Online SEND CPD Units
This series of online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) units explore some of the most commonly observed barriers to learning in classrooms and other learning environments, regardless of age, label or area of need.
The units are developed in partnership with leading specialists from the sector to provide clear guidance on adaptations to teaching to help meet the needs of all learners.
As 'short hop' learning journeys, each unit can be completed in under an hour. There's no need to study the units in order, so you can tap into the guidance you need as and when you need it.
Please note, you must be logged into your free nasen or Whole School SEND account to access these online units.
For anyone who wants to further contextualise learning from the units, the teams involved in their development often feature in our Specialist Spotlight Sessions. These hour-long live discussions are a great place to build on learning, share experiences and seek advice.
Titles available
- Unit 1: Creating an emotionally safe environment
- Unit 2: Creating a socially safe environment
- Unit 3: Creating a physically safe environment
- Unit 4: An introduction to speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
- Unit 5: Identifying and supporting speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
- Unit 6: Supporting the development of speech, language and communication skills
- Unit 7: Creating a learning environment that supports speech, language and communication
- Unit 8: Understanding behaviour as communication
- Unit 9: Promoting mental wellbeing in your setting
- Unit 10: Understanding and promoting resilience
- Unit 11: Understanding anxiety and creating a supportive learning environment
- Unit 12: Supporting sensory differences in the learning environment
- Unit 13: An introduction to teaching learners with physical needs
- Unit 14: Understanding executive functioning
- Unit 15: Memory for learning
- Unit 16: Supporting reading and comprehension across the curriculum
- Unit 17: Developing maths skills
- Unit 18: Person centred working
- Unit 19: Promoting independence
- Unit 20: Transitions
Specialist Spotlight session supporting resources
Resources to summarise the discussion from the sessions and share strategies and approaches used by schools and colleges
Upcoming Specialist Spotlight Sessions
To complement each unit you have the opportunity to join an hour-long online discussion, often featuring the specialists involved in developing the units. It’s a chance to contextualise the learning, share experiences and learn from colleagues from across the country.
Due to the interactive nature of these sessions, recordings will not be available after the event, so book now as places are limited!
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding executive functioning (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring 'understanding executive functioning’ in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding executive functioning (Secondary/FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring 'understanding executive functioning’ in secondary/FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding anxiety and creating a supportive learning environment (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring 'understanding and promoting resilience' in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Promoting mental wellbeing in your setting (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring approaches to promoting mental wellbeing in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding behaviour as communication (Primary)
Featuring Sarah Johnson: Sarah Johnson has worked in education for the last nineteen years. As a qualified teacher, Sarah has enjoyed roles in mainstream schools, Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision and psychiatric in-patient services.
Specialist Spotlight: Promoting independence (Secondary/FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring ‘promoting independence’ in secondary/FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Developing maths skills (Secondary/FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring 'developing maths skills’ in secondary/FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Memory for Learning (Secondary/FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring 'memory for learning’ in secondary/FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Supporting sensory differences in the learning environment (Secondary / FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring how to support sensory differences in the learning environment in secondary / FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: An introduction to teaching learners with physical needs (Secondary / FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring an introduction to teaching learners with physical needs in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding anxiety and creating a supportive learning environment (Secondary / FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring the topic of anxiety and approaches to creating a supportive learning environment in secondary / FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Supporting Reading and Comprehension Across the Curriculum (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring 'Supporting Reading and Comprehension Across the Curriculum’ in Primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Promoting mental wellbeing in your setting (Secondary/FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring approaches to promoting mental wellbeing in secondary / FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding and promoting resilience
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring 'understanding and promoting resilience' in all settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Memory for Learning (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring 'memory for learning’ in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Person Centred Learning – Listening and Working with Learners and Their Families
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring ‘Person Centred Learning – Listening and Working with Learners and Their Families’ in all settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Transitions (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring ‘transitions’ in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: An introduction to teaching learners with physical needs (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring an introduction to teaching learners with physical needs in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Promoting independence (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring ‘promoting independence’ in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Supporting sensory differences in the learning environment (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring how to support sensory differences in the learning environment in primary settings.
Need some help?
If you have any questions about these online units or would like some further support then please contact us by emailing: info@wholeschoolsend.org.uk
Specialist Spotlight session supporting resources
Resources to summarise the discussion from the sessions and share strategies and approaches used by schools and colleges
How to use the Online CPD Units
To access the Online Units you must have an active account with nasen/Whole School SEND and be logged in.
Each unit can be completed in under an hour.
At the end of each unit you will be invited to register for a free Specialist Spotlight session, which will facilitate an open discussion on each CPD unit and how you can apply learning into practice
There are 20 units in total.
- Unit 1: Creating an emotionally safe environment
- Unit 2: Creating a socially safe environment
- Unit 3: Creating a physically safe environment
- Unit 4: An introduction to speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
- Unit 5: Identifying and supporting speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
- Unit 6: Supporting the development of speech, language and communication skills
- Unit 7: Creating a learning environment that supports speech, language and communication
- Unit 8: Understanding behaviour as communication
- Unit 9: Promoting mental wellbeing in your setting
- Unit 10: Understanding and promoting resilience
- Unit 11: Understanding anxiety and creating a supportive learning environment
- Unit 12: Supporting sensory differences in the learning environment
- Unit 13: An introduction to teaching learners with physical needs
- Unit 14: Understanding executive functioning
- Unit 15: Memory for learning
- Unit 16: Supporting reading and comprehension across the curriculum
- Unit 17: Developing maths skills
- Unit 18: Person centred working
- Unit 19: Promoting independence
- Unit 20: Transitions