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Resources and Publications

The Whole School SEND consortium regularly publishes resources to support you with all aspects of SEND. These include our SEND Review Guides and Frameworks, leaflets for parents, practical resources to support your work in educational settings, resources for specific contexts such as CPDL webinar recordings and more.

As a member of nasen and the Whole School SEND Member Community, you have free access to all of our resources – scroll through, use the filters or search for a specific resource. 

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Latest Resources

Embracing Inclusion: Supporting learners with Down Syndrome and other learning disabilities in the mainstream classroom

  • Webcasts
  • 23 Oct 2024
Free
WSS past event
Universal SEND Services

In the webinar, Sharon will discuss how to work with families to support the inclusion of learning-disabled pupils, including those with the most complex needs, in a mainstream classroom.

A group of seven primary school students sitting at desks. One student is asking for help from the teacher

Webinar: Teaching for Mastery in Maths

  • Webcasts
  • 09 Oct 2024
Free
maths
WSS past event
Universal SEND Services

This webinar will provide an introduction to how a Teaching for Mastery approach can foster learning for all students.

Four primary school children sitting at desks in a classroom. One student is getting help from the teacher.

Webinar: Positively responding to increasing complexity in our mainstream schools – collaborative learning opportunities to inform strategic and systemic thinking

  • Webcasts
  • 02 Jul 2024
Free
WSS past event
Universal SEND Services
Webinar

This webinar explores the current context around pressures on mainstream schools due to the shortage of special school placement and how schools can collaboratively and positively respond as system leaders.

Female teacher with secondary school pupils in a lesson

Webinar: Their future in our hands – Navigating school to career transitions: A webinar for Primary, Secondary and College Educators Part 2

  • Webcasts
  • 03 Apr 2024
Free
WSS past event
transition
Webinar
PfA
A teacher and four students all looking at a laptop in a classroom setting

Webinar: Their future in our hands – Navigating school to career transitions: A webinar for Primary, Secondary and College Educators Part 1

  • Webcasts
  • 21 Mar 2024
Free
WSS past event
transition
Webinar
PfA
A young student getting help from his teacher

Positive beginnings: Supporting children with SEND at the start of their school journey

  • Webcasts
  • 16 Feb 2024
Free
Webinar
WSS past event
primary school
primary
,
Universal needs
,

This webinar will explore support for children entering mainstream school.  The session will cover early identification of need, processes for positive support and inclusive strategies to ensure that needs are met as children prepare for transition.

A person sat on a grey sofa in front of an open laptop with headphones on taking notes on a notepad

How to ensure balance between the role of SENCO and personal wellbeing.

  • Webcasts
  • 09 Nov 2023
Free
Webinar
WSS past event
Universal needs
,

Enhancing SENCO wellbeing by managing workload and leading through influence. Delivered by Jean Gross, Rebecca Gonyora and Erica Wolstenholme

Young child sat at a desk with a board and pen being supported by a female support staff

Meeting increasing Social Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) needs within mainstream settings

  • Webcasts
  • 12 Jul 2023
Free
Webinar
WSS past event
Universal needs
,

In this webinar we will explore the increase in SEMH needs and how we can meet the challenge of assessing needs and providing targeted support within school.

Webinar - SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan: What do schools and colleges need to know?

  • Webcasts
  • 04 May 2023
Free
Webinar
Universal Services

This webinar will provide an overview of the Department for Education’s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement plan which was published at the beginning of March.

male teacher supporting a pupil in classroom

Talking Head - Professional Development Groups Tim James Director of Inclusion

  • Webcasts
  • 04 Apr 2023
Free
PD Groups

A Director of Inclusion talks about the benefit to their learning in addition to improved outcomes in their school of being a member of the professional groups.

children in a classroom

Talking Head - Teacher Handbook Zoe Nash SENCO

  • Webcasts
  • 04 Apr 2023
Free
School improvement for SEND
,
Teacher Handbook SEND

A SENCO talks about the benefits to her school of using the Teacher Handbook.

Webinar - SEND - Legacy of Leadership

  • Webcasts
  • 16 Mar 2023
Free
SCNWLON
,
Webinar
Universal needs
,
NPQ

In the final session in this series of three, we reflect on SEND at a strategic and executive level, in our sense-making and decision-making.

Primary school children sat on the carpet in group reading with a teacher holding out a book

Webinar: Reflective SEND Practice

  • Webcasts
  • 16 Mar 2023
Free
Universal Services
SCNWLON
,
Webinar

In the final session in this series of six, we explore how to be a reflective classroom teacher for SEND.

Group of 3 primary school age children enthusiastically putting their hand up sat around a classroom desk

Webinar: How to develop a curriculum which is ambitious and accessible for all at each age and stage

  • Webcasts
  • 06 Mar 2023
Free
WSS past event
Universal Services

This webinar recording explores why it is important for all children to have access to an ambitious curriculum and how schools and colleges can ensure that their curriculum is ambitious and accessible.

students sitting in a lecture hall

Webinar: Distributed Leadership of SEND

  • Webcasts
  • 31 Jan 2023
Free
Universal Services
SCNWLON
,
Webinar
NPQ

In the second session in this series of three, we explore deeper the vital role that consistent sense-making and decision-making plays in setting children and young people up for life outside and beyond school.

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Webinar: Teaching Children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs

  • Webcasts
  • 31 Jan 2023
Free
Universal Services
SCNWLON
,
Webinar

In the fifth session in this series of six, we explores strategies that can be implemented in the classroom to support children who consistently present with disruptive or withdrawn behaviour.

Two women sat in front of a laptop

Webinar: Inclusive Classroom Language

  • Webcasts
  • 19 Dec 2022
Free
Universal Services
SCNWLON
,

In this fourth session of the series, participants explore strategies that can be implemented in the classroom to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

Webinar - SEND: Foundations in Leadership

  • Webcasts
  • 02 Dec 2022
Free
SCNWLON
,
Webinar
Universal needs
,
NPQ

Aimed at school leaders doing NPQs in our region, this first session of three webinars reflects on sense-making and decision-making as it relates to learners with SEND, either providing or limiting access and opportunities for learning.

image shows children in a classroom

Webinar: Principles of Assessment and Metacognition

  • Webcasts
  • 21 Nov 2022
Free
Universal Services
SCNWLON
,

This session explores how to accurately assess and narrate the steps of progress that learners with SEND make within whole class teaching.

group of students in a STEM lesson with teacher - secondary age

Webinar: Teaching children with Cognition and Learning needs

  • Webcasts
  • 07 Nov 2022
Free
Universal Services
SCNWLON
,

This session explores strategies that can be implemented in the classroom to support children who have difficulties processing and retaining new information.