[senco-forum] Training for all teachers

Agree with this and would like to add the concept of multidisciplinary

disagree with this ! SEN Issues are the responsibility of ALL teachers and 
NOT just the SENCO, whose job is to advise and support parents and child and 
teachers and liaise with outside agencies and...........
yes to multi professional approach
annie
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From: "John Lutchmiah" <glutchmiah at btinternet.com>
To: <astryngia at tiscali.co.uk>; <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Training for all teachers


> Agree with this and would like to add the concept of multidisciplinary 
> approach (multi professional ).
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> From: <astryngia at tiscali.co.uk>
> To: <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Training for all teachers
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>> Let's not make SEN too crushingly boring. ;-)  I don't think teachers 
>> need to learn what's in the SEN Code of Practice - that's the job of the 
>> SENCO. In my experience the change needed at classroom level is in skills 
>> and attitude.  In particular, I'd like to see parents being put first, 
>> not last. Parents are the greater expert in their SEN children, in their 
>> children's disabilities and how to manage those disabilities; 
>> furthermore, it is their legal responsibility to ensure their child is 
>> educated according to age, ability, aptitude and special educational 
>> needs.  They have every right to be fully involved.  At the same time, 
>> they have little knowledge of - or power over - the system. That can be 
>> very threatening, leading to conflict and misunderstandings.
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>> 1.  To listen to parents, to create a positive working relationship and 
>> to manage that relationship by treating parents as equal partners and as 
>> experts in their own field.
>> 2.  To recognise and value difference
>> 3.  To understand the concept of invisible disabilities and to practice 
>> that required 'leap of imagination'.
>> 4.  To understand that all behaviour has a purpose and that if there is 
>> 'behaviour' then the teacher needs to stop and 'listen'.
>> 5.  To have confidence that there really are simple solutions and that 
>> small adaptations can be hugely effective.
>> 6.  To know that they don't have to have all the answers (but that the 
>> child probably does ;-))
>> 7.  To understand the impact of the Expert Patient concept and the aims 
>> of SPP and similar in creating parents as experts 
>> http://www.expertpatients.nhs.uk/parents.shtml; 
>> http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=217
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