SEND

Forge CPD SEND Online Briefing - June 20th 2023

Pauline Holbrook, Head of SEND, SSAT (The Schools, Students and Teacher network), Catherine Needham, Consultant Teacher from Fusion SEND Hub Sheffield, Claire Hoyle, Parent Engagement Officer at Afasic, and Catherine Elliott, Primary Lead from the York, East & South Yorkshire Computing Hub.

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Forge CPD SEND Online Briefing - February 23rd 2023

ForgeCPD’ s Second Online Briefing looks at Metacognition and Mediated Learning with Dr Jagdish Kaur Barn

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Fusion SEND Hub - Successful Inclusion and Achievement through Partnerships

ForgeCPD’ s Second Online Briefing looks at Metacognition and Mediated Learning with Dr Jagdish Kaur Barn

Website

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan

The DFE sets out plans to change the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision system in England..

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Launch of the NEW interactive DLD Bubble Toolkit for Practitioners

LIVE LAUNCH! The ComIT team from Wales have taken RADLD's 'DLD bubble' and made it interactive. They'll talk through how it can be used

19 October 2023

Transition to national professional qualification for special educational needs co-ordinators

A new leadership level national professional qualification for SENCOs will replace the existing qualification.

September 2023

Children's Commissioner

A positive approach
to parenting

December 2022

Twilight Talks Research Series: Evidence-informed practice

Short introduction by Dr Zachary Walker, Head of Department at Institute of Education, UCL’s faculty for Education and Society, Psychology and Human Development

Booke here!

10 October 2023

Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities who have fallen behind with reading

This blogpost focuses on pupils with SEND who are not reading fluently.

March 2023

Autism Understood

Launch of a new website from the Charity Spectrum Gaming- Autism understood.

September 2023

Children's Commissioner

Beyond the labels: A SEND system which works for every child, every time

November 2022

Autism

SEMH

Dyslexia

Speech & Language

Dyscalculia

& Dyspraxia

The Engagement Model

In Conversation with Matt Carpenter and Gemma Alldritt

A free webinar for education professionals exploring the experience of neurodiverse professionals working in schools and colleges and how colleagues can be supported in the workplace.

‘The Importance of Wellbeing for All'

This free session reflects on the common areas of criticism, as well the areas of strength the Green Paper provides and outlines key implications for schools, parents and Local Authorities.

‘The Importance of Wellbeing for All'

The conference was broadcast live online on 20 May, but access to the recordings can be purchased for £60 to share with all staff. There are 12 expert talks on Mental Health and Wellbeing, split into 3 streams:

Wellbeing & SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) - Quality First Teaching - Specific Learning Differences (SPLD)

Teacher Handbook

January 2022

Content provided by NASEN/SENDgateway. The handbook has been developed as a resource for teachers to use over time as they embed inclusive practice in their classrooms: it is not intended that it is read cover-to-cover.

Developing an Inclusive, Accessible and Ambitious Curriculum

January 2022

Content provided by NASEN/DFE. This CPD is a three-part series aimed at secondary practitioners that will explore how to make the curriculum inclusive, accessible and ambitious for all pupils