Enhancing SEND support through collaborative partnership in Hackney
Wednesday 19 June 2024, 8.30 – 16.00
School visits (am) and The Tomlinson Centre (pm)
£160 (+VAT)
Overview
This conference provides a platform for sharing best practices and fostering collaborative partnerships among schools and the local authority in Hackney to enhance support for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Through school visits and workshops, attendees will gain insights into various approaches, strategies and interventions for supporting children with diverse learning needs, including those with moderate learning difficulties, complex needs, autism, ADHD, and executive function difficulties.
Additionally, the conference aims to update participants on Hackney’s SEND initiatives and provide practical guidance on partnership working, safeguarding, reasonable adjustments and promoting better outcomes for SEND children.
Programme
8:30 – School visits
- Stormont House – supporting children with moderate learning difficulties
- Ickburgh – positive parent partnerships
- Bridge Academy – nurture group / classroom practice / distributed leadership
- Harrington Hill – adaptive teaching / formative assessment
- Thomas Fairchild – including children with complex needs / updating SEND register
- Halley House – ELSA provision
- Clapton – autism in girls
10:30 – Travel to The Tomlinson Centre
11:00 – Update on Hackney SEND – Yvonne Wade
11:20 – Workshops
- Partnership working in safeguarding and promoting better outcomes for SEND children – Ann Marie Christian
- Reasonable adjustments: their role in creating a positive learning environment – Dr Barbara Sandland
12:20 – Lunch and roundtables to discuss school visits
13:20 – Workshops
- Emotionally Based School Non Attendance (EBSNA) – Fay Day, Fiona Conway, Nora Dwyer
- ADHD friendly classrooms – Jane Beavis, Aimee Cole
14:30 – Workshops
- Autism target setting and strategies in the classroom – Lydia Scaletti
- Adapting reading teaching for children with executive function difficulties
15:45 – End and informal networking
Speakers
Dr Barbara Sandland
Barbara is a Post-Doctoral Researcher, Assistant Professor and Specialist Student Mentor. Her work focuses on Autism and Neurodivergence in education and the workplace. As a neurodivergent individual and mother to neurodiverse children she brings personal insight, alongside critical research, to her work. Barbara’s background is as a qualified secondary school teacher, with many years’ experience as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator.
How to book
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