Nursery World - A Unique Child: Inclusion

Children with and without disabilities are learning how to
socialise together in a SEND centre welcoming all of them.

Disabled and mainstream children, aged four to 16, learn how to interact and socialise with each other at Kidscene out-of-school and holiday club in Edinburgh.

Run by the charity Royal Blind and based at its school campus, Kidscene caters for children with a wide variety of disabilities, including multiple disabilities and visual impairments (MDVI), autism, Asperger syndrome, global learning delays and cerebral palsy.

Opened in 2012, the club, which operates on a staff-to-child ratio of 1:5, is registered for 60 children and the holiday club for 70 children.

Kidscene follows a 'reverse- integration model', which means that while the club's primary purpose is to support children and young people with disabilities, it actively encourages those without special needs to attend the setting.

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