Search results
Refine your search
Found results
Mental Health Awareness week fittingly starts the week of the GCSE examinations this year and the theme is anxiety.
The University of Chichester are hosting their 11th Annual SEN Conference online on Thursday 18th May 9:30am to 1:15pm. The title is ‘Engaging Voices for Change for Inclusive Education’.
On Tuesday 2nd May, Special Needs Jungle hosted Claire Coutinho, Education Minister with responsibility for SEND, to discuss the SEND and AP Improvement Plan.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance have released a new online training course aimed at school staff and practitioners who work with children and young people.
The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families have an online seminar for education staff to explore anxiety within schools and colleges.
Education Support, the dedicated education mental health and wellbeing charity, have released a new report showing the reality of the role of teaching and the expanding responsibilities of modern education.
- ofsted
‘Independent review of teachers’ professional development in schools: phase 1 findings’ report, Ofsted has found that schools understand the importance of professional development however there are issues in finding the time due to competing priorities.
Anne-Marie Cray has more than 30 years' experience as a Speech and Language Therapist working with children, young people and families in early years, primary, secondary settings. She specialised in working with young people who have social, emotional and mental health needs in specialist settings and alternative providers. Anne-Marie joined Speech and Language UK in 2019 and has been involved in the delivery of several projects as well as developing and delivering training and workshops. She is also part of Speech and Language UK's Family Support team delivering parent webinars and providing support for families and practitioners on the advice line.
Dr Susan Richards is a speech and language therapist with over 20 years’ experience working with children and families in early years, primary and secondary settings. During that time, she has combined her clinical role with a research career, most recently as a postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge University. She has been part of Speech and Language UK’s advisory team over the last five years and currently leads on projects focusing on supporting the Home Learning Environment in areas of disadvantage as well as contributing to strategic support for local authorities nationally in developing their speech, language and communication pathways.
The data from the spring term 2021/22 has been released and shows an increase in exclusions from the autumn term that year and a huge increase in suspensions, up by almost 20,000.
The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have produced a new online training course free to practitioners to support them when delivering annual reviews.
Let Teachers SHINE is an annual competition from the education charity SHINE which supports teachers developing innovative practices for the classroom.
- DfE
A call for evidence has been launched by the Department for Education to improve the way children missing education (CME) are identified and supported.
- Assistive Technology
Today the House of Lords is due to debate a question from Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) around the Government’s assessment of the use of Assistive Technology (AT) to support people with special educational needs and / or disability (SEND).
nasen is proud to be working on a project with funding from the Thomas Pocklington Trust titled “Accessing the Future - improving outcomes for VI learners in post-16”.
- DfE
New guidance has been published by the Department for Education to come into effect from September 2023 regarding the use of permanent exclusions and suspensions.
The NFER have published their Impact Review with research from almost 17,000 schools taking part in their research and assessment trials across 2022.
The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has published the first part of her research into vulnerable young people and their attendance in school, identifying looked after children as the first group that are part of her statutory responsibility
The Anna Freud Centre are hosting a webinar which aims to provide an introduction to the Lundy model in participation and co-production, both of which are at the heart of family hubs.