nasen’s National Early Years SEND Seminar - Better Together: Working collaboratively to support children with SEND and their families
- Online
- 27 Feb 2025 (12:00 - 15:00)
nasen’s free national Early Years seminar is for those working in:
- Local authority teams
- Family hub teams
- Stronger practice hub teams
- Other agencies and professionals working to support children with SEND and their families.
Agenda
12.00pm Welcome and overview of the afternoon (Anna Speke, Education Officer, nasen)
12.10pm – 12.45pm Keynote (Annamarie Hassall MBE, CEO, nasen)
12.45pm – 1.30pm Providing a robust graduated approach though a multi-agency approach for children with SEND in the Early Years
(Sarah Reynolds, Service Manager for SEN Early Identification and Support Services, Wolverhampton)
1.30pm - 1.45pm - Screen break
1.45pm – 2.45pm
Co-production and parental engagement in early years: Building positive relationships with families from under-represented and under-served communities.
(Mary Mulvey-Oates, Juliana Salgado and Ashleigh Thompson, Contact)
2.45pm - 3.00pm nasen update & resources, closing remarks, evaluation (Anna Speke, Education Officer, nasen)
3.00pm Close
This seminar is part of the EYSEND partnership.
Online
Suitable for: Early Years Practitioner, Other, SENCO, Senior Leader
Meet your trainer
Anna Speke
Anna is an Education Officer at nasen, and leads on their Early Years work. She is an experienced primary school teacher, SENCO and SEND Lead, having worked across different local authorities and within multi-academy trusts. Anna has experience in both specialist and mainstream settings, and has led a communication and interaction hub provision, working between specialist and mainstream settings to support children with a range of additional needs.
As well as being an advocate for inclusion by design in all settings, Anna has a particular interest in animal assisted therapies, outdoor learning and Forest School, and how these are of holistic benefit to all learners, particularly those with SEND.
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