Early Years Training
nasen is delighted to offer a comprehensive suite of Early Years training and resources to support local authorities with a strategic approach to developing SEND in PVI and school settings.
The suite has been developed in response to the challenges that local authority Early Years teams and their settings have been facing, and the needs they have been sharing with us, as we have entered a recovery period after the pandemic and in the light of the Revised EYFS Framework.
Our training is designed to support the full workforce in Early Years and to lead to excellent provision for children with SEND.
Commissioning SEND Reviews for a group of EY settings
Are you a local authority or nursery chain? If so, commissioning a programme of supported SEND Reviews for all or some of your settings can help you to drive improvement for SEND. nasen structures a supported SEND Review programme which helps EY settings to:
- Understand the process of review for SEND;
- Co-conduct reviews, including peer reviews, thereby building sustainability through professional development;
- Audit current provision and identify existing strengths;
- Review provision and identify areas for development;
- Action-plan, informed by actual review
The benefits of the programme of SEND Reviews are the opportunities to identify:
- Good practice which can be shared across all settings in the group, and
- Common training needs or other areas for development which could be collectively actioned.
The Golden Key Programme
Help inform, upskill, and empower early years staff to make a positive impact for children and young people with SEND.
This training program upskills EY practitioners to identify and provide for the needs of all children in their care. It involves identifying individual needs, fostering trust with children and their parents/carers, and daily interaction with children to gain a holistic understanding of their preferences, interests, and development needs.
This training is designed for practitioners (who are not EY SENCO’s) in Early Years PVI and maintained school settings.
The suite aims to:
CPD for EY practitioners in group and home settings
3 x 90 minute webinars covering:
- Introduction to SEND legislation and inclusive provision including The SEND Code of Practice 2015, the Equality Act 2010 and the EYFS framework 2021
- Identification of, and provision for, the most common types of SEND such as SLCN, Autistic Spectrum Condition and Learning and Cognition needs
- Partnerships with parents including having sensitive conversations, effective co-production with parents and resources for supporting and signposting parents
- Introduction to the wide range of nasen EY resources for practitioners
Price: £1,600
CPD for EY leaders and setting managers
2 x 90 minute webinars covering:
- Overview of statutory responsibilities of EY settings including The SEND Code of Practice 2015, the Equality Act 2010 and the EYFS framework 2021
- Strategic planning for SEND at setting level including the staff team, the identification of SEND, provision for SEND and parent partnerships
- Implications of the EYFS reforms for SEND and DfE recommended documents to support practitioners
- High Quality Teaching and Universal Provision
- Overview of nasen resources for EY leaders including the SEND Review Guide ‘Summary of Effective Practice’ resource and Transition Package
Price: £1,300
CPD for EY SENCOs - New to the role
2x90 minute webinars covering:
- Introduction to the statutory responsibilities of EY settings including the SEND Code of Practice 2015, the Equality Act 2010 and the EYFS framework 2021
- The identification of needs including different types of observations and information-gathering
- The provision for needs including making reasonable adjustments, the Graduated Approach and the Pyramid of Provision
- The partnership with parents and referrals to outside agencies.
- Staff development in SEND
- The EHCP process
- Introduction to nasen EY resources for SENCOs including 5 hours of CPD to deliver to staff and the EY SENCO calendar
Price: £1,300
CPD for EY SENCOs - Experienced
2x 90 minute webinars covering:
- Overview of statutory responsibilities of EY settings including the SEND Code of Practice 2015, the Equality Act 2010 and the EYFS framework 2021
- Strategic planning for staff development in SEND
- Parent partnerships and effective co-production
- Working effectively with outside agencies
- Carrying out a SEND review and developing an action plan for SEND
- Implications of the EYFS reforms for SEND and DfE recommended documents to support practitioners
- Overview of nasen resources for EY SENCOs including the SEND Review Guide and provision mapping document
Price: £1,300
CPD for LA staff
1x 90 minute webinar covering:
- Strategic planning for sustainable improvement including an overview of the programme content and aims
- Prioritising and planning
- Using a multi-agency approach
- Organising and maintaining momentum
- Reviewing progress and sharing outputs
- Overview of Early Years resources for leaders, practitioners and parents including any current DfE funded training and resources
Price: £999
Upcoming Early Years CPD
Meeting the Needs of Every Child (9.30am - 11.30am)
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access and will provide Early Years Practitioners with an overview and understanding of inclusive practice for SEND in Early Years settings.
Early Years SEND Reviewer Training - Gateshead
This DfE funded training is available only to Early Years SENCOs from PVI and Early Years maintained school settings in Gateshead Local Authority.
Early Years SEND Reviewer Training - Medway
This DfE funded training is available only to Early Years SENCOs from PVI and Early Years maintained school settings in Medway Local Authority.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child (10am - 12pm)
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access and will provide Early Years Practitioners with an overview and understanding of inclusive practice for SEND in Early Years settings.
nasen’s National Early Years SEND Seminar - Better Together: Working collaboratively to support children with SEND and their families
This DfE-funded seminar is FREE to attend and is aimed at Early Years SENCOs and managers and Local Authority Teams from across England
Meeting the Needs of Every Child (6pm - 8pm)
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access and will provide Early Years Practitioners with an overview and understanding of inclusive practice for SEND in Early Years settings.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child (5.30pm - 7.30pm)
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access and will provide Early Years Practitioners with an overview and understanding of inclusive practice for SEND in Early Years settings.