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  • Updates on Autism Research

    Teachers often need and appreciate brief, teacher-friendly summaries of relevant research in the field of Autism. The University of Portsmouth autism network posts helpful newsletters on different topics, covering research that can inform evidence based practice and interventions that are systematically trialled. Take a look through the below weblink. http://www.port.ac.uk/department-of-psychology/community-collaboration/autism-research-network/  

  • New Module on Educational Inclusion in Europe

    This new module, resulting from the pan European Erasmus Project, examined inclusive practice for children with Complex Needs across 8 European Countries. The Project used the training materials developed as a result of the DfE funded Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Research Project, (Carpenter et al , 2012/ 2015) , to promote understanding and knowledge…

  • New article on Engagement for Learning for the Chartered College of Teaching

    Engagement Profile and Scale in a SEN Specialist School Click to thumbnail image, or link above to download, and view in full

  • Supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities

    ‘Supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. CORE & ESSENTIAL STANDARDS’ Click the cover thumbnail image below to open, and view in full.  

  • Enabling Access; Effective Teaching and Learning for Pupils with Learning Difficulties (3rd Ed)

    Publishers, Routledge , have launched a 3rd Edition of Enabling Access; Effective Teaching and Learning for Pupils with Learning Difficulties, to mark the seminal contribution of the book to the debate around the curricular needs of children and young people with learning difficulties. Edited by Barry Carpenter, Rob Ashdown and Keith Bovair the book will appear in the Routledge Education Classic Edition series.…

  • Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Premature Birth

    On Friday 14 July 2017, an interdisciplinary conference was held at Birmingham City University to raise awareness and highlight current research on this topic. The slides are now available http://www.bcu.ac.uk/research/stories/born-early Also the keynote given by Dr Susan Foster-Cohen from the Champion Centre in New Zealand can be watched below:    

  • Autism in Girls: Call To Action updated and relaunched

    At nasen live in Birmingham in July , Professor Barry Carpenter , Chair of the National Working Group on Autism in Girls, ( supported by the NAHT) relaunched the Call to Action, as part of his keynote address. This can be downloaded free below.   It has also been announced that a new book ‘ Understanding Autism in Girls…

  • Inquiring Minds: Adapting mental wealth journals for pupils with additional needs

    This beautifully crafted article by Jo Egerton and Bev Cockbill describes a school based inquiry, generating an evidence base, from which professional judgements can be made about the effectiveness of emotional well being journals as a resource for promoting positive mental health is children with SEND. It is timely as it addresses practical approaches to Mental Heath in schools, but also demonstrates the power…

  • The ‘Parents of Girls with Autism’ online community

    The ‘Parents of Girls with Autism’ online community has now been approved and can be found here http://network.autism.org.uk/group/parents-girls-autism The community is aimed at parents, however it also welcomes women with autism and professionals with an interest in the subject. Please register through the weblink above to join.

  • Developing housing for young people with learning disabilities

    This blog describes an initiative in the West Midlands led by MyLife.http://www.mylife.uk.com/ This guest blog comes from Professor Barry Carpenter CBE, chair of MyLife, a support service in Hartlepool and Moseley in Surrey enabling people with complex needs to live as independently as possible in the community.  Here, he describes MyLife’s new initiative in the…