Practical strategies for motivating and engaging learners with SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) and LLD

This free session, facilitated by Natspec, will focus on developing good practice in relation to mental health support and services.

10 steps to improve your Assistive Technology

Do you want to increase the ways in which technology can support learners’ independence and study? This live session will cover ten ways to improve the delivery of technology solutions for learners with SEND. The session is facilitated by one of Natspec’s expert Assistive Technologists and will move through ten quick-fire topics to cover a range of assistive technology support practices.

Teaching and learning strategies to enable SEND learners to remember and learn more over time

This session, facilitated by Natspec, will cover the challenges faced by many SEND learners to acquire new knowledge and skills and how practitioners can plan teaching and learning activities that enable successful use of the working memory.

Creating Effective Baseline Assessments – Practical strategies and ideas for your SEND provision

This free session will focus on how to plan effective baseline/initial assessments to form a profile of your learners. We will explore how pre-enrolment activities and induction can be used to identify outcomes, targets, and aspirations for learners.

Planning a successful personalised curriculum to meet the individual needs of your learners

This free session will introduce participants to strategies in planning a personalised curriculum. It will explore how a curriculum could be co-created with learners’ views being considered and reflect on the starting point and cycle of planning and reflection to deliver an effective, challenging, and creative curriculum that has a positive impact on learners with SEND.

Practical strategies for ensuring the learners’ voice is heard

This free session will cover practical strategies to ensure that organisations with SEND provision hear their learners’ voices and maximise the developmental opportunities that this brings.

Technology for learners with SEND: organisational changes required for effective use and integration

This free session will develop your awareness of the organisational changes required to maximise the potential of technology for learners with SEND provide you with action points to evaluate your current provision and to develop a pathway for greater integration.

Assessing progress through baseline assessments

This free session will cover how we assess progress and achievement through baseline assessing, it will identify resources and strategies to support delivery, reflecting on current practice and learning from Natspec colleagues. 

Strategies for developing and supporting effective teaching and learning in a SEND provision

This free session will cover exploring effective teaching and learning in SEND, identifying strategies to support delivery, reflecting on current practice and learning from Natspec colleagues.

What does a good PMLD provision look like?

This free session will cover the key elements that need to be in place to provide personalised learning opportunities that lead to quality-of-life outcomes for young people with a PMLD label.

Building a SEND curriculum without qualifications

This free session will introduce participants to the concept of a curriculum without qualifications, the benefits, and potential problems.

Supporting learners with SEND through effective use of technology

This free session will showcase effective practice from tutors and LSAs already supporting learners to build agency and resilience via technology and consider how SEND managers can develop use of technology in their setting.

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