Early Years SEND Partnership
nasen is proud to be part of the DfE-funded Early Years SEND Partnership Project led by the Council for Disabled Children (CDC). The other partners are I CAN, The Communication Trust, Contact, National Children’s Bureau (ncb) and Dingley’s Promise. nasen is currently working with Local Authorities from the nine regions across the country to develop their SEND provision at a strategic level through Regional Action Learning Sets and Specialist Action Learning Sets. The Local Authorities are: The London Borough of Newham, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Birmingham, Kirklees, Northumberland, Trafford and Northants.
Each of the partners within the Early Years SEND Partnership also provide training for Early Years practitioners: nasen has trained over 170 Early Years SENCOs as SEND Reviewers this year and over 300 practitioners on our ‘Meeting the Needs of Every Child’ course. All training courses have been delivered as live webinars or recorded webcasts this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access and will provide Early Years Practitioners with a thorough understanding of inclusive practice for SEND in Early Years settings. The 90 minute webcast will cover the following topics:
- Responsibilities of a PVI setting towards children with SEND
- The role of the SENCO and the key person
- What effective inclusive practice looks like in a PVI setting
- How to use nasen's free face-to-face training materials.
Throughout this webcast you will be invited to participate in a range of activities to support your learning. In order to access these activities please make sure you download the following supporting documents before the webcast and print or have available on your screen.
Please see our upcoming early years events below.
Early Years SEND Reviewer Training - West Berkshire
This DfE funded training is available only to Early Years SENCOs from PVI and Early Years maintained school settings in West Berkshire Local Authority.
Early Years SEND Reviewer Training - Blackburn with Darwen
This DfE funded training is available only to Early Years SENCOs from PVI and Early Years maintained school settings in Blackburn with Darwen Local Authority.
Early Years SEND Reviewer Training - Shropshire
This DfE funded training is available only to Early Years SENCOs from PVI and Early Years maintained school settings in Shropshire Local Authority.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child
This DfE funded webinar is FREE to access and will provide Early Years Practitioners with a thorough understanding of inclusive practice for SEND in Early Years settings.
Early Years SEND Reviewer Training - North Somerset
This DfE funded training is available only to Early Years SENCOs from PVI and Early Years maintained school settings in North Somerset Local Authority.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child
This DfE funded webinar is FREE to access and will provide Early Years Practitioners with a thorough understanding of inclusive practice for SEND in Early Years settings.
Early Years SENCO Calendar
- General
- 05 May 2022
This resource is a checklist/ guide to be used to support Early Years SENCOs in their role throughout the year.
SEND Code of Practice & EYFS Framework – what they say
- General
- 02 Sep 2021
This resource is a quick reference guide which highlights the key messages for SEND in the context of early years. It can be printed out and displayed, used as the focus of a staff meeting or kept in the front of a practitioner’s planning folder.
Celebrate Sundays for Practitioners
- Webcasts
- 30 Mar 2021
In this webcast we look at what is meant by resilience and explore the 7 C’s of resilience. Celebrate Sundays focus on celebrating children’s achievements, reflecting and listening to the child’s voice.
Sensory Saturdays for Practitioners
- Webcasts
- 30 Mar 2021
In this webcast we look at what is meant by resilience and explore the 7 C’s of resilience. Sensory Saturdays explore how to use sensory approaches to support individual children’s engagement and how to carry out a sensory audit in your setting.
First Time Fridays for Practitioners
- Webcasts
- 29 Mar 2021
In this webcast we look at what is meant by resilience and explore the 7 C’s of resilience. First Time Fridays focus on planning and introducing new experiences, using visuals and helping children to generalise their skills.
nasen are currently working with 8 Local Authorities from across the country at a strategic level, to support them to develop a whole setting approach to SEND. The work also includes training SENCOs and setting managers in these Local Authorities to become Early Years SEND Reviewers, using the SEND Review Guide to review SEND provision in their own and others’ settings.
The project, which runs from April 2021 until March 2022, is funded by the Department for Education (DfE).
