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Developing Essential Foundations and Reducing Barriers for Learning Training Programme for SENCOs- Session 6 of 6
- Session 1 - 2 October 2024
- Session 2 - 27 November 2024
- Session 3 - 28 January 2025
- Session 4 - 27 March 2025
- Session 5 - 8 May 2025
- Session 6 - 3 July 2025
Session 1 Date:
Session Outline
Session 1:
Essential Foundations for Learning
Listening, attunement and shared attention
Play and active exploration
How children learn and the Learning Hierarchy
Effective use of TAs to facilitate and scaffold learning
Session 2:
Supporting Speech, Language & Communication in the Classroom
Maximising communication opportunities & skills for all
Auditory-friendly learning environments
Overcoming language barriers
EAL
Session 3:
Executive functioning difficulties, reducing barriers & providing support/adaptations
Attention, concentration, planning and organisation, working memory, impulse control, metacognition, self-regulation
Session 4:
Promoting Emotionally Safe Learning Environments
Promoting positive self-perceptions for children as learners
Growth Mindset Culture
Zone of Proximal Development
Session 5:
Accessible Learning Environments & Recording Challenges
Barriers and adaptations linked to VI, HI & PD
Use of Assistive Technology and other resources
Session 6:
Promoting Literacy development and reducing barriers
What is good practice for supporting all children to acquire literacy skills?
Promoting reading for pleasure
Evidence-based literacy interventions and reducing barriers
- Facilitator
- Venue & Travel Information
Lucy Charters, Principal Educational Psychologist, Rochdale Borough Council
Dr Lucy Charters, Principal Educational Psychologist
I started in education as a primary school teacher and after qualifying as an Educational Psychologist, began working for Rochdale Educational Psychology Service in 2003. I have particular interests in trauma-informed and attachment-aware approaches and am passionate about promoting psychologically healthy education systems.
Dr Jessica Stout, Specialist Practitioner Educational Psychologist
I qualified as an Educational Psychologist in 2020. Prior to this I worked in mainstream and specialist high schools supporting young people with social, emotional and mental health needs. I am a specialist practitioner for cared for children and work closely with the Virtual School. I am passionate about supporting children and young people to be heard and have their experiences understood and validated. I am particularly interested in the interrelated connection between physiology and psychology, attuned caregiving and interactions and the importance of relationships for health and wellbeing.
Dr Jo Lyons, Educational Psychologist
I qualified as an educational psychologist in 1998, prior to which, I worked as a teacher and deputy head teacher across both primary and secondary sectors. I have lived and worked in Rochdale most of my life and my own children attended local Rochdale schools. I am particularly interested in bereavement, loss, attachment and trauma, and how we can support the most vulnerable children and young people. Along with other professionals and significant adults, I seek to reflect collaboratively on how we might facilitate healthy relationships and enable children and young people to engage, thrive, feel safe and develop emotionally, socially and educationally.