All staff – including Teaching Assistants – have regular training and guidance to meet the needs of our children. Our SENDCo has a responsibility to arrange and provide this training.
Throughout each term, we deliver training opportunities to ensure all staff:
- have an awareness of the different special educational needs and disabilities of children in our school
- are able to plan and teach/support lessons which meet the needs of all children
- understand the social and emotional needs of children with SEND
We address staff training needs regularly, ensuring training is up to date – this includes knowledge and expertise about different SENDs.
Our Staff Handbook provides written guidance about the different SENDs in our school. Children are supported according to their area(s) of need:
- Communication and Interaction
- Cognition and Learning
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties
- Sensory and/ or Physical Needs
We know that children will frequently have a range of needs and may have more than one area of need.
We provide a whole-staff briefing on the procedures set out in our SEND policy.
We provide training for all of our staff who are working with children with particular SEN/Ds, for example, supporting children with reading difficulties, understanding number and developing speech, language and communication. Staff are regularly audited to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to support a range of special educational needs. We provide specialist training for Teachers and Teaching Assistants who support children with the most complex needs – for example physical needs, hearing impairment, Autism.
We have strong links with Camden professionals who can provide additional training and support. This includes the Occupational Therapy Service, Educational Psychology Service and Speech and Language Service.
Members of our SEN team attend training sessions run by national and local organisations.
We use the eight national Teaching Standards to develop the knowledge, skill and confidence of all of our Teachers as part of their professional development.
