AQW 4557/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education , pursuant AQW 3449/16-21, to detail how many staff in his Department and the Education Authority have completed (i) Autism Spectrum Disorder Awareness; (ii) Disability Awareness for Frontline Staff; and (iii) Diversity Now.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 4 October 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 4 October 2016
- Answer due by
- 19 October 2016
- Answered
- 19 October 201615 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Completion figures for Department of Education staff are as follows:-
Autism Spectrum Disorder Awareness – None
Disability Awareness for Frontline Staff – None
Diversity Now – 577 staff have completed this e-learning course since July 2015.
The e-learning modules referred to in the answer to AQW 3449/16-21are not available to Education Authority (EA) staff.
Face to face training on Autism Spectrum Disorder (including autism and Asperger’s Syndrome) was delivered to 4,741school staff across the EA between April 2014 and March 2016. Also 880 teachers and youth workers were trained in the areas of disability and diversity as part of the EA’s Community Relations, Equality & Diversity in Education Policy (CRED) training.