ROCHDALE
SENCO CLUSTER MEETINGS
Thursday 4 February 2016
Session 1: 9:30 – 11:30 am Town Hall, Rochdale
Session 2: 1:15– 3:15 pm Town Hall, Rochdale
Programme
1. Welcome & housekeeping – 2 mins
2. National updates:
Books on Prescription (Annette Aiken) – 10 mins
National updates including: independent supporters, support for children and
young people, personal budgets and autism resources – 10 mins
3. Local updates:
Accessibility of school environment (Shona Hopkins) – 30 mins
Local updates including: Rochdale Parent Carers Voice, Educational Psychology
Service and SEN Assessment Team – 10 mins
4. SEND Area Inspection Framework – self-audit – 5 mins
5. SEN Support Plans – please bring example template from school – 30 mins
6.Annual Review reports – 10 mins
7. Future training sessions for new Sencos and those requiring refresher training – 5 mins
National Updates
• £80 million to extend opportunities for children and young people with SEND
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/80-million-to-boost-support-for-specialeducational-needs
• Key working event – 8 February 2016, Manchester
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cdc-key-working-training-manchester-ch-tickets19533437036
• 11 March 2016 Key working with an emphasis on post-16
Partnership for Learning, Training and Conference Centre, South Road /Speke,
Liverpool L24 9PZ
The booking link will be available on the Council for Disabled Children website.
• Schools briefing
http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/media/1061292/schools-briefing-sep15.pdf
Further National Updates
• 2 March 2016 10 - 1.30 Advocating for your child - Are you being heard?
Training Room 1, Redbank House, 4 St Chad's Street, Cheetham, Manchester M8 8QA
To book free place contact Tony Curtis on 01223 244984 or email:
[email protected]
• Whizzkids Ambassador Club (Manchester) - available to wheelchair users aged 8-25.
http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk/get-our-help/young-people/ambassador-clubs
http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk/get-our-help/young-people/camps
http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk/get-our-help/young-people/work-placements
• Relationship and sex education resources
http://www.lifesupportproductions.co.uk/
Independent Supporters
Key findings from national survey
• Over 86% found the support they received had a positive impact
• Over 96% confirmed that support was available when they needed it
• 77% felt they were fully able to express their views and were listened to
throughout the process
http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/what-we-do/ournetworks/independent-support/quality-assurance-survey
Rochdale Independent Supporter Team:
Tel: 01706 515717 or email: [email protected]
Support for children and young people with SEND
•
‘Get Your Rights’ provides a helpful guide for children and young people when
making decisions and choices about healthcare
http://www.getyourrights.org/
• Website which provides independent advice and support for young people on:
 Schools, college or training
 Getting the right healthcare
 Getting the right support at home, school or in the workplace
http://cyp.iassnetwork.org.uk/
Personal Budgets
• Still very few EHC Plan personal budgets – examples include a personal budget for
one to one tuition, pupil fees for Nisai Virtual Academy and a travel budget.
• Useful resources:
Young person’s guide to personal budgets
http://www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/assets/0001/2872/TfSL_Young_Person_s_Gu
ide_to_Personal_Budgets_in_England__FINAL_.pdf
Advice on personal budgets
http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/media/1079687/nspcc-guidesafeguarding-managing-risk-personal-budgets.pdf
Autism Resources
• Poster for professionals working with children and parents on the autistic spectrum
http://journals.rcni.com/userimages/ContentEditor/1373363796507/Autismposter.pdf
• Developing skills in supporting children and young people with autism
http://journals.rcni.com/userimages/ContentEditor/1444041531280/RCNi-AutismBooklet-2015.pdf
• Guide for professionals on a young person’s transition to college
https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/finished-at-school
Useful links
https://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/managing-anxiety-advice-sheet-adultsteenagers/ - managing anxiety
http://tandf.msgfocus.com/k/Tandf/literacy_intervention_freebook_opt_in_form/ literacy intervention
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/cse_learning_disabilities_15_executive_summary.pdf summary of child sexual exploitation and disabilities report
http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/yryf - toolkit for young people’s workshops
http://preparingforadulthood.org.uk/media/415462/pfa_checklist_-__schools_final.pdf self audit on how schools prepare children for adulthood
More useful links
• Top 10 questions on the SEND Reforms
http://www.specialneedsjungle.com/the-dfe-answers-your-top-10-questions-on-thechanges-in-sen-and-disability-education/
• What is it like for a sibling of a child with a disability?
http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/do-siblings-matter-too-asummary-of-a-research-project-investigating-what-is-it-like-to-be-a-sibling-of-a-childwith-a-disability
• Early Years briefing
http://www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/media/1083674/early-yearsbriefing.pdf
• Joining the Dots publication
https://issuu.com/lkmco/docs/dyt_jointhedotsreportoctober2015_?e=6559883/3068
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Local Updates
• Rochdale Parent Carers Voice – formerly Parent Carers Forum
http://www.rochdaleparentcarersvoice.co.uk/
• Educational Psychology Service Re: long term absences
• SEN Assessment Team – appointment of new temporary staff – Dawn Whipday and
Hayley Wilderspin
• CASPA – allows comparison and analysis of low incidence SEN data with national
data. www.sgasystems.co.uk/caspa/setups/caspainstaller.htm
SEND Area Inspection Self-Audit
• From May 2016 local areas will be inspected with regards its local offer of provision
and services for children and young people with special educational needs and
disabilities.
• 5 day inspection with 2 days prior notice
• Involves 3 primary and 3 secondary schools
• First step is for schools and services to complete a self-audit. The audits will then
inform Rochdale’s self evaluation.
SEN Support
• Where a pupil is identified as having SEN, schools
should take action to remove barriers to learning and
put effective special educational provision in place.
• This SEN support should take the form of a four-part
cycle through which earlier decisions and actions are
revisited, refined and revised with a growing
understanding of the pupil’s needs and of what
supports the pupil in making good progress and
securing good outcomes.
• This is known as the graduated approach.
SEN Support Plans
Children, young people and their parents should be involved in a four part cycle:
assess, plan, do, review. An SEN support plan should include:
• The ‘outcomes’ you are aiming for – these should be specific so that when you
review the plan it will be clear if the child has made progress.
• The ‘provision’ is what is needed to meet the outcomes and may include:
– teaching and other support, for example small groups, a teaching assistant or
equipment.
– health or social care provision if it is educating or training the child, e.g.
speech therapy.
– help to prepare for moving to another setting or leaving school.
• When the plan will be reviewed- this should be at least three times a year.
Activity
1.Look at least two SEN Support Plan
templates and compare and contract
2.Group feedback
Annual Reviews
1. How many parts are there to an annual review?
2. How much notice should you give parents and professionals to attend a review
meeting?
3. For children in care EHC Plan Reviews should take place at the same time as the
child’s Care Plan – True or false?
4. Who should sign the annual review report?
5. When should the annual review report be sent to the Local Authority?
6. A parent can request a personal budget at the review meeting – True or false?
7. When should the LA notify the child’s parent on the action it will take following the
review meeting?
8. Following notification of the LA’s action when should the final amended plan be
issued?
Answers
1. How many parts are there to an annual review? 4
2. How much notice should you give parents and professionals to attend a review
meeting? At least 6 weeks
3. For children in care EHC Plan Reviews should take place at the same time as the
child’s Care Plan – True or false? True
4. Who should sign the annual review report? Headteacher
5. When should the annual review report be sent to the Local Authority? Within 2
weeks of the meeting or the end of term (whichever is sooner)
6. A parent can request a personal budget at the review meeting – True or false? True
7. When should the LA notify the child’s parent on the action it will take following the
review meeting? Within 4 weeks
8. Following notification of the LA’s action when should the final amended plan be
issued? Within 8 weeks
SENCO Training
All courses are advertised on the REAL Trust website http://www.realtrust.org.uk/
Transition for Children with ASD in Primary School Settings
12 February 2016 from 09:15 - 12:00
Venue: Harwood Park Primary School, Hardfield Street, Heywood, OL10 1DG
Requesting an EHC needs assessment the Rochdale way
14 March 2016 from 1:30 pm to 3:45 pm
Venue: Highwood Centre, Norden
Further training
How to make your review meetings more person centred
15 April 2016 from 9:00 – 11:30 am
Venue: Highwood Centre, Norden
How to ensure a smooth transition from school to college for students with SEN
15 April 2016 from 1:30 – 3:45 pm
Venue: Highwood Centre, Norden
Preparing for Ofsted ‘Case Studies’
9 June 2016 from 09:15 - 12:15
Venue: Highwood Centre, Norden
4 Day Intensive SENCo Training Course
Dates: 28/09/16, 4/10/16, 14/10/16 and 2/11/16 from 09:15 - 15:30
Venue: TBC
Contact details
Tracy Jubb – SEN Lead
01706 925056
[email protected]
Shona Hopkins – Physical Difficulties & Assistive Technology Team Leader (RANS)
01706 926404
Annette Aiken –
[email protected]
Community Services
01706 924955
[email protected]