Dear colleagues,
At Newcastle, we've been doing a lot of thinking in the team about our professional values and principles as we develop the service and establish what we want to offer and what standards we want to hold ourselves to. The discussions have been very enlightening in terms of unearthing our implicit assumptions and beliefs, sharing a common understanding and defining our approach! We've also found this a very practical way to look at our practice right from the minutiae of how we first greet a one to one student and present workshop materials.
We've now finalised our values and principles document, and I wondered if it would be of interest to the wider LD community. Some of the items have arisen out of circumstances particular to Newcastle University, others may be more universal, some may even be contentious, but as it's been such a useful process for us, thought it might raise similarly productive discussion on the LDHEN list, whether it chimes with your own LD practice or not.
Best wishes,
Helen
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