Keep up to date with all of the latest news, headlines and features from across the SEND sector.
With just three weeks to go until the return of our unmissable annual SEND conference, nasen Live, we wanted to give you a little taste of what’s in store for 2023!
Parliament’s Education Committee has launched an inquiry into Ofsted’s work with schools.
CENMAC (Centre for Micro-Assisted Communication) is continuing to host their Thursday Thirty Online Training through the summer term.
nasen is proud to be working on a project with funding from the Thomas Pocklington Trust titled “Accessing the Future - improving outcomes for VI learners in post-16”.
A new research paper in the Psychology of Education Review has explored the reasons that schools do not employ alternative behaviour approaches within settings.
INTERACT is investigating intensive interaction as a support for communication skills in children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).
The Anna Freud Centre are hosting a webinar which aims to provide an introduction to the Lundy model in participation and co-production, both of which are at the heart of family hubs.
The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has published the first part of her research into vulnerable young people and their attendance in school, identifying looked after children as the first group that are part of her statutory responsibility
The NFER have published their Impact Review with research from almost 17,000 schools taking part in their research and assessment trials across 2022.
New guidance has been published by the Department for Education to come into effect from September 2023 regarding the use of permanent exclusions and suspensions.
Today the House of Lords is due to debate a question from Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) around the Government’s assessment of the use of Assistive Technology (AT) to support people with special educational needs and / or disability (SEND).
A call for evidence has been launched by the Department for Education to improve the way children missing education (CME) are identified and supported.
Free Post-16 Assistive Technology (AT) Brunch Roadshow
Let Teachers SHINE is an annual competition from the education charity SHINE which supports teachers developing innovative practices for the classroom.
The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have produced a new online training course free to practitioners to support them when delivering annual reviews.
The data from the spring term 2021/22 has been released and shows an increase in exclusions from the autumn term that year and a huge increase in suspensions, up by almost 20,000.
‘Independent review of teachers’ professional development in schools: phase 1 findings’ report, Ofsted has found that schools understand the importance of professional development however there are issues in finding the time due to competing priorities.
Education Support, the dedicated education mental health and wellbeing charity, have released a new report showing the reality of the role of teaching and the expanding responsibilities of modern education.
The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families have an online seminar for education staff to explore anxiety within schools and colleges.
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