SENCo Update January 2016

  Behaviour and Discipline in Schools – January 2016 – DfE This is departmental advice for school leaders and school staff on developing a school behaviour policy. It has been updated  to reflect that, from January 2016,... Read more

SENCO Update – December 2015

  Year 7 literacy and numeracy catch-up premium The literacy and numeracy catch-up premium gives schools additional funding to support year 7 pupils who did not achieve at least level 4 in reading or maths at the end of key stage 2.... Read more

Peripheral perception (avoidance of direct perception) in autism

Avoidance of eye contact is quite common in autism. One of the theories to account for this is that people with autism use peripheral vision because their central vision is hypo- while their peripheral vision is hyper-. Some autistic... Read more

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

International Day of Persons with Disabilities takes place on December 3 and draws awareness to persons with disabilities and the problems they are faced with in their everyday lives. Disabilities include speech, language and communication... Read more

Autism – Hope not despair

The BBC has reported that author Steve Silberman has won the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for his book about autism. The judges said Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think... Read more

International Stammering Awareness Day

This October raises awareness of stammering and stuttering. National Awareness days.com is helping to inform that stammering is about more than just struggling to say what you need to say. International Stammering Awareness day brings... Read more

Stammering Like Me

The British Stammering Association has published an article to help people understand what it's like to have a stammer. “How would Beverley Vincent describe to a fluent person her world as someone with a covert stammer? “Ok, so... Read more

SENCo Update

Code of Practice updates In September the DfE published the third edition of their Transition to the new 0-25 SEND system document. This is departmental advice for local authorities and their partners and sets out how legislation relating... Read more

Autumn term 2015 – There is always so much to do as a SENCO.

SEND Information Report to Governors The SEND report for Governors took a fair amount of time.  I wanted to ensure the Governors were given all the information they required as we have an impending Ofsted, I had met any recommendations... Read more

Mono-processing: One Sense at a Time

According to the number of senses working at a time the person can be classified into ‘multi-track’ versus mono-processing (Williams 1996). Most people use their senses simultaneously, so when they are hearing something, they are still... Read more