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SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan

SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan: Right support, right place, right time.

The event took place on Thursday 18th May 2023

Symposium Description

 

Following the March 2023 publication of the Policy Paper SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan: Right support, right place, right time, this symposium will address the key points and debates relevant to those leading on SEND in schools (i.e. SENCOs, Headteachers, SEND School Governors, etc.).

 

Agenda: 

Welcome and introductions from Dr Geraldene Codina 

Presentations from Professor Brian Lamb and Christopher Robertson 

Questions and Answers 

 

If you have any questions about this event or the work of the ISEND Research Cluster, please contact Dr Geraldene Codina: g.codina@derby.ac.uk

Presenters: Professor Brian Lamb and Christopher Robertson

Further information about our presenters

Brian chaired the Lamb Inquiry into Parental Confidence in SEND (2009) which informed the development of the current SEND framework. He is an advisor to the National Sensory Impairment Partnership and has worked with a number of local authorities and parents’ groups on implementing the SEND reforms.  He is also a Visiting Professor of Special Educational Needs and Disability at the University of Derby, a member of the Advisory Board of the SEN Policy Group, and a trustee at the Ewing Foundation.  His recent publications include 'The Future of SEND Legislation in England' in Leading on Inclusion: The Role of the SENCO (Eds. Beaton, Codina, Wharton). 

Christopher is an independent academic and author, policy analyst and adviser to educational organisations with a particular interest in SEND policy and implementation. His previous roles include lecturing in SEND at the University of Birmingham (with lead responsibility for developing and introducing the National Award for SEN Co-ordination) Canterbury Christ Church University, and the University of London’s Institute of Education.

Christopher chair’s The SENCO Forum national e-community and engages in lobbying government to define and regulate the role of SENCOs more carefully, and to ensure that SENCOs are appropriately trained and deployed in schools, early years settings and post-16 provision.

Christopher is a long-standing family advocate, a member of Birmingham’s Special Educational Needs Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) 

 

The SEND Review and Improvement Plan: The more things change the more they stay

Presented by Brian Lamb 

  • Visiting Professor in SEND Derby University

Enhancing the role of the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo)

  • Updating legislation and policy to ‘improve the level of expertise and leadership amongst SENCos’​

Presented by Christopher Robertson

  • Special educational needs and disability: academic and author, policy analyst and adviser to educational organisations

The SEND Review and Improvement Plan: The more things change the more they stay?

Presented by

Professor Brian Lamb OBE​

Visiting Professor in SEND Derby University

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Enhancing the role of the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo)

Presented by Christopher Robertson​

Special educational needs and disability: academic and author, policy analyst and adviser to educational organisations​

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