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Alternative Curriculum

Why was this partnership activity necessary - concerns, aims, difficulties etc?
Partnership with Social Work/Education and the Voluntary Sector. Aiming to meet needs of some of the most disaffected young people who have been excluded from mainstream schooling, accommodated by Local Authority or removed outwith Authority to be accommodated within residential schools and secure units; all experiencing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Where does this partnership operate?
West Lothian

When does this work happen?
Within school hours, throughout holidays etc and depending on individual's needs, evenings and weekends.

How does the scheme work? How is it maintained, sustained and evaluated?
The programme is unlike any other in that a great deal of flexibility is applied to devise a socially constructed programme most suitable for achievement and attainment, assessed on an on-going basis, the programme will be altered as young people's needs change.

What are the benefits? What difference does this partnership make?
The flexible/person centred approach to learning by all staff has been appropriate to ensure delivery of programme and the non-exclusion policy has allowed young people to move closer to social inclusion i.e. less number of young people being accommodated elsewhere.

5.5 Cedarbank Centre, Livingston