Secondary Schools: Including All

This challenging workshop will provide participants with opportunities to share experiences and learn about the successful inclusion of pupils with severe and complex disabilities as well as emotional and behavioural needs in mainstream secondary schools. Cutting edge work being carried out in the US as well as the UK will be drawn upon to allow innovative and engaging content.

Course Category

Inclusion

Description

This challenging workshop will provide participants with opportunities to share experiences and learn about the successful inclusion of pupils with severe and complex disabilities as well as emotional and behavioural needs in mainstream secondary schools. Cutting edge work being carried out in the US as well as the UK will be drawn upon to allow innovative and engaging content.

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Learning Objectives

1. Increased confidence regarding developing inclusive practice in mainstream schools
2. Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on behaviour problems
3. Deeper understanding of core values surrounding inclusion of disabled children
4. Opportunity to reflect on professional attitudes and behaviour towards parents and pupils
5. New skills and processes to make inclusion successful

Who Is It For ?

• Heads and Deputies
• SENCOs
• CAMHS Teams
• Social Care Staff
• Community Paediatricians
• Guidance Staff
• Learning Support staff
• Advanced Skills Teachers
• Secondary teachers
• Local Authority Support Services
• Parents and Governors

Course Content

The course answers the questions :

• Why inclusion?
• What is inclusion?
• What will this look like in a secondary school?
• How do we go about including high profile children or young people in our secondary school?
• Are they doing this anywhere successfully in a secondary setting?

Best delivered over the course of a full day introduces participants to guiding ideas that underpin inclusive practice.

• The importance of WELCOME
• Inclusion is about Adults’ learning
• Taking the Long View
• Giftedness as a new paradigm for understanding disability and difference
• The Intentional Building of Relationships
• Not doing it alone – The Importance of Teams in developing inclusive practice
• Creating a shared vision of secondary school inclusion

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