TDA 2.4 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Work with Children and Young People

1. TDA 2.4 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Work with Children and Young People

3. This Lesson • Describe ways in which children and young people can experience prejudice and discrimination 2.1 • Describe the impact of prejudice and discrimination on children and young people 2.2 • Assess your own attitudes, values and behaviour could impact on work with children and young people 2.3

4. Describe the importance of promoting anti-discriminatory practice in work with children and young people. (2.4) • Describe how to challenge discrimination. (2.5)

5. Discrimination is a subject that can raise powerful feelings and emotions in people • If anyone feels uncomfortable about the topics being discussed, please feel free to speak to me in private after the lesson. • We will be discussing potentially difficult situations, we may disagree in some areas • In Education, we are anti-discriminatory in our practice

6. Equality • Equality is about making sure people are treated fairly within the legislation. • Equality is not about treating everyone in the same way, but it recognises that people have different needs and these can be met in different ways • Equality focuses on those areas covered by law that have been put in place to prevent people from being treated unfavourably on a range of specific factors, e.g. race, gender, disability, etc.

7. Diversity • Is about respecting and valuing difference in individuals. A diversity approach aims to recognise, value and manage difference in individuals and to positively strive to meet the needs of different people.

8. Discrimination • What is discrimination? • In pairs, then in your groups, write a sentence that tells us what discrimination means to you.

9. Have you ever felt discriminated against? (If you want to share this with the group, that is fine. If not that is also acceptable) • Think, individually, of some examples of discrimination and write them down.

10. The following characteristics are called protected characteristics • age; • disability; • gender reassignment; • marriage and civil partnership; • pregnancy and maternity; • race; • religion or belief; • sex; • sexual orientation

11. Stereotypes • In pairs, draw a person from a group, label what it is that makes them look like the other people in their group. • What is it that identifies them as part of that group?

12. What do we mean by labelling? • What do you think MIGHT happen if you label an individual? • What could some of the effects be?

13. Key Legislation in the UK and Wales for Education settings • Equality Act 2010 over arching legislation which relates to discrimination • UNCRC 1989 • Children Act 1989 and 2006 • SENDA • DDA

14. Like the snowflake, no two of us are the same, differences are what make us unique and interesting. • Equality legislation supports all children’s individual rights to have support from all agencies no matter what their individual differences are