SENCo Network Meetings SEN Updates Garry Dean Spring

SENCo Network Meetings SEN Updates – Garry Dean Spring 2018

Early Help Updates ‘Only number you’ll need’ • Whether you think a parent or family needs some support, or you are worried a child might be at risk of abuse or neglect, there is only one number you need – 0345 6789 021. From this number you will receive the support you need to get the right help at the right time to strengthen families and safeguard children. Children and young people can also access drop-in sessions, delivered by The Children’s Society and (for those aged 11 -25) an anonymous 24 hour online service, delivered by Kooth, offering peer support, self-help and trained counsellors to talk to. Drop-in services • BEAM @ Palmer’s Coffee Shop, Belmont Church, Claremont Street, Shrewsbury SY 1 1 QG Thursday 2 pm-6 pm • BEAM @ Hollinswood Neighbourhood Centre, 7 Downemead, Hollinswood, Telford TF 3 2 EW, Monday 2 pm-6 pm

Early Help Updates • Bee-U; the new name for the 0 -25 Emotional Health and Well-being Services for children and young people. • New referral arrangements were launched 4 th December 2017 • Access Team available from 9. 00 – 5. 00, Monday to Friday v. Secure on-line; 025 SPA@sssft. nhs. uk v. Telephone; 0300 124 0093 • On-line services can be accessed via; www. kooth. com 3

Early Help Updates Awareness of autism and ADHD for Shropshire Practitioners Autism West Midlands are pleased to offer more dates to the FREE 2 hour course for practitioners working with families and children. On Friday 20 th April 2018 from 10: 00 am - 12: 00 pm at the Community Space, Tesco Extra at Harlescott. Practitioners can book on-line Autism West Midlands ask that no more than five places are booked by any one organisation. 4

Early help and safeguarding training opportunities The following Early Help and Safeguarding Training Modules still have places available to book to attend this term. Wednesday 14 & Wednesday 21 March - STORM (Suicide Prevention & Self Harm Mitigation) – 9. 30 am to 4. 30 pm in Shrewsbury Tuesday 20 March – Child Sexual Exploitation – 9. 30 am to 4 pm in Shrewsbury If you or any colleagues are interested in attending, please ring or email Tracey Bowen on sscbtraining@shropshire. gov. uk or 01743 254370, with your full details. Further information on these and other multi-agency training modules is available in the SSCB Multi-agency Training Schedule which can be viewed from the SSCB training webpage. 5

National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination • Preferred Provider Chester University/University Centre Shrewsbury

Graduated Support Pathway • Since introducing this pathway in September 2017, 35 Graduated Support Plans have been agreed and issued. Anecdotal feedback from many schools is very positive, with many indicating that, because the decision process is so rapid, they are able to put the necessary interventions into place to support children very quickly. A more formal review of the pathway will be introduced shortly to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the process by gaining the feedback from both parents and schools. • More information regarding the Graduated Support Pathway is available on Shropshire’s Local Offer: • http: //shropshire. gov. uk/the-send-local-offer/practitioners/senco-spotlightnews/introduction-of-the-graduated-pathway/

New Annual Review Paperwork We have revised the annual review paperwork which consists of: - Template Agenda (This is an additional document which wasn’t available previously) - Child/Young Person’s views - Parent/Carer views - Annual Review Report - Guidance Document - FAQs The Annual Review report has been amended considerably to bring it in-line with the current Education, Health and Care Plan template. We believe the revised annual review report is easier to understand, quicker to complete and much more user/reader friendly. The paperwork will be live on the Local Offer in the very near future

Permanent Exclusions - Update Comparative data 1 September – 8 January

Fixed Term Exclusions - Update Comparative data 1 st September – 28 th February No SEN EHCP SEN Support Pupils 7 41 94 Exclusions 8 85 187 Days 23 152. 5 373. 5 Percentage 5% 29% 66%

Autism Education Trust Tier 1 – ‘Making Sense of Autism’ • Funded by LA, Free to schools • Book through Woodlands Outreach Tier 2 (Core) – ‘Good Autism Practice’ • 1 day at STDC - 23 rd May 2018 • (£ 185) Tier 2 (Extended) • 1 day at STDC – 6 th June 2018 • (£ 185) Tier 3 – Leading Good Autism Practice • 1 day at STDC – 3 rd July 2018 • (£ 185) www. autismeducationtrust. org. uk

Autism Education Trust Schools Programme Up to End January 2018 Tier 1 • 58 schools • 1072 members of staff Tier 2 (Core) - 31 Tier 2 (extended) - 4 Tier 3 - 9 Early Years – all programmes Post 16 – Tier 1 www. autismeducationtrust. org. uk

Patoss Events Thursday 22 nd March - Sarah Davys-Jones, OT - 'The Thrive Project; supporting vulnerable children to be available for learning'. Cost: Free event. https: //www. thriveapproach. com/courses/licensed/54/4152/ Thursday 19 th April - Philippa Bodien - 'Dyslexia; the alphabetical principle and other stumbling blocks to learning. Case histories which might show us what is going on in the background'. Cost: £ 3 national Patoss, £ 5 Shropshire Patoss, £ 7 guests. Thursday 7 th June - Gareth D. Morewood - 'Autism (part 2)'. Please let Janet know what you would like Gareth to include in his talk. Cost: £ 3 national Patoss, £ 5 Shropshire Patoss, £ 7 guests. All meetings are at our usual venue, Oswestry, Cricket Club, Morda Road, Oswestry, SY 11 2 AY. Time: 7: 00 for a prompt 7: 30 pm start. Janet Barlow <janet. barlow@talk 21. com>

Any Other Business Other SEN events in our area: 7 th March: Bedstone Conference, Maggie Johnstone - 'Practical Strategies to Support Learning Difference' Cost: £ 70, flyer attached. 10 th March: Dyslexia Information Day, Enginuity, Coalbrookdale. Cost: Free http: //www. theddc. org. uk/dyslexia-information-day/ 12 -14 th April: BDA International Conference, Telford. Cost £ 199 per day, £ 399 for 3 days. bdainternationalconference. org/ 21 st April: Patoss Conference, London. Cost £ 155 national members, £ 185 nonmembers. https: //www. patoss-dyslexia. org/Professional. Services/Events. CPD/

Training Dates • SEN Governor Training - 19 th April 5. 30 – 7. 00 (Shirehall) • Person Centred Approaches Training – 26 th April at STDC Further details from the CPD Team cpd@Shropshire. gov. uk