SEN bulletin January 2023

Happy New Year!

We hope to see you at the range of networking and training opportunities on offer this term.

SENCO Bite- size sessions – Primary/Secondary/Special via MS Teams

• SEN Expectations Document Friday 27 January 2023 at10 - 11am
  We will discuss how you can use this document to develop inclusive practice in the classroom. We will go through a training session that you can deliver to your school.
• Self-Evaluation/monitoring practice Monday 23 January 2023 at1 - 2pm
  Sharing tools, audits and processes that can support you to self –evaluate inclusive provision
• CAMHS Team Learning Disabilities Thursday 9 February 2023 at 9 – 10am
  Find out about the service, myth busting and Q&A
• Reasonable Adjustments Friday 24 Feb 2023 at 2-3pm
  What are they? What is expected?
• The DfE Class Teacher Handbook Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 9.30 - 10.30am
  Become familiar with the handbook, and ideas on how you can use the handbook to develop practice
• Costed Provision Maps Friday 17 March 2023 from 2-3pm
  What are they? Why are they needed? What makes a good one?

Teacher and TA Twilight Sessions – Primary and Secondary all via MS Teams

• Structured Teaching Thursday 19 January 2023, 3-4pm
  Find out how you can make learning more accessible through structured teaching
• Implementing EP report recommendations Thursday 26 January 2023 at 3-4pm
  In this session you will explore some key EP recommendations and consider how to put them into practice. Opportunity for Q&A
• Numicon and other manipulatives Thursday 9 February 2023 at 3-4pm
  How can you use manipulatives to make learning more accessible
• The DfE Class Teacher Handbook Thursday 16 March 2023at 3-4pm
  Become familiar with the handbook and find out how it can support your subject knowledge and practice
• QFT Strategies for SEN support Thursday 9 March 2023 at 3-4pm
  Build your knowledge of universal quality first strategies to support SEN and your whole class to make progress

Aspiring SENCos sessions

For Primary and Secondary Teachers interested in this career path. Please signpost to staff who may be interested

• Highlights of the role, myth busting, what does it take to be a SENCo? Tuesday 7 Feb 2023, 3:30-4:30pm
• Responsibilities, Training options, professional and peer support Tuesday 7 March 2023, 3:30-4:30pm
• Challenges and rewards, finding a post, work-life balance Tuesday 6 June 2023, 3:30-4:30

Induction support for SENCos new to the role

3-part programme via MS Teams covering:

Ealing Local Offer, Where to get support, Ealing Referral process and systems, Live problem solving, Peer Support, Deliver Legal Duties

• Wednesday 25 January 2-3 pm
• Wednesday 1 March 2-3pm
• Wednesday 17 May 2-3pm

Deputy/Shadow or Interim SENCo Support sessions

Session 1 : 2 March, 1 – 3pm at the EEC

• Vision for inclusion - school context, role and responsibilities, environment for the child and school
• National and Local picture, key Legislation, latest policy and practice and guidance
• Identifying and Understanding Areas of Need
• Checklist – need to know, what is useful to know in your role and for your school

Session 2 20 April, 1 – 3pm

• Senco Role
• Using graduated approach & SEN Support – the essentials
• Multi-agency meetings, annual review and statutory requests
• Co-production - Working with CYP, parents carers and others
• SENCO self-evaluation and OFSTED
• Working with whole school, teachers and support staff
• The role of senco in leading continuous Professional Development
• SENCO and Practitioner wellbeing

Leadership networks

Primary SENCo Network

Wednesday 18 January, 1 – 4pm at the EEC

Agenda:

• Race Equity and Equality - continue the conversation
• Assessment - tools and systems – sharing of practice discussion
• Early Start Offer
• LA SEN Strategy
• Ealing Level Descriptors Update
• TA deployment –managing interventions, inside and outside of the classroom
• ESCAN updates

Secondary SENCo Network

Thursday 2 February from 1pm – 4pm at the EEC

Agenda:

• Race Equity and Equality - continue the conversation
• Preparing for adulthood and employment
• Reasonable adjustments – sharing good practice
• Casual Admissions – best practice
• SEN Attainment – National and Local Data
• Transition CTF update
• ESCAN updates

Primary ARP Leads Network

25 January from, 1 – 4pm at the EEC

• Focus on Moderation and Ealing Level Descriptors
• ESCAN Updates
• Race Equality and Equity – continue the conversation

Locality based workshops – PVIs, primary and secondary schools

These workshops will bring together local PVIs, Primary and Secondary SENCOs (Inclusion Leads, Family partnership workers etc) and key service providers to explore how we can work together to support schools to serve their children and young people and immediate community.

OT, SALT, EHCCOs and community partners will attend. We will look at quadrant SEN data, discuss challenges and explore how we can work together. This will be a great opportunity to meet each other and network across phases.

• Southall quadrant, 30 January, 9.30 - 11.30am at the EEC
• Greenford, Northolt and Perivale quadrant, 31 January, 9.30 - 11.30am at EEC
• Acton quadrant, 1 February, 9.30 - 11.30am at Ealing I-SAID Sycamore Lodge, 1 Edgecote Close Ealing W3 8PH
• Ealing quadrant, 2 February, 9.30 - 11.30am at EEC

Behaviour management training

4 part sessions exploring how to prepare for the best possible chance of success in the classroom. Each session is a mix of discussion, video and group work, sharing our experiences to solve general and specific concerns in the classroom and culminating in a plan to ensure the start of the next academic year is as successful as possible.

Develop successful behaviour management and learn about:

• The positive classroom
• Setting expectations
• Dealing with inappropriate behaviour
• Behaviour for learning
• Positive relationships
• Creating your plan for a positive classroom environment

4 part sessions taking place at the EEC, 1-3pm on:

• Wednesday 1 February 2023
• Wednesday 22 March 2023
• Wednesday 17 May 2023
• Wednesday 12 July 2023

Positive behaviour management

Level 1 Team Teach Training as requested by schools. £75 per delegate, 9.30am-4.30pm:

• Positive behaviour management 25 January
• Positive behaviour management 27 January

Secondary SENCo support visit

Don’t forget to book in your SENCo support visit. Contact Katy Reeves to arrange a date. kreeves@ephs.ealing.sch.uk>

Speech and Language Therapy Team

Advice line/email - ealing.sltadvice@nhs.net or 07512 716 478, open 1-4pm Monday-Friday

This term:

• Parent & practitioner trainings run by SLT team (Introduction to Makaton signing)
• Parent training sessions run jointly by ES SEND team and SLT team (Visually supported communication for parents, Understanding Autism and social communication, supporting Autistic children and children with social communication needs with their communication, Promoting positive behaviour)
• Makaton Sign Time group – for children 0-5 to come and learn Makaton with their parents- everyone and anyone is welcome!
• Fun and Learn group for children 0-5 with identified social communication/attention and listening needs
• Talk and Play group for children 0- 5 with language needs
• Drop in/advice sessions to children's centre's stay and play sessions
• Sing, Sign and Play: weekly music therapy group for children 0-5 with social communication or complex needs

Keep sign posting to our Ealing Children's Services Youtube Channel:

Education, health and care (EHC) co-ordinator allocations

Please find the current EHCCO allocations (EGfL log in required). Changes may occur as the service is currently recruiting.

EHAP Review –survey

Can you spare 5 -10 minutes to provide feedback on the EHAP guidance, forms, protocols, and training? The EHAP review survey will now be available until 22/1/2023. Survey link: EHAP Review - Survey for EHAP Users (Professionals)

For those wanting to participate in the EHAP review working group, they should submit their contact information when prompted at the end of this survey.

There are two working group sessions available:

• Tuesday 24 January 2023 at 4 – 5pm or
• Wednesday 25 January 2023 at 10 – 11 am

Preparing for adulthood

The LA have arranged for BASE (The British Association for Supported Employment) part of the Internship Works project to deliver Vocational Profiling training for schools. If you would like more details please contact Coni Buzuleac buzuleacc@ealing.gov.uk

The training will be delivered via Zoom covering the following themes:

• Boosting aspirations for young people with SEND
• An overview of the core values which underpin supported employment and how they are applied when vocational profiling
• Future planning – what more can be done in schools/colleges to boost ambition in the system?

Top Tip

SEND Podcasts can be a great source of inspiration. Why not try the SENDCast, With Dale Pickles? This week, it is ‘I can’t go to School’ with Suzy Rowland.

The SENDcast - The Podcast for Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Did you know?

Requests for EHCPs have gone up 23% in England since 2020. Explore our statistics and data – Explore education statistics – GOV.UK (explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk)