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Webinar: Strategies to Support Students' Working Memory and Retention

  • Webcasts
  • 24 Sep 2020
WSS past event

This webinar, presented by the educational psychologist Denice Atkinson, will support staff with their understanding of working memory and practical strategies that can enhance students’ retention. The session will consider valuable prerequisites and adjustments to teaching, the curriculum and the environment that facilitate learning and low working memory.

Suitable for: Newly Qualified Teacher, SENCO, Support staff, Teacher, Teaching Assistant

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Speaker

Denice Atkinson

Denice currently works as an independent Educational Psychologist for an academy trust as well as for a Local Education Authority. Specialist interests and roles have included support for mental health and ASD in 3 different LEAs and within the Ascent trust. Denice has been practising as an Educational Psychologist for 16 years and prior to that taught both in the UK and overseas for 13 years. She is passionate about education and inclusion. 

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