08:45 – 09:45 | Registration, refreshments and exhibition | |||
09:45 – 10:00 | Chair’s introduction and welcome | |||
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote 1 | Latest national developments: the future of SEN under the Coalition Government Sonia Blandford, Director, Achievement for All | |||
10:30 – 11:00 Keynote 2 | Ofsted inspection criteria: delivering outstanding SEN provision in your school | |||
11.00 – 11.10 | Questions | |||
11:10 – 11:40 | Morning refreshments and exhibition | |||
11:40 – 12:10 Keynote 3 | Restructuring in light of budget restraints: optimise Teaching Assistants to maximise resources despite lack of funding Gareth D Morewood, Director of Curriculum Support [SENCo], Priestnall School, Stockport | |||
12:10 – 13:00 | Streamed sessions | |||
1A | 1B | 1C | 1D | 1E |
Engage with parents: develop lines of communication with parents to build confidence and manage expectations Gareth D Morewood, Director of Curriculum Support [SENCo], Priestnall School | External agency support: discover who to contact when making referrals and plan the time for meetings into your schedule | Effective data systems: monitor and evaluate the impact of interventions and track the progress and attainment of SEN pupils Jan Stoney, SENCo, Pershore High School | Provision mapping: create a tool that manages, deploys and evaluates resources for inclusion | Identifying SEN: recognise the key signs of SEN early to allow time to make appropriate interventions Mary Joint, SEN Advisor, Dorset Local Authority |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch and exhibition | |||
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote 4 | Finding the time: establish strategies to organise your workload throughout the year to ensure that paperwork and administrative tasks do not dominate your time Dr. Alison Ekins, Course Director: National Award for SEN Coordination, Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University | |||
14:30 – 15:20 | Streamed sessions | |||
2A | 2B | 2C | 2D | 2E |
Information dissemination: improve knowledge of specific needs amongst teaching staff and TAs and facilitate communication between teams Rachael Wardle, Director of Teaching and Learning for SEN, The Fallibroome Academy | Autistic Spectrum Disorder: understand the specific needs of pupils with ASD and disseminate this information to every member of staff Gareth D Morewood, Director of Curriculum Support [SENCo], Priestnall School | Fulfilling statements on a reduced budget: allocate funding and ensure statemented pupils receive adequate funding year on year Elaine Stock | Whole-school systems: implement measures for staff and pupils that enhance planning and provision Dr. Alison Ekins, Course Director: National Award for SEN Coordination, Senior Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University | Differentiation: equip teaching staff with the skills to create tailored lessons and include IEPs in their planning Sharon Gleed-Smith, Inclusion Manager, Lodge School, Purley |
15:20 – 15:50 | Afternoon refreshments and exhibition | |||
15:50 – 16:40 | Streamed sessions | |||
3A | 3B | 3C | 3D | 3E |
Speech, Language and Communication Needs: deliver effective provision by achieving seamless collaborative working practices Clare Langton, Strand Manager: Communication & Interaction and Gareth D Morewood, Director of Curriculum Support [SENCo], Priestnall School | Dyslexia: identify the dyslexic pupils in your school and establish a consistent support structure Glenys Heap | Post-16 SEN provision: prepare your SEN students for life beyond school at university and within a work environment | BESD: utilise appropriate budget friendly resources to manage students with challenging behavior Holly Evans High Incidence Support team | Legal obligations: identify your responsibilities by understanding the relationship between SEN and Disability Equality Mark Blois, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP |
16:40 | Conference close |