This is a conference I produced about raising the attainment of SEN (special educational needs). The conference will take place in London on the 31st of March 2009

1. Tuesday 31st march 2009, London
Produced by: Endorsed by:
Helping Everyone Achieve
Successfully
managing the
evolving
SEN agenda
Improving learning outcomes through the
personalisation of educational development
4 reasons to attend
Expert speakers include:
this conference:
Raise SEN attainment
Len Brazier Janet Thompson
Experience best practice
Children’s Services Adviser HMI, Specialist Adviser for
from a range of policy
north East Lincolnshire Council Inclusion LDD
experts
OFSTED
Andre imich Learn from the experiences
Sandra Cooper
Senior Advisor SEN/LDD of front line SEN workers
national Strategies President, nASEn
Understand SEN
Acting Head teacher
Lisa needs legislation
Hill Top Special School
Inclusion Manager Gateshead
ventnor middle School
Ellen Atkinson
Janet Burgess & Associate Director LLDD
Stuart mogridge Learning and Skills
SEN Consultants - School Council (LSC)
Improvement Service
Buckinghamshire County Council
To register:
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2. Successfully managing the
evolving SEN agenda
individuals with SEn are on the increase: Who should attend this
Do you have the knowledge to support them? conference?
Do you know enough to reach your targets? Schools
SENCOs
Head Teachers
The evolving SEN agenda brings fresh opportunities and challenges in
Heads of Inclusion
mapping and delivering provision for special educational needs (SEN).
Senior School Management
School Improvement
Both at a strategic level and everyday in the classroom, you must
Managers
deliver broader and alternative curricula, suitable for all learners. You are Education consultants
increasingly being faced with wider responsibilities such as ‘in charge SEN consultants
of inclusion’. This includes a broad sweep of social, emotional and
behavioral needs for learners. Local Authorities
Heads/Managers of
•SEN
Are the services you deliver raising standards in SEN?
•LDD
•CAMHS
Emap Education Conferences, in association with Local Government
•AEN
Chronicle is delighted to present Successfully managing the evolving Inspectors
SEN agenda. The day covers a range of topics - from raising the profile Inclusion Managers
of SEN within your school to ensuring that continuing support and School Improvement
guidance is provided after school. This comprehensive one-day event Managers for Inclusion
will enable you to move ahead with the SEN agenda with confidence. SEN Strategy Member
Educational Psychologists
Attend this conference to hear expert advice on pertinent
issues, including:
Raising the profile of SEN
Judging pupils’ progress
Meeting your legal duties
Implementing new initiatives
Giving individuals the best chances, post-19
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3. PROGRAmmE Tuesday 31st March 2009, London
making better use of SEn and AEn resources:
08:45 Registration and refreshments 12:10
The value for money (vfm) resource pack for schools
09:30 Chair’s opening remarks Why value for money is important and how to improve it
Sandra Cooper, President, NASEN, and Acting Head teacher Knowing your SEN/AEN budget and spend
Hill Top Special School, Gateshead Identifying needs and provision effectively
Evaluating outcomes and impact
09:40 Raising the profile and capacity of Special Education Joan Baxter, Regional Lead for Children and Young People
Audit Commission
needs (SEn) provision
Understanding the different SEN levels: Working to a structure
12:40 Question and answer session
to develop the skills and knowledge needed to manage the
learning of your SEN students
12:55 Lunch
Maintaining consistency and equity throughout your services
Mapping and monitoring your SEN provision
SEn Support Surgery
13:55
Embedding SEN into your inclusion development plan to meet
This surgery will guide you along the legal framework and
individuals’ needs and raise the profile of SEN
help you define what is ‘reasonable’ in terms of the Special
Janet Burgess and Stuart mogridge, SEN Consultants - School
Education Needs and Disability Act 2001. What support do
Improvement Service, Buckinghamshire County Council
you need to cope with this and where will that support
come from?
10:10 Judging Pupils’ Progress
Following on from this you will hear about the Inclusion
OFSTED expectations: Evidencing the progress of individuals
Development Programme (IDP) and the latest thinking from
and groups within your school and their capacity to learn
the DCSF and their joint project with the National Strategies
Utilising your Self Evaluation Form (SEF): Collecting and
including information on:
interpreting data to demonstrate learning
Highlighting and removing the barriers to learning for children
Quality of Teaching and Learning: Building on existing skills
with SEN
before conquering new ones
Understanding how the IDP can help you increase the
Janet Thompson, HMI, Specialist Adviser for Inclusion LDD
confidence and expertise of mainstream practitioners
OFSTED
Andre imich, Senior Adviser SEN/LDD, National Strategies
10:40 Question and answer session
14:50 Question and answer session
10:50 Morning refreshments
15:00 Afternoon refreshments
Real life with Alex: A child with SEn - interagency
11:10 Dovetailing new initiatives into existing strategy for
15:20
working developing a local, holistic approach minimum disruption and maximum effectiveness
Case study
Ensuring accountability: Which partner should take the lead in Implementing new techniques and initiatives within an
your SEN strategy? acceptable timeframe
Effectively funding your strategy: Building your budget Managing the new initiative to ensure they are in the best
Getting parental participation in the monitoring process and interests for everyone
working closely with your partnerships to assist the whole Maintaining the culture of success for every individual
family with managing SEN Working change effectively by increasing pupil participation
Len Brazier, Children’s Services Adviser Lisa needs, Inclusion Manager, Ventnor Middle School
North East Lincolnshire Council
maximising the long term outcomes for SEn
15:50
Personalised learning for special needs:
11:40 individuals: Taking the next step
moulding the curriculum to support the needs Supporting the individual to enable them to secure work or
of the individual college placements
Developing specialist settings within the learning framework to Ensuring SEN pupils go on to get accredited qualifications
manage SEN Where will the money come from to fund their progression once
Understanding the influence family and environment have they have left school?
on behaviour Ensuring parental input into development plans
Identifying relevant classroom strategies, such as flexible Ellen Atkinson, Associate Director, LLDD
working groups, to aid progress for both the individual and Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
the teacher
16:20 Question and answer session
16:30 Chair’s closing remarks and end of conference
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