Resources

Our team of education specialists have put together a bank of information, support and resources. This provides you easy access to the most up-to-date knowledge and support which is rooted in research and evidence-informed best practice.

Please note: Our resources reflect the terminology and accepted language of the moment in time at which they were produced, and sometimes, although content remains relevant and valid, as our knowledge and understanding grows, some of the terms may not be what we would now choose to use.

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Early Years face-to-face CPD: Session 5

  • General
  • 25 Jan 2021
Free
Early Years face-to-face CPD

We have developed five training sessions for early years practitioners to enable them to deliver SEND CPD to staff within their own setting.

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Meeting the Needs of Every Child

  • Webcasts
  • 08 Jan 2021
Free
early years

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.

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Sensory Saturday webcast for Parents

  • Webcasts
  • 14 Oct 2020
Free
early years

This webcast will consider ‘Sensory Saturdays’, the sorts of activities you might do and why they are important. From the very earliest days we know that children find out about the world around them by using their senses.

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Turn Taking Tuesdays webcast for Parents

  • Webcasts
  • 25 Sep 2020
Free
early years

This webcast will consider ‘Turn taking Tuesdays’, the sorts of activities you might do and why they are important.

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Celebrate Sunday webcast for Practitioners

  • General
  • 23 Sep 2020
Free
early years

In this webcast we will focus on celebration everyday by considering how one page profiles can support the celebration of an individual child’s personality, character and strengths.

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Wellbeing Wednesday webcast for Practitioners

  • Webcasts
  • 18 Sep 2020
Free
early years

This webcast will introduce a new resource, 7 Days, Many ways, working together to build resilience through relationships’. This has been funded by the Dfe and is focussed on the importance of building resilience.

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Early Years working with parents to identify SEN

  • General
  • 23 Jul 2020
Free
early years

This resource is guidance and support for effective conversations with parents about SEN in the Early Years and is suitable for all EY practitioners and leaders.

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Early Years Transition Webcast: Discussing individual needs with the SENCO

  • Webcasts
  • 13 Jul 2020
Free
early years
transition

This webcast will focus on a meeting with the SENCO and the difference between children’s short term needs (not necessarily SEND) and long term needs (more likely to be identified as SEND).

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Early Years Transition Webcasts: The importance of a child-centred approach

  • Webcasts
  • 13 Jul 2020
Free
early years
transition

This webcast will focus on the importance of building trusting relationships with children in transition, settling children with SEND into the school or setting after lockdown and the need for a child-centred approach.

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Podcast: Inclusive Practice in Early Years Settings and Behaviour Support

  • General
  • 13 Feb 2020
Free
early years
podcast

In this podcast we hear from Charlotte Worley, an EYFS Leader of Learning at Nexus Special School in Kent. We discuss inclusive practice, in particular when thinking about the environment and adapting delivery to include children’s individual targets. We

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The Importance of Play and Relationships

  • Webcasts
  • 06 Oct 2019
Free
early years

This webcast will focus on two important elements of supporting young children’s learning and development. We will look at play and relationships and how the two are interlinked to successfully support young children’s development.

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Early Years SEND Review Guide

  • General
  • 01 Jan 2019
Free
early years
SEND Review

The EY SEND Review Guide has been developed by AfA and nasen, as part of the EY SEND Partnership, to support leaders in Early Years settings to review their setting’s practice for children with SEND.

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SEND and Emerging Needs in the Early Years

  • Webcasts
  • 18 Dec 2018
Free
Webcast
early years

A pre-recorded webinar specifically for all those working in the EYFS, with an interest in understanding and supporting the emerging needs of young children.

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Safeguarding and young children with SEND

  • Webcasts
  • 01 Aug 2018
Free
Webcast
early years

In this webcast, we will consider the particular issues around safeguarding and young children with SEND. This webcast does not cover the detail of the safeguarding requirements; you must refer to the national statutory guidance, some of which is listed a

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Support, information and funding for children with SEND in the Early Years

  • Webcasts
  • 01 Aug 2018
Free
early years
Webcast

In this webcast, we will focus on the support, information and funding which may be available in local authorities to support providers to build their capacity to include young children with SEND.

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Education, Health and Care (EHC) Needs assessments and plans

  • Webcasts
  • 01 Aug 2018
Free
Webcast
early years

In this webcast, we will focus on Education, Health and Care (EHC) Needs assessments and plans in the early years. This webcast will give a brief overview of the process and plans.

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The role of the SENCo in supporting children with SEND

  • Webcasts
  • 21 Dec 2017
Free
early years

In this webcast, we will look at the role of the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, or SENCo, in Early Years group settings that are not schools; this would mainly mean settings in the Private, Voluntary and Independent sector, or PVIs.

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Using the prime areas of learning to support young children with SEND

  • Webcasts
  • 21 Dec 2017
Free
early years
Webcast

In this webcast, we will look at what we mean by ‘behaviour’ and what children might be trying to communicate through their behaviours.

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Role of the key person in relation to children with SEND

  • Webcasts
  • 19 Dec 2017
Free
early years

In this webcast, we will look at the role of the key person with regard to children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities or SEND.

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What are 'Special Educational Needs and Disabilities'?

  • Webcasts
  • 07 Dec 2017
Free
early years
Webcast

In this webcast, we will look at the legal definitions of ‘special educational needs’ and ‘disability’ which are currently used nationally.

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