Within this essay, inclusive practice is explored referencing to a range of theories, legislation and a child from practice to give examples of how settings support children who has disabilities. One child from practice has been chosen to be the main focus of this essay with signed consent from the parents (see appendices 5) and to support confidentiality, the child’s name has been changed and the parent’s names are not mentioned. To support different statements on how inclusion is implemented in early years practice, references are made to the appendices which provide copies of the setting’s policies. Not only are appendices used, but theories as well. One possible definition of inclusion is described alongside with how society’s perspective …show more content…
Inclusion focuses on; gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexuality and appearance (Griffin, 2008). Inclusion could be defined as increasing children’s ability to participate by overcoming barriers which may prevent this from happening. Griffin discusses the context of equal of opportunity stating that it is not about ensuring everything within the setting is the same for all children. Instead, this is where practitioners ensure that every child has equal opportunities to learn and experience in their own individual ways alongside with support from practitioners. Griffin opines that it is important for Early Years professionals to be aware that every child learn and develop in different ways as every child is unique, regardless of whether they have an additional need or not. It is important practice to apply within the setting, because it prevents children from believing that having an additional need prevents themselves from participating in the same activities as everyone else (Deiner, 2012). However, inclusion did not just happen naturally; significant measures had to be taken to input legislations into practice, improving them over …show more content…
In the 20th century, people with a disability were labelled as an idiot, imbecile and many other names that were deemed as acceptable by the UK Mental Deficiency Act 2013, (Devarakonda, 2012). The Warnock Report was published in 1978; its primary focus being about children with additional needs and how they are to be supported by the setting and external agencies (Gillard, 2012). The report influenced specific terminology to be used to describe a various range of learning difficulties, such as, Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD) and Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD). This is appropriate as it evidently states what an individual deals with, rather than describing people with disabilities in such negative terms. As well as the Warnock Report, the Equality Act 2010 focuses on improving life quality for those with additional