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Posted By Ali-B
Hi can anyone give me any information or support on the following subject please...??
I work in a mainstream school but we have SEN children and disabled children with us.
These children bring with them issues of safety as they can be aggressive.
Is there such a thing as a Risk assessment that can be put in place for these children or would it be deemed as an infringement of their human rights?
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Posted By Phillip
Is there such a thing as a Risk assessment that can be put in place for these children or would it be deemed as an infringement of their human rights?
I would say that NOT including these children is an infringement of their human rights?
For starters why not talk the the Disability Commission. You can google the contact details and they do give good advice.
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Posted By Rob T
Hi Ali-B,
Many moons ago I worked for Bromley Council in SE London and we had a pair of schools next to each other, one for disabled (some mentally, some just physically) and one mainstream school. The mainstream school regularly took the others' pupils, some for a few lessons and others full-time after gentle integration and it worked very effectively over time. There is no such problem as "human rights" where a risk assessment is deemed necessary by the way. Don't ever let PC get in the way of reality!
Do contact Coopers School in Bromley Borough (Chislehurst actually) and I'm sure that they will be glad to help. If not try Ken Stacey Head of H&S at the Council offices - he may be able to help.
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Posted By Pete48 Ali, I am sure the school management will have access to the website shown below. It provides all the guidance you need for this area of education. The first paragraph makes it very clear that the purpose is that every child with SEN reaches their full potential and can make a successful transition to adulthood. There is a full and comprehensive guide to the various components of establishing a strategy which would of course include risk management. So the answer to your question is yes-the risks are considered and no it does not infringe their human rights. http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/
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Posted By David McGuire
There are risk assessments that could be put in place.
My eldest has behavioural difficulties at school and has generally been a wee pain in the A!!E in the past, we spoke with the school and put in strategies to protect people around him when he kicks off and to identify triggers for his behaviour.
The risk assessments are not in the form of industral ie severity vs probabilty but they seem to work most of the times.
Totally feel for the teachers though having hands tried behind there backs, it helps if the children have a strong routine and boundrys and if they step of the line then they have to be displined or they will never learn.
A lot to be said for the old days when the belt was still in use!! (just an opinion thats all)
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Posted By Glyn Atkinson
Don't confuse risk assessment with a personal case study.
Any student with problems of this sort need to be studied to find triggers for behaviour patterns, and not just by the teacher in a classroom who does child assessments as part of a lesson plan.
These need to be done with professional health expertise from persons appointed through the local authority who can give consideration and thought from knowledge of similar sufferers, and from similar solutions.
Don't think that one solution cures all, everyone with these types of personal problems are unique, and need a personal study of habits and behaviour patterns.
It may be that a particular preventative medicine can calm down a child in order for the child to concentrate on lesson content, or to reduce fitting, etc.
It could even be a stranger contact - a locum teacher for example - that could trigger bad behaviour.
It could even be as simple as a reaction to a colour or object - it is never simple to define problem patterns, so "assess" in a unique manner to resolve a unique problem.
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Posted By Fred_Newell
Lets start at the beginning.
A child with special needs should have a Statement of Special Needs. this document lays out what that particular child has difficulties with and what resources are needed (and therefore should be provided) by the LEA.
In my sons case, his statement states that he needs one to one help for most of the day, it's then up to the school to put that in place.
Risk assessment is not about human rights, simply put it is an assessment of risk that those working or in the vicinity of that child will face. It is not a personal document which shows their failings.
My son has knocked one teacher out and hurt another's back so that they were off for a month. If an adequate risk assessment had been done, neither of these incidents would have happened.
I would suggest you think less of it as a risk assessment and more as a what to do if... kind of thing. this will help the child more and help protect the ones around him.
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