the templates include:
 The persuasion map
 The essay map
 The compare & contrast map

16. Wordbar
• Easy to create new Wordbars

17. Assignment Schedule
Due dates Subject/Module Assignment Word Count Date to start Completed?
Title writing (Tick when
(In order)
assignment done)
25/10/2012 Social Nature or 1500 words 15th September, 
Psychology nurture? 2012

18. Using the computer to help students
Wordbar
Changing the background colour on the computer
Screen ruler: www.clarosoftware.com.

19. Using the computer to help students
Fonts:
Speech-to-text:
www.dyslexic.com or www.amazon.co.uk.

20. Using the computer to help students
Text-to-speech:
• Free text-to-speech:
• www.naturalreaders.com
• www.readplease.com
• www.readpal.com/one/screenreader.htm

21. Essentials for revision

22. www.boxofideas.org

24. Support - Basic Tips
•Be aware
•Speak to them
•Pre printed lecture
•Speak
•Recap aims and objectives
•Overheads

25. Support - Basic Tips
Tips for written material
•Font – handouts
•Font – PowerPoint
•Font Colour
•Background
•Goal set
•Avoid dictation

26. Helpful websites for college students
Help with study skills:
Study guides and strategies: www.studygs.net
Skills4study: www.palgrave.com/skills4study
Waylink English: www.waylink-english.co.uk
Open University: www.open.ac.uk/skillsforstudy

27. Helpful websites for college students
General help with college life:
The Student Room: www.thestudentroom.co.uk
Student UK website: www.studentuk.com
Need2know: www.need2know.co.uk
Life tracks: www.tinyurl.com/first-term

28. Useful websites
• Dyslexia:
• The British Dyslexia Association: www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
• Dyslexia Action: www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk
• DAI: The Dyslexia Association Ireland: www.dyslexia.ie
• DCD:
• Dyspraxia Foundation: www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk
• ASD:
• The National Autistic Society: www.autism.org.uk
• ADHD:
• Help4ADHD: www.help4adhd.org
• ADDISS: www.addiss.co.uk
• SL & C:
• AFASIC: www.afasic.org.uk