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Webinar: Effective transitions for children with SEND in Early Years.
This webinar we look at what nurseries and pre-schools can do make the big move into Reception as smooth a possible, and the preparation that schools need to undertake to help the process.
New initiative from the Early Years and Childcare team: ‘Starting School Together’
The Waltham Forest Council Early Years and Childcare Team have created an initiative called ‘Starting School Together’ – to support schools, early years provision and families help children successfully transition to school. During Covid-19, this will provide a range of support and advice to schools, childcare providers and parents/carers regarding transition. Find out more here
Webinar: strategies to support dyslexic students in the classroom: spelling
This comprehensive webinar discusses the principles of effective teaching of spelling; how to aid student retention of new spelling patterns; how to plan and deliver effective spelling intervention sessions and how to mark spelling to develop students' confidence to write.
Lots of our training sessions are now available as webinars – updated training schedule
In these strange times SENDsuccess is still delivering training to school staff across the borough. Many of these courses are now available for you to view as webinars. Check out out updated trainig course booklet here to see what's already available and what presentations are coming up!
Deafness during Lockdown – a personal reflection
In Deaf Awareness week one of our staff members reflects on what it feels like to be deaf in during lockdown. Day to day, people who are deaf or hard of hearing face many challenges doing tasks that many take for granted. Since the beginning of lockdown and social distancing, this has made tasks even more difficult and, at times, scary and confusing.
Advice and guidance on social distancing and the hearing impaired
This time of social distancing is difficult for everyone, but for people with a hearing impairment it brings many additional challenges. Here's what you can do to make things easier for your HI friends and colleagues.
Advice and Guidance for a Send Support Plan for Hearing Impaired students
All deaf children require a Send Support Plan. In this article we look at what information should be included on this plan to help schools fullfill their statutory duty.
New series of webinars: ‘Supporting young people with hearing impairment in school’ now available
SEND success has just completed a full set of four webinar presentations looking at supporting young people with hearing impairment in mainstream school. You can find all parts on the website now.
Stuck at home: Helping your child understand
Many children with learning disabilities and autism find language difficult. It can be quite easy to spot that a child has difficulties expressing themselves - but they may be quite good at hiding the fact that they also have difficulties understanding others.