The RIX Wiki: the use of multimedia advocacy to support person‐centred planning in a special needs secondary school – implications for current policy and practice. Issue 4 (8th December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kwiatkowska, Gosia; Minnion, Andy; Finch, Jo
• Is Part Of: Support for learning. Volume 36:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 512
• Page End: 531
• Publication Date: 2021-12-08
• Subjects: multimedia advocacy -- special educational needs -- learning disabilities -- person‐centred practice -- participation; Remedial teaching -- Periodicals; 371.9
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-9604.12378
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0268-2141

Abstract

Abstract : The article documents findings from a pilot study undertaken in 2012–2013 in a special needs secondary school in the England, that trialled the use of a multimedia advocacy tool, "The RIX Wiki". The trial was part of the pathfinder programme, which aimed to reform existing Special Education Needs provision, from the system of statementing to one of developing education health care plans. The reforms became enshrined in the Children and Families Act (2014). The findings were overall positive and helped with person‐centred planning processes. The discussion is framed within current and future policy directives. We argue that multimedia advocacy approaches and software tools, like the "RIX Wiki" will have a continued role to play in ensuring the needs, aspirations and choices of children and young people with learning disabilities remain central.