Presenter: Hannah Cockburn and Karen Wright, Hearing Team, Integrated Disability Service, Warwickshire County Council 

Title: Supporting Pupils with a Hearing Loss in KS1 and KS2.

Outline: During this training session you will learn about different types of deafness and what this means for children in a Primary School setting. You will be introduced to the range of audiology equipment used by pupils and advice and information will be provided on key strategies and resources.

Phase: Primary

Session Type: Seminar

Facilitator: Sally Spicer

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Presenter: Kate Foxon and Sarah Rose, Corley Centre, Coventry

Title: Adapting a Challenging Secondary Curriculum and Supporting Literacy for students with autism.

Outline: This seminar aims to identify some of the main barriers to learning encountered by students with autism within the context of the more challenging secondary curriculums they face. We will initially explore trainees' experiences of autism and co-occurring conditions with opportunities throughout the session to ask questions or seek clarity. A key focus will also be on how we can ensure that, as literacy skills are needed to access much of the curriculum, autistic students are able to navigate this through our adaptive teaching.

Phase: Secondary

Session Type: Seminar

Facilitator: Julie Taylor

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Session slides: Presentation

Presenter: Alice Tawell and Ian Thompson, Excluded Lives Project, University of Oxford 

Title: Understanding School Exclusion

Outline: In this session we will explore the school exclusion landscape in England. We will begin by explaining the formal school exclusion process and the new statutory guidance, which was issued in September 2022. We will then outline the current rates of suspension and permanent exclusion in schools, including the disproportionate overrepresentation of certain groups, before turning to look at what may lie below these surface level figures, and the consequences of school exclusion. Against this backdrop, we will then draw on findings from two ESRC funded research projects: Excluded Lives and Enacting national school exclusion policy at the local level in England to explore the contextual factors that may affect decision making around school exclusion. We will end by reflecting on the implications of these findings for developing inclusive practices in schools.

Phase: Primary and Secondary

Session Type: Seminar

Facilitator: Georgina Newton

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Presenter: Helen Trivedi and Nikki Luke, Rees Centre, University of Oxford

Title: Teaching children who have experienced trauma and neglect.

Outline: This workshop will introduce the difficulties experienced by pupils who have experiences of neglect and trauma. We will explain who these children might be in your classrooms, for example those with a social worker, and those looked after by the local authority. We will discuss the prevalence and impact of these adverse experiences on pupils in schools, and share findings from a national research programme exploring the impact of staff training in attachment and trauma awareness in schools.

Phase: Primary and Secondary

Session Type: Workshop

Facilitator: Alison Morgan

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Presenter: Amanda Millican, EAL Advisory Teacher EMAS Coventry 

Title: Strategies for supporting newly arrived EAL learners in your classes.

Outline: We will be looking at the strategies to support newly arrived (DfE levels A and B) English as an additional language (EAL) learners in primary and secondary classrooms so that they can access the mainstream curriculum and demonstrate their skills and knowledge.

Phase: Primary and Secondary

Session Type: Seminar

Facilitator: Rebecca Friesen

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