Key Terms

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Identify

Name or otherwise characterise

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Describe

Set out characteristics

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Explain

Set out purposes or reasons

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Analyse

Seperate information into components and identify their characteristics

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Discuss

Present salient points

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Anti-discriminatory practice

Taking a positive action to counter discrimination: this will involve identifying and chanllenging discrimination and being positive in your practice about differences and similarities between people

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Direct Discrimination

Direct discrimination is when a person is treated less favourably that others in comparable circumstanses because of a special characterist such as gender, race or a disability

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Disability

A physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the child's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities

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Indirect Discrimination

In essence accours when a provision, criterion or practice is applied equally to all but has a different impact on members of one of more protected groups, of which the compaintant is one, and is placed at a disadvantage as a result.

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Victimisation

Treating a person less favourably because they have taken action in respect of discrimination, e.g. by bringing a complaint or giving evidence for a colleague - is also unlawful

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Harassment

Persistant unwanted conduct/ behaviour. Plus on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, causing a hostile, intimidating, degrading, or hulmilliating environment.

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Empowerment

The way(s) by which a carer or a person/ self encourages an individual/ themselves to make informed choices/ decisions so that they take control of their own life

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Need to know basis

Restricting access to information about an individual to those who have a justifiable and clear reason to access it.

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Evaluate

Give an account that addresses a range of ideas and viewpoints

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