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| Speaker: | Sal McKeown, Freelance Journalist and Author | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
Sometimes it feels as if there is a battle line drawn between teachers and parents, but with a little understanding they can give the child proper support. This session will provide guidance on ways of reducing friction and provide practical ideas of things the child can do at home.
| Speaker: | Rob Webster, Research Officer, Institute of Education | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
This session uses findings from ground-breaking research as the basis for challenging the current and widespread models of TA deployment. It will set out how school leaders and teachers can and must rethink the role of TAs in order to ensure effective support for pupils with SEN.
| Speaker: | Rabbi Miri Lawrence, Director and Senco, Beginnings Early Childhood Centre | | Age Group: | SEN, EYFS |
This seminar will explore how practitioners identify children with special educational needs and how they share this information with parents in a sensitive and professional way. It includes lots of practical examples for gathering relevant information and working with other professionals, as well as creative ideas for including and supporting children and their families. It will focus on SEN that have not yet been diagnosed, often because they are not apparent at birth, for example ASD.
| Speaker: | Jill Fernando, Project Coordinator, British Dyslexia Association | | Age Group: | SEN, KS1, KS2 |
This session will provide an overview of the large scale, Big Lottery-funded Dyslexia and Multilingualism research project being conducted by the British Dyslexia Association (in partnership with Bath Spa University) across several regions of England. The project involves identifying junior school pupils who may be at risk of dyslexia and providing them with a 15-week intervention programme. This session will present the rationale for the project, describe the project in detail and discuss the findings to date.
| Speaker: | Brian Butterworth, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology, University College London | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
Developmental dyscalculia results from a ‘core deficit’ in the ability to understand very simple number concepts, which affects the ability to understand and acquire arithmetic. The core deficit is linked to differences from typically developing learners in brain structure and functioning, and is thought to be heritable in many cases. Join Professor Brian Butterworth in this session which explains the neuroscience behind the condition, to assist with greater understanding of how to support pupils with dyscalculia.
| Speaker: | Tracy Clark, Makaton Senior Tutor | | Age Group: | SEN, EYFS |
Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help people communicate. It is designed to support spoken language and the signs and symbols are used with speech in spoken word order. This fun and interactive session provides a general insight into what Makaton is, with the added opportunity to learn up to 30 signs and symbols too! It provides an opportunity to discuss ideas you could use on Makaton and participants will receive handouts covering the vocabulary they have learned.
| Speaker: | Carol Allen, Advisory Teacher: SEN, ICT and Inclusion | | Age Group: | SEN, EYFS |
This session will look at the support solutions that technology can offer to those who struggle to learn to read. From simple low-tech solutions through to more complex suggestions, all the ideas will be presented in a lively session with easy to replicate ideas grounded in classroom practice. It will cover ideas for emergent readers from EYFS; those on the autistic spectrum who many require personalised materials; those readers for whom English is not their first language; and readers who are reluctant to engage with conventional books perhaps due to early failure or specific barriers to reading such as dyslexia.
| Speaker: | Rabbi Miri Lawrence, Director and Senco, Beginnings Early Childhood Centre | | Age Group: | SEN, EYFS |
This seminar will explore how managers can coach their staff to support parents of children with SEN. It will look at the journey parents take when discovering how their child may have special educational needs. The seminar will include practical suggestions for leading both students and experienced staff, in being sensitive to the needs of parents whilst gaining the skills and confidence to successfully create and inclusive environment for children with SEN.
| Speaker: | Cecilie MacKinnon, education training officer, Down's syndrome association | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
This session looks at the challenges faced by individuals with Down's syndrome, the reasons for certain behaviours whilst outlining appropriate teaching strategies and resources. It will focus on managing and encouraging age appropriate behaviours; encouraging independence in the classroom and wider community; dealing with sexuality and relationships through all the key stages; promoting skills for everyday living.
| Speaker: | Tracy Clark, Makaton Senior Tutor | | Age Group: | SEN, KS1, KS2 |
Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help people communicate. It is designed to support spoken language and the signs and symbols are used with speech in spoken word order. This fun and interactive session provides a general insight into what Makaton is, with the added opportunity to learn up to 30 signs and symbols too! It provides an opportunity to discuss ideas you could use on Makaton and participants will receive handouts covering the vocabulary they have learned.
| Speaker: | Brian Butterworth, Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology, University College London | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
Dyscalculia can be readily identified because sufferers have difficulty with estimating the number of objects in a set. Sufferers do not respond well to the usual teaching methods, but need more work with concrete materials to strengthen basic number concepts. In this session, Professor Brian Butterworth will discuss some of the new types of adaptive software on the market that can help in offering unsupported practice with the virtual equivalents of concrete tasks.
| Speaker: | Kate Saunders, Chief Executive Officer, British Dyslexia Association | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
How do dyslexics learn? What difficulties might they be having in your classroom? This session gives an insight into how dyslexic individuals process information, the difficulties they face and how teachers can help them to reach their potential through a whole organisational approach.
| Speaker: | Maggie Johnson, Speech and language therapy advisor and educational consultant | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
Under-confidence, poor thinking skills and language difficulties present real barriers to achievement and pupil involvement in the national Assessment for Learning strategy. Maggie looks at ways of actively involving pupils so that avoidance tactics, over-reliance on adults and low self-esteem become a thing of the past.
| Speaker: | Sarah Rawsthorn & Rebecca Duckhouse, Inclusion Consultant and Educational Psychologist, EDGE Inclusion Consultancy | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
An update on the progress of the Green Paper on SEN and Disability and a look at the expectations for the new OFSTED framework for inspecting SEN.
| Speaker: | Alan Heath, Education Consultant, Learning Solutions | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
The National Autistic Society states that autism is a lifelong developmental disability characterised by difficulties with social communication, interaction and imagination. It is also widely accepted that sensory processing problems are a part of daily life for anyone on the spectrum. This workshop will explore and explain the sensory processing challenges underpinning many autistic behaviours and offer practical programmes and integration skills. These can help areas as diverse as listening and language, sleep patterns and continence.
| Speaker: | Pat Chick, Independent Education Consultant | | Age Group: | All |
Working effectively with families promotes emotional wellbeing for both parents and professionals. Pat has worked with parents in different settings over many years and will introduce the Partnership Working Model which explores the ways that professionals communicate with parents. The model empowers participants to review their own perspectives and acknowledge potential for change. She will also focus on websites that are practical and provide useful information for parents and professionals.
| Speaker: | Maxine Pittaway MBE, Head Teacher, St Christopher's Special School | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
Join Maxine Pittaway, headteacher of award-winning special school St Christopher’s, to hear first hand about the developments the school made to meet the needs of special education in the 21st century. Maxine will be discussing the school’s approach to special education, as well as the development of enterprise education, which has led to a raft of awards for the school over three consecutive years.
| Speaker: | Robyn Steward, Specialist Asperger's trainer and mentor | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
What is it really like to have Asperger's syndrome? Robyn is 25 years old and has Asperger's, as well as nine other disabilities. She works as a trainer, mentor and consultant nationally and internationally, educating audiences on the reality of living with Asperger's that goes far beyond textbook labels. In this fun and lively session, Robyn will discuss autism from her own uniquely personal perspective.
| Speaker: | Maggie Johnson, Speech and language therapy advisor and educational consultant | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
If children in your class are struggling with synthetic phonics, this seminar is for you. Maggie looks at ways of adapting literacy schemes to follow a natural developmental progression and ensure success. The techniques are appropriate for children with additional needs, communication difficulties, poor attention span or general reluctance to read.
| Speaker: | Alan Heath, Education Consultant, Learning Solutions | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
To learn and function with the amount of sensory input in our environment, the external and internal senses need to be well functioning and integrated. We are all aware of the importance of multi-sensory learning through the external channels of sight, sound, touch and smell. What is less understood is the importance of good vestibular function and proprioception. This session will look at how to help children develop these fundamental skills for learning, with reference to The Learning Breakthrough Programme.
| Speaker: | Dave Vizard, Behaviour Solutions Consultant and Trainer | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
Developing a real presence in the classroom is the key to reducing incidents of poor behaviour and allows effective learning to take place. This seminar will focus on proven strategies to help staff develop a real presence in the classroom and will look at how body language including facial expressions, postures, eye contact, gestures, command and tone, positioning, proximity and level can have a positive impact on learning and behaviour.
| Speaker: | Pat Chick, Independent Education Consultant | | Age Group: | All |
Pat has worked in Parent Partnership Services for 17 years and was the SEN team member on the EU funded inclusion project working with the Romanian Ministry of Education during 2005/6. She currently delivers training and supports a school in The Gambia, West Africa. She will share some different perspectives on attitudes and services for children with special needs and look at ways that schools can link with projects overseas to given an international dimension to their work.
| Speaker: | Robyn Steward, Specialist Asperger's trainer and mentor | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
A practical workshop that discusses the challenges and difficulties frequently experienced by pupils with autism in a school environment. Robyn Steward is 25 years old and has Asperger’s syndrome. She will share her personal experiences of coping with ASD and explore effective strategies that teachers of pupils with ASD can implement in class.
| Speaker: | Cecilie MacKinnon, education training officer, Down's syndrome association | | Age Group: | SEN, All |
This session outlines the principles of, and the need for, inclusion in all areas of the curriculum, focusing on: the learning and language profiles of children and young people with Down's syndrome; curriculum subjects and how each can enhance language and communication skills; and examples of practical strategies and adaptation of curriculum resources.
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