Support Groups

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Education of Young People in Public Care

EYPPC/SG MSc in Joint Professional
16/6/11 2.00pm – 4.00pm Practice
Educational Psychologists: Hearing Impairment
EPHI/SG
Social, Emotional and Behavioural Development
in Children with Speech, Language and
Summer 2011 Professional Development Programme
7/7/11 10.00am – 16.30pm Communication Needs
16/11/11 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Meeting Medical Needs
This popular and highly evaluated masters-level
module offers participants an opportunity to explore
SENJIT
MMN/SG research and practice in relation to the well-
30/6/11 2.00pm – 4.00pm SENJIT is a partnership between higher education, local authorities, schools Contact SENJIT at:
established links between behaviour and speech and
Peripatetic Teachers of the Deaf & Hearing Impaired language impairment. The MSc in Joint Professional and voluntary agencies and provides a centre of excellence to support and Institute of Education
Practice is for teachers and speech and language promote the education of pupils with SEN and disabilities. SENJIT works across University of London
HIP/SG
therapists working with children and young people all phases of education. 20 Bedford Way
1/4/11, 13/5/11, 8/7/11 1.30pm – 3.30pm
with speech, language and communication needs London WC1H OAL
Peripatetic Teachers of the Visually Impaired (SLCN). It was the first masters-level accreditation to This programme covers day and half day courses and support groups. SENJIT
be set within the speech, language and communication also runs some longer courses, details of which are available on request. Tel: 020 7612 6305
VIP/SG
9/5/11, 11/7/11 10.30am – 12.30pm framework initiated by the children’s communication or 020 7612 6273/4
charity ICAN and is endorsed by the Department for SENJIT courses are normally FREE to teachers from SENJIT local authorities
PRU Managers Support Group Fax: 020 7612 6994
Education, the Department of Health, the Royal College and institutions. Some LAs require attendance to have been approved by
PRU/SG of Speech and Language Therapists and the Training Senior Managers.
16/5/11 10.30am – 12.30pm and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).
Teachers in Charge of Units for Children with
Hearing Impairment For more information please go to: LAs currently subscribing to SENJIT are:
www.talklink.org or contact Kim Reynolds.
MN/HI/SG K.reynolds@ioe.ac.uk Barking & Dagenham Hackney Lambeth Southwark
12/7/11 1.30pm – 4.00pm
Barnet Hammersmith Luton Suffolk
Teachers of Children with Autism in Mainstream
Schools
Bexley & Fulham Medway Sutton
MN/AU/SG
Individual Subscription Scheme Brighton & Hove Haringey Merton Thurrock
22/6/11 1.00pm – 4.00pm Have you or your colleagues attended more Buckinghamshire Harrow Milton Keynes Tower Hamlets
Provision Management in Special Provision than seven SENJIT courses in the course of Camden Havering Newham Waltham Forest
PMSP/SG the year? Does your LA subscribe to SENJIT? Ealing Hillingdon Redbridge Wandsworth
Contact the SENJIT office 10.30am – 12.30pm If not, your school or support service could Enfield Hounslow Richmond Westminster
Early Years Area SENCO Development Group save money by taking out a SENJIT Individual Essex Islington Southampton Windsor
EY/SG Institution Subscription! Greenwich Kent Southend & Maidenhead
1/4/11 1.00pm – 4.00pm
To find our more, ring 020 7612 6305
or 020 7612 6273 for details.
www.ioe.ac.uk/senjit T: 020 7612 6305 or 020 7612 6273/4
SENJIT COURSES Summer 2011
Please bring this information to the notice of the appropriate members of staff. Photocopy reply slip on
reverse to apply for courses. All courses take place at the Institute of Education unless stated otherwise.
All course bookings are confirmed in writing at least two weeks in advance of the start of the course.
Quality Circle Time: the heart of SEAL
17th May 2011 9.30am – 3.30pm
£195 non-SENJIT SC/594/2S
£95 SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Jenny Mosley runs this one-day workshop for early years
and primary practitioners on her systemic model Quality Circle
Time. Her approach recommended in the DCSF’s SEAL guidance.
Jenny wrote the circle time guidance for this. Reference will be
made to all aspects of the model – including Golden Rules and
Golden Times.
Happier lunchtimes and playtimes (Day Two)
18th May 2011 9.30am– 3.30pm
£195 non-SENJIT SC/595/2S
£95 SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Jenny Mosley’s introductory day on happier lunchtimes and
playtimes has been very successful and highly evaluated.
Attendees have requested a follow up. Anyone who has
attended the introductory day is welcome to come to Day Two.
Jenny will support you in developing and reviewing action
plans and help you assess your progress.
Managing our responses to the bullying of pupils
with SEN/D – anti-bullying policy & practice
19th May 011 10.00am – 3.30pm
£195 non-members SC/596/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Much evidence confirms that children and young people with
SEN and/or disabilities are significantly more likely to be bullied
than their non-disabled peers. This one day course will explore
the issues, challenges and strategies to support both the targets
and perpetrators of bullying. There will be plenty of opportunity
for discussion and review of recommended resources; ideal for
senior leaders, teaching and support staff, school governors and
residential home staff. Tutors: Diane LeCount and Bill Whelan
Social assistance for the pupil with an autism
spectrum condition
25th May 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm
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£195 non-SENJIT SC/597/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
This one-day course will consider the social issues facing the
young person with ASC and explore a range of interventions
and strategies to support the development of social
understanding for pupils in primary and secondary settings.
This course is suitable for staff working with pupils with
language skills in excess of 6 years. Tutor: Annie Etherington
SEBD needs: meeting the challenge
27th May 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm annual conference hosted by SENJIT and the Ewing Foundation
£195 non-SENJIT SC/598/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
This course is for mainstream teachers who want to extend
their knowledge and understanding of SEBD and effective
approaches within the classroom. Tutor: Pete Hrekow
Working Memory in the classroom
7th June 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm 24th June 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm
£195 non-members SC/599/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Why can Luke read a word on one page but forget it on the
next? Why can Catherine spell ‘seize’ correctly during the
weekly spelling test, but not in her own free writing? These
and other questions are addressed by this highly interactive
course, which explores the reasons for poor learning, poor
concentration and disorganisation. The day covers memory
development, processes and function knowledge and a
workshop session on improving memory. Tutor: Estelle Doctor.
Drama for communication in KS1
9th June 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm
£195 non-members SC/600/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Over the last five years London Bubble theatre has been working
alongside health and education professionals to develop small
group drama sessions for children whose communication needs are
having a negative impact on their learning and relationships. The
sessions aim to engender a joy of creative communication. During
this seminar we will present the research and evaluation findings
of this work, practically introduce the drama approach and go on
to discuss the benefits of arts, health and education partnerships.
Led by Adam Annand, Associate Director of London Bubble.
Dyslexia Awareness
14th June 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm 1st July 2011 10.00 – 3.30pm SEN alongside groups with EAL in their classrooms. Some
£195 non-members SC/601/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Why do around 10% of children struggle to acquire literacy skills?
There are many myths about dyslexia but dyslexia is not a myth.
This one day course has been designed for teachers, SENCOs
and TAs who are interested in learning more about the facts and
realities of dyslexia. We will be looking at ways to understand
dyslexia, practical classroom interventions for teaching pupils
with dyslexia as well as the relevant implications arising out
of the 2009 Rose Report findings. Tutor: Cheryl-Ann Stewart
Hearing Impaired Conference 2011
16th June 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm support assistants to support pupils with SEN
£195 non-members SC/602/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Taking account of restrictions on travel and training many
Teachers of the Deaf and colleagues currently face, the
has been re-structured. The programme will reflect recent
changes in educational provision and planning, and their
implications for deaf learners. To be held at the Institute
of Education for delegates from the West London boroughs
and neighbouring LAs.
Using ICT to support learning for pupils with SEN
£195 non-SENJIT SC/603/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
This one-day course will look at the range of ways in which
ICT can support pupils with a range of SEN. Moving from
the use of generic resources through to more specialist ones
participants will receive an overview of current possibilities,
along with hands-on experience and a number of ideas to
use in the classroom. Tutor: John Galloway
Are you identifying too many pupils with special
educational needs?
30th June 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm
£195 non-members SC/604/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Ofsted’s 2010 report, ‘The special educational needs and
disability review – A statement is not enough’ suggests that,
‘as many as half of all pupils identified for School Action would
not be identified as having SEN if schools focused on improving
teaching and learning for all.’ The day provides an opportunity
to examine the evidence relating to this group of pupils and
the guidance provided in the SEN Code of Practice. Participants
will work with colleagues to share ideas and approaches.
For SENCOs, inclusion co-ordinators and all leading work for
pupils with SEND in mainstream schools. Tutor: Mary Hrekow
Developing resilience
£195 non-SENJIT SC/605/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Boosting resilience can inoculate against depression and other
mental illnesses and build self-confidence and achievement.
This course will introduce participants to the application of
resilience theory for schools and to the seven `learnable’ skills
of resilience. It will also explore school based intervention
programmes designed to increase resilience in children and
young people. Suitable for SENCOs and teachers of KS2 and
KS3. Tutor: Dr. Ruth McConville
SENJIT COURSES Summer 2011
Effective practice in the use of teaching/
in mainstream schools
5th July 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm
£195 non-members SC/606/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
This day will examine research on how schools are using
teaching/support assistants to provide for pupils with SEN
and identify effective models of mainstream provision in this
area. Participants will consider the implications in terms of
strategic planning, day-to-day management and continuing
professional development. SENJIT frameworks for working
with TAs/SAs will be available as part of the course pack.
For SENCOs, inclusion co-ordinators and members of
leadership teams in mainstream schools. Please note that
this course is not appropriate for teaching assistants/
support assistants. Tutor: Mary Hrekow
An introduction to provision management
primary and secondary
11th July 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm
£195 non-members SC/607/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
Provision Management is a strategic management approach
which provides an ‘at a glance’ way of showing all the
provision that a school makes which is ‘additional to’ and
‘different from’ the school’s differentiated curriculum offer.
This approach enables schools to audit pupils’ needs, plan
provision and systematically track its effectiveness in terms
of pupil outcomes. The day will provide an introduction to the
provision management approach for mainstream schools. For
SENCOs, inclusion co-ordinators and all those with strategic
leadership responsibility for pupils with special educational
needs. Tutor: Mary Hrekow
SEN and EAL
15th July 2011 10.00am – 3.30pm
£195 non-members SC/608/2S
Free to SENJIT subscribing LAs 2 units
This is a repeat of last term’s course because of high
demand. Many teachers will find groups of learners with
individuals will have both sets of additional needs. This
course looks at differences and similarities between the
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learners and how common strategies can benefit both groups.
The course is aimed primarily at mainstream teachers who
are confident with SEN and SENCOs of pupils working
within national curriculum levels. Please note that this
course is not aimed at EAL practitioners. You will
need some working experience of teaching both sets of
learners. Tutor: John Brown.