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Online SEND CPD Units
This series of online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) units is designed to support those who work with children and young people in schools and further education settings to deliver an inclusive experience for every learner.
Funded by the Department for Education, and developed in partnership with Real Group, these free-to-access units build on learning from our Ambitious About Inclusion modules.
In all, 20 units will be released over the next two years. Units on Safety and Belonging were launched in October 2022 and have since been completed by over 1200 practitioners with consistently positive feedback. Over the next few months we will be launching further units - check back regularly for the latest releases.
Each online unit takes 20 minutes to complete and is supported by a live online networking session, facilitated by a regional SEND leader. Places are limited, so early booking is advised - please see below.
Please note, you must be logged into your free nasen or Whole School SEND account to access these online units.
Titles available
Over the next 3 years Whole School SEND and Real Group will be developing and releasing new online units.
The list of unit titles currently available are:
- Unit 1: Creating an emotionally safe environment
- Unit 2: Creating a socially safe environment
- Unit 3: Creating a physically safe environment
- Unit 4: An introduction to speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
- Unit 5: Identifying and supporting speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
- Unit 6: Supporting the development of speech, language and communication skills
- Unit 7: Creating a learning environment that supports speech, language and communication
- Unit 8: Understanding behaviour as communication
- Unit 9: Promoting mental wellbeing in your setting
- Unit 10: Understanding and promoting resilience
- Unit 11: Understanding anxiety and creating a supportive learning environment
- Unit 12: Supporting sensory differences in the learning environment
- Unit 13: An introduction to teaching learners with physical needs
Live online networking sessions supporting resources
Resources to summarise the discussion from the sessions and share strategies and approaches used by schools and colleges
Live online networking sessions supporting resources
- General
- 27 Mar 2023
A bank of resources to support the Online networking sessions for Unit 1 -3
Upcoming Live Online Networking Sessions
To complement each unit you have the opportunity to join an hour-long online networking session, facilitated by one of our regional SEND leaders. It’s a chance to contextualise the learning, share experiences and learn from colleagues from across the country.
Due to the interactive nature of these sessions, recordings will not be available after the event, so book now as places are limited!
Specialist Spotlight: An introduction to teaching learners with physical needs (Primary)
Featuring Di Ceasar: Di has over 30 years of experience of both mainstream and special education sectors including 10 years as a Governor for a local secondary school.
Specialist Spotlight: Promoting mental wellbeing in your setting (Primary)
Featuring Dr Jawad Shah, a Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist who has worked in a variety of local authority services in the Northwest
Specialist Spotlight: Supporting sensory differences in the learning environment (Primary)
Dr Jamie Galpin, CPsychol, a founding member of Special Networks and a chartered Developmental Psychologist, has dedicated more than 20 years to the fields of inclusion, psychology, innovation, participation, and learning.
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding anxiety and creating a supportive learning environment (Secondary / FE)
Featuring Sarah Johnson: Sarah Johnson has worked in education for the last nineteen years. As a qualified teacher, Sarah has enjoyed roles in mainstream schools, Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision and psychiatric in-patient services.
Specialist Spotlight: Promoting mental wellbeing in your setting (Secondary/FE)
Featuring Dr Jawad Shah, a Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist who has worked in a variety of local authority services in the Northwest
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding and promoting resilience (Secondary/FE)
Featuring Sarah Johnson: Sarah Johnson has worked in education for the last nineteen years. As a qualified teacher, Sarah has enjoyed roles in mainstream schools, Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision and psychiatric in-patient services.
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding anxiety and creating a supportive learning environment (Primary)
Featuring Sarah Johnson: Sarah Johnson has worked in education for the last nineteen years. As a qualified teacher, Sarah has enjoyed roles in mainstream schools, Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision and psychiatric in-patient services.
Specialist Spotlight: Understanding and promoting resilience (Primary)
Featuring Sarah Johnson: Sarah Johnson has worked in education for the last nineteen years. As a qualified teacher, Sarah has enjoyed roles in mainstream schools, Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision and psychiatric in-patient services.
Specialist Spotlight: Supporting sensory differences in the learning environment (Secondary / FE)
Dr Jamie Galpin, CPsychol, a founding member of Special Networks and a chartered Developmental Psychologist, has dedicated more than 20 years to the fields of inclusion, psychology, innovation, participation, and learning.
Specialist Spotlight: An introduction to teaching learners with physical needs (Secondary / FE)
Featuring Ann Sullivan and Di Ceasar, who both have over 30 years’ experience in mainstream and specialist education.
Specialist Spotlight: Creating a socially safe environment (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring approaches to creating a socially safe environment in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Creating an emotionally safe environment (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring approaches to creating a emotionally safe environment in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Creating a physically safe environment (Primary)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring approaches to creating a physically safe environment in primary settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Creating an emotionally safe environment (Secondary / FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring approaches to creating a emotionally safe environment in secondary / FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Creating a socially safe environment (Secondary / FE)
Join us for a FREE discussion exploring approaches to creating a socially safe environment in secondary / FE settings.
Specialist Spotlight: Creating a physically safe environment (Secondary / FE)
Featuring Ann Sullivan: Ann has over 30 years’ experience in mainstream and specialist education. Based in the UK, her career includes roles as a KS1 and KS2 class teacher, SEN literacy teacher, school-based Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO).
Need some help?
If you have any questions about these online units or would like some further support then please contact us by emailing: info@wholeschoolsend.org.uk
Live online networking sessions supporting resources
Resources to summarise the discussion from the sessions and share strategies and approaches used by schools and colleges
Live online networking sessions supporting resources
- General
- 27 Mar 2023
A bank of resources to support the Online networking sessions for Unit 1 -3
How to use the Online CPD Units
To access the Online Units you must have an active account with nasen/Whole School SEND and be logged in.
Each unit should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
At the end of each unit you will be invited to register for a free online discussion, which will facilitate an open discussion on each CPD unit and how you can apply learning into practice
At the moment there are 13 online units, over the next two years we will develop and release 7 further units.