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By Katie Hickin, Real Training's MEd Academic and Programme Lead and former SENCO. Have you looked in your literacy/maths cupboards lately? How high are the boxes of interventions old and new stacked? And that's before we factor in a spiralling collection of educational apps and websites…The sheer volume of available…
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An autism special issue for the Autism Show
Dr Temple Grandin provides a unique insight into autism and her life. Steve Silberman tackles the big questions on inclusion, causation research, gender personalisation in education, and the future of autism. Dr Sue Sheppard speaks about Lorna Wing, autism in the UK, the importance of good training and the future for young people with autism.
Please note: this issue has been curated from previous issues of The SEND Practitioner.
Please email Real Psychology’s sarah.norris@realgroup.co.uk if this piques your interest.
Edward Farrow In mid-May, the government published its higher education White Paper. The mixed reception that it received hinged on legislation that will, ultimately, enable new education providers to confer their own degrees. While the university sector, including the NUS and MillionPlus, responded warily to the publication, other voices were more positive. Read more about […]
Over the past six months, Jonathan Bond has worked with nasen to develop ‘Focus on SEND’. This free DfE-funded online CPD takes nine hours to complete and has been created for all mainstream teachers and settings across England. This key resource launches at nasen Live on 29-30 April. Jonathan, our head of learning design, discusses the project and […]
On 11 November 2015, Edward Timpson, the Children’s and Families Minister, addressed the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) conference on the progress of the SEND reforms. ‘All areas are well on with implementing the reforms: They all have transition plans in place and are making progress. They all have a Local Offer — although there […]
Just under one year ago, we were privileged to interview key members of staff from Channel 4’s Educating the East End. With this in mind, Educating Cardiff — the latest incarnation of the series — espouses a similarly pupil-centred approach to its predecessor. We were delighted, therefore, to be able to pose our readers’ questions […]
During the course of the day, we noticed that the DfE’s ‘Children with special needs: an analysis – 2015’ statistics release hadn’t been published. Indeed, the DfE’s message on its website contained the following message: ‘Statistics release cancelled From 2015, we shall cease the publication of ‘Children with special educational needs: an analysis’ in its current […]
‘Deafness is not a learning disability and yet in England just 36% of deaf children achieved five good GCSEs last year, compared to 65% of hearing children.’ Susan Daniels OBE in the 12th issue of The SEND Practitioner In line with Susan Daniel’s startling statistic, we published the 12th issue of The SEND Practitioner on the […]
Edward Farrow We were really pleased to welcome Brian Lamb back to The SEND Practitioner well over a year since he first graced the pages of our inaugural issue. Since then, the SEN reforms have made some qualified progress. However, on balance, the sheer scale of the cultural change that is afoot reflects on a […]
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Earlier this year, our sister company, ESF Apprenticeships commissioned a Teacher Tapp poll of 2,196 schools. Although just a snapshot, it showed that 35% of surveyed schools now employ an Assistant SENCO. A further 12% are either planning to appoint an Assistant SENCO, or specifically thinking about upskilling a TA. The launch of the Assistant SENCO programme provides a fully-funded way for Assistant SENCOs to train.
Teaching assistants have the opportunity to build close bonds with the pupils they support and play a highly significant role in shaping their experience of learning. In this article, we take a look at how TAs can provide the best support to dyslexic pupils, not only in terms of developing reading and writing skills, but also helping to build self-confident, independent learners.
We are pleased to share with you the news that our recently released product the Test of Retrieval Efficiency (TORE) has been approved by SASC, and is now included on the approved list of tests on their website! Becoming SASC-approved marks a significant milestone in the launch of this new product. If you have been thinking about taking the plunge and ordering TORE, then there has never been a better time to enhance your assessment battery with this new innovation!