The SENCO Essential Manual

The SENCO Essential Manual

Authors: Sue Soan

Published: June 2017 Pages: 192

eISBN: 9780335261390 | ISBN: 9780335261383

List of figures

List of tables

List of case studies

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

0.1 Overview of the book

1 The development of the SENCO role

1.1 SEN legislation and policy

1.2 Educational equality for children and young people with

a special educational need and/or disability

1.3 Inclusive education and personalization

1.4 Roles and responsibilities of a SENCO

2 Leading, developing and supporting colleagues

2.1 Leadership

2.2 Quality teaching and learning for all pupils

2.3 The employment and development of staff

2.4 Performance management

2.5 Inspection

2.6 Well-being of staff

3 The SENCO and whole school development

3.1 The SEN Information Report, the Local Offer and the SEN Policy

3.2 Financial and business development

3.3 Continuing professional development

3.4 Embedding evidence-based practice

3.5 SEN knowledge (areas of need)

4 The co-ordination of provision

4.1 Identification and assessment of needs

4.2 Processes and systems: SEN support (the Graduated Approach)

and Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans

4.3 Provision management

4.4 Transitions

4.5 Mediation and the SEND Tribunal

5 The personalized learning environment

5.1 Theories of learning

5.2 A personalized environment

5.3 The physical and sensory environment

5.4 A safe environment

6 Working together

6.1 Children and young people as partners

6.2 Parents and carers as partners

6.3 Working with other professionals

6.4 Working with governors, volunteers and the wider community

7 A SENCO calendar

7.1 Well-being

7.2 Time for change

7.3 A calendar fit for purpose

7.4 Final words

Appendix 1: Definition of special educational needs (SEN)

Appendix 2: Definition of disabled children and young people

Appendix 3: The SENCO calendar (termly)

References

Index