Tag: SEN
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Complex Needs Modules to go Europe wide.
An innovative project , co ordinated by Leeds Beckett University in the UK, will see the Complex Needs modules translated into Spanish , German, Turkish, and Bulgarian! This development , funded by the European Union Erasmus Programme, affirms the high quality and innovative nature of these materials.The focus of the Project will be staff training in the field of Intellectual Disability , and will be co ordinated by Nick Mitchell , Principal Programme Consultant at Leeds Beckett university. Jo Egerton , who worked on the original Complex Needs Module Project in the UK, will be the Research Fellow for this European Project.Details of the Project as linked below.Professor Barry Carpenter, who was Director of the original Complex Needs Research Project in the UK, and who oversaw the development of the original training modules in English ( http://www.complexneeds. org.uk), said at the inaugural meeting of the European Project Group, itide, “ This is a marvellous opportunity to bring to staff working with children with Intellectual Disabilities across Europe, the innovative and groundbreaking work that the Team behind the original modules put together. I am delighted to think that our legacy will have such a potentially transformative impact.” -
New Guidance for Parents of Children with Special Needs and Disabilities, on the recent SEN reforms.
This resource from ‘Contact a Family’ offers guidance on the recent reforms to funding for students with SEN.
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New book launched with a focus on Teacher Inquiry in Special Educational Needs.
This new book , written by Surrey Teachers of children with a range of SEN. clearly demonstrates how we can find the evidence for our interventions, and create new ones where they do not exist. It helpfully moves us on as a profession from evidence based practice to inquiry focussed practice, enabling a differentiated and personalised response to a child’s unique profile of learning needs.
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Quality information for parents of children with SEN.
Getting good quality information and a rich dialogue going with parents about their children’s special educational needs, is a real challenge. I recently came across this example , which I think goes a long way to achieving that goal. -
Mental Health Standards for Schools.
Mental Health Standards for Schools.
The focus in the new Code of Practice ( Special Educational Needs ), on ‘ Social, Mental and Emotional Health’, will bring a new challenge to schools , but a timely one. At long last teachers have a mandate to do something constructive in the area of Mental Health, and create a curriculum and pedagogy around Emotional Well Being.Even the Office of National statistics has reported that for every 5 children on a school’s SEN Register, 3 will experience some mental health issue. In the area of Autism it is 6 in every 10 pupils.With this clear mandate from the DfE we can move forward to help our pupils and students with Mental Health needs. The new Mental Health Standards, published by Butterfly Print,(butterflyprint.co.uk), offers excellent guidance on how to do this is a coherent and systemic way.This company also produces Mental Health journals which would work really well in giving focussed support to children with these needs in schools settings.I highly recommend these materials. -
New Report on the Impact of Early Support
In these times of cutbacks in Special Needs services, we need to remember the value of Early Intervention for families of very young children with SEN. The Early Support programme is something that we can rightly be proud of in this Country , and has been widely praised by Early Childhood Interventionists and Academics internationally.
This timely report by Dr Ana Teresa Brito reminds of the value of this programme for families.
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Special Needs Parliamentary Briefing.
This latest POST briefing accurately reflects trends in the changing population of children and young people with Special Educational Needs. It provides succinct information to MPs and others, and is worth reading. -
National Forum for Neuroscience in Special Education – Conference – January, 2014
Scared and sad: The emotional health and wellbeing of children with special educational needs
Thursday 6 February 2014
The Abbey Centre, Westminster, London
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Mental Health In Students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
This new article, just published in the Special Education Resource Journal (Australia), reflects the combined experience and perspectives of a Clinical Psychologist and Special Educator. It is timely in the UK context as Mental Health features large in the new draft Code of Practice on Special Educational Needs. The creation of the new designation of Social, Mental and Emotional Health will bring particular challenges for teachers, but most will recognise the need, as this article points out , to begin to address this important area of development in all children and young people, but especially those with Special Needs.
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FASD in the Early Years
Practitioners may be interested in the wealth of ideas in this excellent piece written by Carolyn Blackburn.
