The iDecide toolkit has been designed to provide the school leaders and school staff with the necessary information to promote shared decision making regarding the development, implementation, evaluation and improvement of inclusive policies. One of its functions is to empower school leaders and educators in common everyday decision-making processes, in order to secure more inclusive environments for pupils. It provides teachers and school leaders with practical tips and supportive literature about the characteristics of pupils in the process of decision making. The implementation of the toolkit focuses on 23 certain categories of decision, which in turn, influence marginalized school populations. While developing the toolkit, 13 broad categories of marginalised populations have been identified and, based on them, concrete recommendations have been developed to enable the school staff to give voice to all stakeholders.
The iDecide toolkit offers recommendations on the following marginalized populations:
Pupils with health issues | |
Asthma | |
Obesity | |
Diabetes | |
Anaemia | |
Epilepsy | |
Myopia | |
HIV - AIDS | |
Cancer | |
Pupils belonging to religious minorities | |
Pupils belonging to religious minorities | |
Roma pupils, Travelling community | |
Roma pupils, Travelling community | |
Intellectual Disabilities | |
Cognitive Functioning | |
Adaptive Behaviour | |
Syndromes | |
Social Development | |
Behavioural Excesses and Challenging Behaviour | |
Learning Difficulties | |
Dyslexia | |
Reading problems (Misspelling Sounds) | |
Written Language Deficits | |
Math Underachievement | |
Social Skills Deficits | |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | |
Low Ratings of Self-Efficacy | |
Autism Spectrum | |
Autistic Disorder (Autism) | |
Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) | |
Pupils with Communication and Language Disorders | |
Communication disorders | |
Language disorders | |
Speech disorders | |
Pupils with Sensory Disabilities | |
Hearing impairment | |
Visual impairment |
Pupils with Physical Disabilities | |
Congenital Malformation | |
Scoliosis | |
Kyphosis | |
Somatic dysfunctions | |
Spinal Cord Injury | |
Muscular Dystrophy | |
Rheumatoid Polyarthritis | |
Comorbidity | |
Paralysis | |
Cerebral Palsy | |
LGBT | |
LGBT | |
Pupils from deprived backgrounds | |
Pupils coming from single-parent families | |
Pupils coming from poor families | |
Pupils coming from families with many children | |
Pupils coming from homeless families | |
Pupils coming from violent and dangerous families | |
Pupils coming from remote areas | |
Migrant, Refugee, Asylum Seeker Pupils | |
Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Unaccompanied Minors | |
Migrant Pupils | |
Pupils with Mental Health difficulties | |
Addiction | |
Anxiety | |
Depression | |
Eating Disorders | |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | |
Schizophrenia | |
Self Harm | |
Stress | |
Bipolar Disorder |
The iDecide toolkit offers recommendations on the following key decisions:
Classroom based
Educational visits/ field trips/ camps/ school exchanges/ trips abroad
Announcement/ sign at school
Class divisions/ arrangements
Community
Curricular adaptations
Discipline
Food (canteen, visits, camps, trips)
Homework (amount, type, etc.)
Parents/ parent associations
Safety
Scheduling events
School breaks
School celebrations/ events/ activities
School projects
School purchases
School uniform
Pupil council
Pupil support
Teacher professional development
Technology
Timetabling
Other