Conference: Building Parental Confidence and Enabling SEND Success

Birmingham City Council's SEND service will be hosting a one day conference on 29th June. Attendees can expect to :

• Hear from the leading experts in the field. 
• Discover how effective parental engagement can have a dramatic impact upon pupil attainment in a very short period of time; for all groups of pupils, including those children considered ‘hard to reach,’ SEND pupils and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. 
• Find out how schools can best move forwards to build parental confidence and bring about success for all pupils, including those with SEND.  Find out more

Ready for work....

A number of SEN resources are available for young people requiring support to help them into work: as part of their Preparation for Adulthood programme, 'Preparing for Adulthood' have published two new case studies to support young people with mental health issues. 

Supported internships are study programmes that take place in both work and college so that learners receive practical hands-on experience; useful information on supported internships, who offers these programmes, setting them up and funding issues are provided in this factsheet. The number of study programmes available to 16-25 year old students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities are becoming more widely available; further information on study programmes can be found here.

From the DfE, the latest SEN statistics and analysis have been published on local authorities’ progress in transferring to the new system of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.

SEND Resources

If you are looking for statutory SEND guidance for schools, colleges or children's services, you will find all current documentation on this page. Alongside the SEND Code of Practice, there are supporting guides for teaching and learning, disabled children and a number of documents providing research and statistics.

A recent study published in the Review of Educational Research, examines predictors of success for students with disabilities in relation to their education, employment, and independent living. The extensive research gathered data on 16,957 individuals from 35 sources published between 1984 and 2010. 

For those of you who may be interested in working in Special Needs, this presentation outlines the role of a SEN consultant with useful examples on the types of support they provide.