Tuesday 20 December 2011
Monday 12 December 2011
ASEND Steering Group
Each person brings expertise from a different discipline to bear on the discussions - from therapies to social care, school improvement to advisory services for schools.
This photo was taken after our recent meeting. Unfortunately Amita Raval was unable to make the meeting - but from L to R we have Barbara Ball, Paddy McCaffrey, Karen Walkden, Pip Hardaker and Karen Castle.
TES Resources Exhibition
Sometimes you need to pause, take a breath and talk to other people working in the same field. Conferences and exhibitions provide a great opportunity to do this - and ASEND are keen to get out there and exchange views and ideas, for the wider benefit of disabled children and young people.
On Friday 9th December Barbara Ball and Karen Walkden attended the TES Resource Exhibition in Islington. There were a variety of stands and exhibits, and we were able to explore some possible collaborative working opportunities - as well as to pick up some useful resources and information.
So far we have not found anyone who is providing services to schools in quite the way that we do. But we have had some interest from organisations working in allied fields. We are not an agency, but provide very experienced Advisors to support schools in developing their SEN skills - this could focus on one child, a small group of children, or be about a whole school approach.
Every time we go to an exhibition we come back with a cotton bag full of contacts. On this occasion we will be following up the SEN provision on offer to a group of academies, as well as exploring scope to work with an agency providing staff to South London schools.
Our next conference is in February 2012 - SEN - Shaping the Future. More details to follow.
On Friday 9th December Barbara Ball and Karen Walkden attended the TES Resource Exhibition in Islington. There were a variety of stands and exhibits, and we were able to explore some possible collaborative working opportunities - as well as to pick up some useful resources and information.
So far we have not found anyone who is providing services to schools in quite the way that we do. But we have had some interest from organisations working in allied fields. We are not an agency, but provide very experienced Advisors to support schools in developing their SEN skills - this could focus on one child, a small group of children, or be about a whole school approach.
Every time we go to an exhibition we come back with a cotton bag full of contacts. On this occasion we will be following up the SEN provision on offer to a group of academies, as well as exploring scope to work with an agency providing staff to South London schools.
Our next conference is in February 2012 - SEN - Shaping the Future. More details to follow.
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