Inclusion Ambassadors
The Inclusion Ambassadors are a group of children and young people from across Scotland with a range of additional support needs.
Enquire and Children in Scotland work with the group to discuss issues that affect them and ensure their views are heard in decision-making relating to education.
They have a vision statement that sets out how they think schools can help pupils feel more included and supported. It should help adults understand more about what young people want from school. It also helps inform the work the group do.
Vision statement:
School should help me be the best I can be.
School is a place where children and young people learn, socialise and become prepared for life beyond school.
Success is different for everyone. But it is important that all the adults that children and young people come in to contact with in school get to know them as individuals. They should ask, listen and act on what the young people say about the support that works best for them.
The voice of experience
The voices and opinions of children and young people are central in making sure their right to education is upheld. It is also central to the Scottish Government’s Additional Support for Learning Action Plan.
The group is involved in a range of activities to influence and improve experiences for pupils with additional needs. This includes the creation of a number of practical resources. These resources are designed to help support professionals and decision-makers in meaningfully engaging with young people with additional support needs.
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Inclusion Ambassadors: Principles of Support Planning
A practical resource to support adults involved with support planning, and a reminder of what good support looks like from a young person’s perspective.
Building a network of Inclusion Ambassadors
Information to help support links between the national Inclusion Ambassadors group and local and regional groups.
Inclusion Ambassadors: Inclusive Learning Environments
The Inclusion Ambassadors have created a poster to share what they think schools can do to create classrooms that work for everyone.
Inclusion Ambassadors: Support Planning
This Inclusion Ambassadors resource describes the key issues for the group in relation to support planning.
Inclusion Ambassadors: Supporting Effective Transitions
This Inclusion Ambassadors resource is a set of reflective questions for adults supporting pupils as they prepare to leave school.
Inclusion Ambassadors: Language and Communication Guide
A guide created by the Inclusion Ambassadors all about language and communication for pupils and staff in schools.
Inclusion Ambassadors: Relationships and Behaviour
This Inclusion Ambassadors resource shares the group’s views on relationships and behaviour in schools in Scotland.
