Discover the importance of nurturing resilience in students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and explore practical strategies to help them thrive. Learn how to promote a growth mindset, foster positive relationships, teach problem-solving skills, encourage self-care, and celebrate effort in SEN education.
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Welcome to our SENCO news and updates series, where we’ll keep you up-to-date with the latest developments, trends, and best practices in the world of Special Educational Needs Coordination. If you’re a SENsible SENCO member, you get even more amazing help, advice and insights when you log in.
Core Components Of Resilience
Explore the components of resilience and the decline in resilience levels within educational settings. Learn how factors like academic pressure, social media influence, reduced physical activity, and decreased face-to-face interaction are impacting resilience. Discover the importance of addressing these issues for the next generation of SEN students and educators.
Understanding Resilience: What It Is and Why It Matters
Explore the significance of resilience in the realm of Special Educational Needs (SEN) and discover its importance for both students and educators. Learn how resilience helps students overcome challenges and educators thrive in an ever-evolving educational landscape.
Riding the Wave of SEMH: The Impact and Implications of Rising Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs in Schools” An Introduction
Learn about the increasing prevalence of social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs in schools and discover strategies for supporting students. Understand the impact of SEMH on learning environments and find opportunities to create inclusive spaces for all students.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Collaborating with Teachers and Parents for Executive Functioning Support
Discover how SENCOs, teachers, and parents can work together like a symphony orchestra to support students with executive functioning challenges. Learn the importance of open communication, consistency, and training for effective collaboration.
Executive Functioning and SEN: Navigating Challenges and Solutions
Learn how to tackle executive functioning challenges in students with special educational needs (SEN), including ADHD, autism, and dyslexia. Discover tailored interventions and accommodations to support their learning needs.
Building Strong Executive Functioning Skills: Practical Tips for SENCOs
Learn practical strategies for building strong executive functioning skills in students, including structured routines, visual aids, and self-regulation techniques. Celebrate progress on the journey to improving executive functioning.
Unveiling the Mysteries of Executive Functioning: A SENCO’s Epic Guide
Explore the concept of executive functioning and its significance in education. Discover strategies to help students improve their executive functioning skills, benefiting their learning journey.
Keeping Up with Qualifications and Certifications in SEND
Explore the significance of keeping Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) qualifications and certifications up-to-date. Learn about evolving best practices, legal requirements, and the impact on confidence and credibility. Discover strategies for monitoring, updating, and broadening qualifications in the dynamic field of SEND.
Managing Staff Absences in SEND
Explore strategies for managing staff absences in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) settings, ensuring the continuity of support for SEND pupils. Learn about the importance of consistency, skill specificity, pre-emptive planning, communication, adaptation, and post-absence transitions. Discover contingency measures for a seamless SEND provision.
Prioritising Personal Development as a SENCO
Explore the importance of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in the realm of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Discover how CPD enhances skills, knowledge, networking, and confidence for SENCOs, and learn about the benefits of accessing free CPD resources like the ‘SENsible SENCO’ weekly offer.
B Squared for Measuring Progress- Abigail Hawkins reviews
B Squared is product that amongst other things measures small step progress. Abigail was given an account to test or break, and here she discusses the findings.
How can The Number Box help struggling learners in your school?
Improve math skills and confidence with The Number Box, a multi-sensory teaching program for struggling learners. Short and easy to implement sessions, suitable for primary-aged children, and no ongoing costs. Start a free trial today.
NASENCO – MA Inclusive Educational Leadership
Got your NASENCO? Now what? The NASENCO qualification gives you a good basis into inclusive practices, but isn’t actually practical. Our MA Inclusive Educational Leadership gives you much more!
Created and taught by Abigail Hawkins and Daniel Sobel, this MA takes the NASENCO and improves it in a practical way encompassing the leadership skills that SENCOs need to deal with multiple stakeholders. If you are a SENCO this is probably the course for you!
Pupils with SEN – Teaching Assistants, pay scales, terms and salary
We are in a dire position. Increasing number of EHCPs dictating 1:1 for significant hours and vast time out of lesson for intervention, LA response is ‘write a costed plan’…this does not solve the problem…we CANNOT recruit.
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