Renf BSL Plan 3.2 Children, Young People and Families

3.2. Children, Young People
and their Families

“The Getting it Right for Every Child
(GIRFEC) approach will be fully embedded,

with a D/deaf or Deafblind child and
their family offered the right information

and support at the right time to
engage with BSL. We will strengthen

partnerships between relevant
organisations to overcome barriers

for BSL users and deaf/ deafblind children
to ensure they have the support they need

at all stages of their learning,
so that they can reach their

full potential.
(BSL National Plan).

Renfrewshire’s approach to the design,
delivery, and evaluation of

children’s services is robust and
underpinned by the views and needs

of our children and young people.

Renfrewshire council’s Teachers of the
Deaf work with children across Renfrewshire

and our schools are working to meet
the needs of pupils and parents to raise

awareness of BSL in different ways.
The ethos of the Additional Support

Needs Education Policy is to aim for
mainstream schooling, where schools

are responsive to the needs of individual
pupils. Where BSL provision is needed,

this is provided at Garvel Deaf Unit
in Inverclyde, but there is parental

choice to pick other schools.

By 2029, we will:

Ensure that services for children
and families reflect the United Nations

Convention On The Rights Of The
Child (UNCRC) as related to BSL users.

Explore opportunities for BSL users to
inform work on Whole Family Wellbeing

in Renfrewshire.

Provide early years staff with information
about BSL and Deaf culture,

and about resources that are
available in BSL, so that they can meet

the needs of families with a
D/deaf or Deafblind child.

Take forward advice developed by
Education Scotland to

a) improve the way that teachers
engage effectively with parents who use BSL

and b) ensure that parents who use
BSL know how they can get further

involved in their child’s education.

Share good practice already in place
in some Renfrewshire schools for

BSL using parents involvement.

Work with Parent Councils to improve
awareness of BSL and Deaf culture and

and encourage representation from
BSL using parents through the

Renfrewshire Parent Council
Liaison Group meetings.

Promote BSL awareness in pupils,
parents, and staff by providing

opportunities for raising BSL awareness.

Explore producing BSL information
for families with children,

including key information on
sending your child to school.

Contribute to the national language
learning programme (1+2) to support

the learning of BSL in schools for
hearing pupils, including sharing

best practice and guidance.