Description

CONFERENCE

Focused on helping teaching professionals, support staff, and stakeholders work more effectively with students with Special Educational Needs. The ‘SEN Conference: Inclusive Education for Every Learner’, is designed to provide attendees with practical tools and strategies to create more inclusive and supportive educational environments.

Delegates will gain valuable insights into a range of topics, including adapting teaching styles for diverse learners, fostering early intervention, and creating supportive and inclusive classroom environments and discover how working collaboratively with parents and carers will ensure consistent support for SEN students.

Our speakers bring a wealth of experience in the field of SEN education, offering their expertise to guide you in your journey toward more inclusive teaching practices. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals and explore innovative approaches to supporting SEN students.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Learn about the implications of national changes for school leaders
• Gain practical strategies for adapting teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of SEN students.
• Understand the benefits of early intervention and learn how to implement these practices in your classroom or school.
• Discover how to foster a supportive classroom culture that promotes inclusivity and reduces barriers for SEN students.
• Learn best practices for building strong relationships and effective communication with parents and carers of SEN students.
• Take away innovative approaches to keep SEN students engaged and motivated in the classroom.

PROGRAMME

Introduction & Welcome

10.00am

Steve Smith, Head of Professional Development, Keynote Educational

National SEND Update:

• The national picture of SEND
• Progress with the DfE SEND and AP Improvement Plan
• Implications of the national changes for school leaders

Natalie Packer, SEND Consultant 

Break

10.50am

Achieving equity through adaptive teaching and interventions

11.10am

• How to plan an ambitious curriculum for all pupils
• How to do more for those with less through adaptive teaching
• How to make a success of interventions and embed key literacies

Matt Bromley, Education Journalist, Author, and Advisor

Working with parents and carers to build support around the SEN child

12.00pm

• Strategies to challenge low-attendance and school avoidance
• Loco parentis – understanding the concerns of parents and carers
• Parents and careers as stakeholders – involving parents in aspects of school life

Mike Bailey, ISAP Lead at Co-op Academy Manchester

Lunch

12.50pm

Improving Engagement

1.50pm

• Why neurodiverse-style teaching is better for everyone – Including the teacher!
• Reasonable adjustments for ND kids that don’t cause havoc.
• The little things that make the BIG difference

Becky Dawson, Director @ Think CYP, Facilitator, Consultant, Coach

Break

2.40pm

All Leaders are Leaders of SEN

2.50pm

• How to drive inclusion at every level of your MAT/school
• How to develop ALL leaders as leaders of SEND
• What this looks like in practise at a MAT and school level

Rhian Warner, E-ACT Primary SEND Specialist

Depart

3.45pm