Meet the team

 

Meet the team

 

We are an integrated 0-25 SEND Inclusive Education Service (0-25 IES) comprised of highly skilled and committed specialist teachers and officers who have wide experience across all areas of SEND, with backgrounds ranging from SENDCOs, Inclusion Leads, class and Nurture Group teachers and specialist officers in both mainstream and specialist settings.

 

The Service is arranged into two teams:

• The High Incidence team, working with children with high occurring needs across the District, includes Portage, Early Years, SEMH, Autism, and Cognition and Learning.
• The Low Incidence team, working with children with low occurring needs across the District, includes Hearing Impairment, Vision Impairment, Multi-Sensory Impairment, and Physical/Medical needs.

 

We offer a wealth of shared experiences. Many of our teachers have an additional qualification at Post Graduate level (Certificate, Diploma or Masters) in at least one specialist area of Special Education Needs and Disability. All are passionate advocates for children and young people CYP with SEND.

 

We use a Person-Centred Approach to meet the individual needs of CYP with SEND and we support staff to meet the requirements of the SEND Code of Practice 2015 through working in partnership with settings to apply The Graduated Approach.

Subscription Packages

 

 Bespoke subscription packages of support

 

3 star package

30 days’ support in the academic year ·        Bespoke support for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work based on the school’s/setting’s need ·        Agreed in discussion between a specialist teacher and the SENDCo or other senior leader

·        Access to Bradford Nurture Group network

2 star package

15 days’ support in the academic year ·        Bespoke support for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work based on the school’s/setting’s need ·        Agreed in discussion between a specialist teacher and the SENDCo or other senior leader

·        Access to Bradford Nurture Group network

1 star package

6 days’ support in the academic year ·        Bespoke support for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work based on the school’s/setting’s need ·        Agreed in discussion between a specialist teacher and the SENDCo or other senior leader

·        Access to Bradford Nurture Group network

Emergency response and exceptions

A “Pay As You Go” approach ·        Providing support as and when required for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work

 

 

 

School-Based Training

 

School-Based Training

In addition to the central training we offer, the following courses can be delivered in your school.  Please email complete a training request and email it to us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The form can be found on BSO link below:

https://bso.bradford.gov.uk/Schools/CMSPage.aspx?mid=3518#Training

High Incidence Team School-Based Training Packages

All of our training is traded. To purchase school-based training you can either use sessions from your SEMH (SEMH training only) or buy stand-alone training. NB the costing structure below also takes into account the preparation time for your course.

The costing structure is as follows:

Duration of course	No of Sessions from package	Charges for up to 20 people	Charges for 21 to 30 people
Twilight (up to 2 hours)	1	£200	£200
Half Day (up to 3 hours)	2	£325	£395
Full Day (up to 6 hours)	3	£550	£700
For bespoke training
Twilight (up to 2 hours)	2	£300	£300
Half Day (up to 3 hours)	3	£425	£475
Full Day (up to 6 hours)	4	£650	£800

  

SEMH	No. of Sessions from the package (SEMH only)			Standalone Price Up to 20	Standalone Price 21+
Lego based therapy		1	£200		£200
Managing Low Level Behaviour		2	£325		£395
De-escalation strategies when pupils go into crisis		2	£325		£395
How to create an SEMH friendly environment in your setting; including positive communication		2	£325		£395
Using the ‘zones of regulation’ to support understanding of a range of emotions		2	£325		£395
Monster magic; a small group approach for SEMH		2	£325		£395
Using additional adults effectively with SEMH pupils		2	£325		£395
How to use small group work with SEMH issues; friendships/social skills/managing emotions		2	£325		£395
How to use ‘Time to talk’ and ‘Nurturing talk’ speech & language group work		2	£325		£395
How to work with C/YP with trauma/attachment issues		2	£325		£395
How to support C/YP with anger management difficulties		2	£325		£395
SEMH in the early years setting		2	£325		£395
How to use the Boxall Assessment to measure developments in social skills		2	£325		£395
The nurturing school; how to incorporate the six principles of nurture into your setting		2	£325		£395
Positive break and lunchtimes.		3	£550		£700
How to understand the law around use of force and create a risk assessment for a young person		3	£550		£700
Provision for SEMH using the range guidance from QFT to range 4 in your setting		3	£550		£700
How to use the ENGAGE tool as a framework to support developing mental health issues with C/YP		3	£550		£700

 

Cognition and Learning		Standalone Price Up to 20	Standalone Price 21+
Dyslexia Awareness (1 twilight 1.30 hours)		£200	£200
Inclusive Classrooms (2 twilights, each 1.15 hours)		£325	£395
Dyslexia Friendly Classrooms (2 x twilights, each 1.30 hours)		£325	£395
Alphabet Arc Workshop (1 half day – 2.5 hours)		£325	£395
Precision Teaching Workshop (1 half day – 2.5 hours)		£325	£395
Dyslexia Portfolio Workshop (1 half day – 2.5 hours)		£325	£395
20-20 reading (2 half days sessions plus a free follow up session) for up to 8 TAs		£550	£700
Autism		Standalone Price Up to 20		Standalone Price 21+
Introduction to Autism- Beginners (twilight 1 ½ hours) for school based staff		£200		£200
Autism: Lego Based Therapy (1 ½ hours) for all school based staff		£200		£200
Classroom strategies for autism - provision at Range 3 and 4 (Early Years) (full day)		£550		£700
Supporting children with autism at Range 3 and 4 for support staff (Primary) (1/2 day)		£325		£395
Autism: Assessment and delivery of well-being and engagement with learning (full day)		£550		£700
Classroom strategies for autism - provision at Range 3 and 4 (Primary) (full day)		£550		£700
Classroom strategies for autism - provision at Range 3 and 4 for support staff (Early Years) (full day)		£550		£700
	Pricing for up to 20 staff
Bespoke	Up to 2hrs	½ Day		Full Day
. Possible options include: -     Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum -     Self-Care and Independence for CYP with autism -     Autism: Emotional Regulation Strategies -     Autism :Sensory Difference -     Working with the Autism Progression Framework	£300	£425		£600

 

 

Early Years	Standalone Price Up to 20	Standalone Price 21+
Inclusive Approaches in the Early Years:
-        Supporting Overall Language Development (2 hours)	£200	£200
-        Listening and Attention Skills (2 hours)	£200	£200
-        Transitions from Home to Nursery/School and Nursery to School (2 hours)	£200	£200
-        Using Visual Support - Transitions within the Nursery/School Day (2 hours)	£200	£200
-        Using the Intensive Interaction Approach to Develop Overall Communication Skills (2 hours)	£200	£200
-        Social and Developmental Aspects of Play including Adult- Child Interaction (2 hours)	£200	£200
-        Personalising Learning (Observation and Supporting Children with Additional Educational Support Needs and SEND) (half-day)	£325	£395
-        Movement Play (2 hours)	£200	£200
-        Sensory Play (2 hours)	£200	£200
-        Behaviour is Communication – Positive Approaches to Changing and Shaping Behaviour (2 hours)	£200	£200

 

 Descriptions of the courses:

Managing Low Level Behaviour

Guidance to Ofsted Inspectors includes a focus on this issue in both primary and secondary settings. It contributes to staff and student stress in the work place and adversely affects progress and results.

This short course explores the underlying reasons for this behaviour and provides practical strategies for staff to reduce its impact on progress, learning and wellbeing.

It links strategies to Bradford’s Range Guidance 1 - 3 for SEMH (replacement of school action and school action plus for BESD) enabling schools to demonstrate appropriate provision using the resources available to the school.

2 hour course delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

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Assessment and delivery of well-being and engagement with learning (KS2-4)

This course will provide a practical approach to assessing children and young people’s skills to foster well-being, positive mental health and engagement.

Schools will learn to develop robust systems to monitor emotional development and well-being across all age ranges as well as developing practical tools for measuring well-being and engagement.

The course will include an insight into the high incidence of poor mental health in children and young people with autism.

full day course delivered by a Specialist Teacher and a Specialist Practitioner.

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Lego Based Therapy

A structured intervention to develop the social and interaction skills of children and young people with autism in mainstream settings.

Staff will learn what Lego-based Therapy is and how to implement and differentiate Lego-based Therapy.

The course will include practical group activities; guidance on setting up Lego based Therapy groups and highlights the benefits for children and young people with autism.

3 hour course delivered by a Specialist Practitioner.

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 Introduction to Autism- Beginners (KS1- 4)

An introduction to autism for mainstream school staff available as a twilight.

Staff will have a basic understanding of autism and how it impacts learning and living.

The course will include an introduction to the main areas of difference in autism and some strategies and approaches suitable for mainstream settings in all key stages 1-4.

1.5 hour course delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

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 Supporting children with autism at Range 3 and 4 (TA’s)

Comprehensive autism training and insight for school staff who already have a basic knowledge and experience of autism.

Staff will develop their existing knowledge of autism and understand how to best meet the needs of a range of children with a diagnosis of autism in a mainstream setting.

The course will include the 4 areas of difference, offer strategies and approaches and opportunities to plan the implementation of these strategies in key stages 1 and 2.

half-day course delivered by 2 Specialist Practitioners.

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 Classroom Strategies for children with autism at Range 3 and 4 (EY’s or EY's and TA's)

Comprehensive autism training and insight for school staff who already have a basic knowledge and experience of autism.

Staff will develop their existing knowledge of autism and gain an understanding how to meet the needs of a range of children with a diagnosis of autism in a mainstream setting in EYFS

The course will include the key areas of difference, offer strategies and approaches and opportunities to plan the implementation of these strategies.

 full-day course delivered by 2 Specialist Practitioners.

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 20:20 Reading Intervention

20 – 20 reading is evidence based, practical, holistic and successful intervention, which draws on Catch Up Literacy, Wave 3 Literacy and Reading Recovery principles.

This is a practical course which includes demonstrations and hands-on activities over two training sessions of 2 hours each. Follow up email and telephone support will also be provided.   TAs and SENDCOs will develop the skills to assess children’s reading skills and then plan and deliver, 1:1 sessions for struggling readers. It is suitable for children in the primary phase, who are reading at least 6 months below their chronological age, or students with SEND in the secondary phase

Up to 10 teaching assistants (plus the SENCO) can be trained together in (your) school.  The intervention is proven to be more successful in schools where the SENCO or another Teacher attends the training and monitors the intervention in school. The host school could offer places to other schools within their own Mat or locality to make the numbers up to 10, making the cost £49.10 per delegate.

The host school will need access to the New Salford Sentence Reading Test and a range of children’s reading books.

two training sessions of 2 hours each delivered by a Specialist Practitioner.

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  Inclusive Classroom Training

The Inclusive Classroom training is delivered over 2 x 90 minute sessions.  Course Participants will receive an inclusive classroom toolkit to support the planning and delivery of provision for children with SLCN, EAL, SpLD and MLD.  The course aims are as follows.

 Session 1

• Identification of speech, language and communication needs, specific learning difficulties, children with English as an additional language and children with moderate learning  difficulties
• How these difficulties present in the classroom and where they overlap
• Responsibilities of the class teacher as described in the Code of Practice for SEN 2014

 Session 2

• To know how to meet these needs in the classroom
• To be able to use a range of inclusive teaching strategies in the classroom

two 90 minute sessions delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

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 Dyslexia Awareness

This training is a precursor to our “Dyslexia Friendly Classrooms—Supporting Children with Literacy Difficulties in the Classroom” but can also be delivered as a stand-alone session.

It is designed to be delivered to teachers and support staff in staff meetings but it could also form part of school training days. This training is relevant to staff in both primary and secondary settings.

The session will provide participants with:

1. An understanding of the processes involved in reading and writing.
2. An understanding of the areas of difficulty linked to dyslexia.
3. An understanding of how difficulties impact on literacy and general learning.
4. The ability to use checklists to identify profiles.
5. Suggestions of how to support particular difficulties in the classroom.

Participants will receive a checklist which allows them to begin to identify pupils with dyslexic type difficulties and appropriate next steps to support their learning.

90 minute session delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

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 Dyslexia Friendly Classroom

This training is designed to be delivered over two consecutive staff meetings but it could also form part of school training days.

This training does not cover what dyslexia is, but is considered a follow up to our “Dyslexia Awareness” training. However, this can also be delivered as stand-alone training if participants already have an understanding of dyslexia.

The sessions are interactive and include practical activities and opportunities for discussion.

The sessions will provide participants with:

• Practical ideas and strategies to support pupils with literacy difficulties in the classroom.
• A toolkit and disc of resources and templates including task plan templates, supported writing frame templates (including Clicker templates), subject specific writing frames, word mats, word maps, progression in spelling lists, precision teaching tools, templates for barrier games and memory games, step-by-step guides for key maths operations.
• Using ICT to support pupils with Dyslexia, includes information about iPad apps.

two 90 minute session delivered by a Specialist Teacher.

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 Monster Magic

This is a two hour course designed to show you how to deliver this pack effectively.

The pack is designed to create a nurturing hour in the curriculum which meets developmental needs and increases understanding of how to feel safe and be safe.

The programme allows pupils to explore emotions safely and understand how to manage them effectively.  By the end of the journey, pupils should be able to manage themselves and have a clearer understanding of the self-regulation strategies they can use to manage potential conflict.

This CD pack contains 40 hour long sessions along with work sheets. Which you will receive along with the training.

You would however need to purchase the monster puppet separately from ‘The Puppet Company’.

Tutor: Anna Robinson

max of 20 staff 

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Low Incidence

Manual Handling training

Do you have children who need physical, hands- on assistance to access school? If so you need to be trained to do this safely for both the pupil and staff involved.

This course will give staff a basic training in manual handling and will also include problem solving support and help to draw up a written manual handling plan for individual pupils. This is a legal requirement for all schools who need to physically move children.

This course will cover:

• Back awareness
• Principles and practice of safe lifting/ moving and handling
• Using equipment safely e.g. hoists
• Writing an individual manual handling plan

 Tutor: Deborah Craig or Ann Gabriel

Training will be tailor-made to your school by the Physical and Medical Team

£420 up to 6 members of staff for a half day (3 hours). £65 for each extra member of staff.

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 Clicker 7

Many children benefit from using Clicker 7 software on the computer as an alternative to handwriting. This practical course will give an overview of the popular assistive technology software Clicker 7 and demonstrate how it can be incorporated into lessons. Although this course is based on Clicker 7, please contact us if you would like support with earlier versions of Clicker or Clicker IPad apps.

This course will cover:

• An introduction to Clicker 7 and the functions available
• Making word banks and grids from scratch to support learners
• Editing and downloading existing grids
• The full range of Clicker activities including mind mapping and voice recording.

Three hour session delivered by one Specialist Teacher - 10-14 staff £540.

Three hour session delivered by two Specialist Teachers - 15-28 staff £1,080.

 

Pricing

 

 Pricing 2018-19

 

Subscription Packages

 

Package Type	Price Per Annum
3 star package For Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work and access to The Bradford Nurture Group Network	£9,300 net
2 star package For Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work and access to The Bradford Nurture Group Network	£4,725 net
1 star package For Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work and access to The Bradford Nurture Group Network	£1,950 net
Emergency response and exceptions For Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) work	£100 net per hour
Access to The Bradford Nurture Group Network without a subscription.	£50 net

 

All schools and establishments that are not part of City of Bradford Council either a maintained school or establishment will be subject to VAT.

 

 

Training Sessions

 

CPD courses (price per delegate)	Full day	Half day	Twilight
	£140	£65	£55

 

Cancellation terms:

• These terms are for all types of cancellation reasons. All of which must be sent to us via email.
• No shows and 24 hour cancellations will be charged at full price.
• 2 days to 4 days notice there will be a charge of 50%
• 5 days to 13 days notice there will be a charge of 25%
• Cancellations received 14 days or more before the start will not be charged unless stated in the course advert.

 

Please note, individual course prices may vary according to content and type.