Overview

These termly sessions are for SENCOs to support with the neurodevelopmental pre-assessment pathway.

There is a theme for each session, and time for questions and answers, case discussion and updates about the pathway.

Audience

This is a professional group for SENCOs .

Dates and themes

Sessions are all between 1 and 3pm.  The first hour is themed, the second hour gives a chance for updates on the pathway and questions and answers.

Future dates include:

• 23 October 2024, led by Mary Trotman, Operational Manager for the CYPNP and Ashley Bloom, Educational Psychologist on myth Busting on what a neurodevelopmental assessment will and won’t provide.
• 26 February 2025, by Mary Trotman and Karin Twiss, Senior Educational Psychologist on reasonable Adjustments in schools for neurodivergent children and young people.
• 2 July 2025, theme to follow.

Book a place

Sessions are run virtually, through Microsoft Teams.

SENCOs who have attended previously will be sent a link.  New SENCOs wishing to attend should register by emailing AutismADHDPreassessmentPathway@somerset.gov.uk

A Microsoft Teams meeting invite will be sent out to everyone previously, or newly, registered.

Watch again

You can watch again the session with the Children and Young People Neurodevelopmental Partnership Occupational Therapy Lead on masking and autism from November 2023.

You can watch again the session with the Children and Young People Neurodevelopmental Partnership Occupational Therapy Lead and Educational Psychology Lead on demand avoidance from March 2024.

You can watch again the session with the Access to Inclusion Advisory Teachers on neuro-affirming environments from June 2024, or download the neuro-affirming environments presentation. The session encourages you to use the Checklist for a neuro-affirmative classroom which can be downloaded below.