1. NADP Individual Members' Accreditation Scheme.
‘A Journey in the Pursuit of both Disability Practitioner and Service Quality excellence.’
Stockholm 2014.
Paddy Turner. NADP Chair.

2. National Association of Disability Practitioners (NADP)
Established in funded project
became a Ltd company in 2003
has 1044 members across over 95% of HEIs
non-profit making but entirely self-sufficient
membership fees and conferences

3. Aims of accreditation
external recognition for individual practitioners
develop of knowledge, skills, attitudes and critical powers
encourage critical reflections
promote increased collaboration
enhance quality standards in disability services
to raise status and recognition

4. The Basics rigorous comprehensive cost effective manageable
Genuine ‘test’ ?? Demonstration ??

5. Eligibility All Individual Members of NADP are eligible
It is hard to achieve without experience
Neither Affiliate members nor non-members are eligible

6. Levels of accreditation
NADP recognises that members are at different stages on their career paths and thus the NADP scheme comprises two levels:
Accredited Member
Senior Accredited Member
All members must seek Accredited Member status in the first instance.

7. How to apply applicants register at any time
payment of the fee makes application live
allocated to a mentor for support
Sept 1st/Feb 1st marking periods
applicants choose when to submit

8. Submissions
follows the HEA model of submissions of words or equivalent in different categories plus a reflective journal
categories comprise
disabled students
CPD
disability society and education
institutional policies and procedures
quality assurance

9. Submissions Categories: Optional Mandatory
Disabled students/staff
Continuing Professional Development
Reflective Journal
Optional
Disability society and education
Institutional policies and procedures
Quality Assurance

10. Submissions cont'd
Accredited Member (AM) - 3 mandatory sections and one optional
Senior Accredited Member (SAM) - 2 further sections not previously completed
plus one open choice category
must submit a new Reflective Journal

11. Accreditation Panel
Panel Chair
all submissions marked by both 1 Director and 1 external
Chair acts as a moderator
2 x NADP Directors
2 x independent experts

12. Fees the cost for registering an application is £52
the same charge to progress to Senior Accredited Member (the costs are the same)
reflects the costs to NADP for administration - the scheme is intended to be profit neutral

13. Development to implementation
support for a Motion at NADP AGM
Sub-Committee took on the work
Prof Alan Hurst recruited as consultant
Presentations and workshops with members at Annual Conference

14. Development to implementation
a mini pilot and a full scale pilot completed
lessons learnt and changes made
launched on June 1st first deadline was 1st September 2012
now there are 18 accredited members with 37 registered to submit

15. Further development promotion of the scheme to encourage take-up
ongoing review and evaluation
possible introduction of Fellowship
development of a Service Accreditation Scheme

16. Difficulties experienced
quality of submissions
word lengths
reflection versus narrative
practice versus evidence
time
use of mentors
retaining markers

17. NADP Website: http://www.nadp-uk.org/accreditation-scheme/
Further Information
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