[SENco-forum] SEN ICT training /support in mainstream

Hi Sharon
Good to hear that there are some courses in Kent - I think you hit the
nail on the head about the disseminating of info - all too often course
circulars do not reach the right people, ending up in the filing system
called wastepaper basket, before they get to those who could benefit!
There is also the Rumsfeldian notion that all too often one doesn't know
what one doesn't know.
I hope I am going to get lots of responses that I can collate - I've
already had 4 in the first 2 hours and on a Saturday!
Cheers
Judith

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Judith Stansfield
SEN ICT Consultant
BDANTC (Associate member)
Farm Cottage, 24 East Road, Melsonby,Richmond DL10 5NF
stass at onyxnet.co.uk 
01325 718139   07990572365
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-----Original Message-----
From: SEN at tringham.net [mailto:SEN at tringham.net] 
Sent: 27 January 2007 11:27
To: Judith Stansfield; Becta Senco
Subject: RE: [SENco-forum] SEN ICT training /support in mainstream

Not sure how to coordinate/disseminate information other than here.  All
the
information is online in various places, but it is that first step of
making
people aware there is something worthwhile to look at.  It comes back to
the
Education & Skills enquiry findings that not enough is taught on SEN or
making 'inclusion' work during initial teacher training or further
professional development courses.

One college in Kent  www.wkc.ac.uk  runs many SpLD courses at little or
no
cost.  One of these looks at how to get the best out of Windows
functionality as well as looking at some specialist software.

The support unit leader says she sends all information to all local
schools
( 15+ in Tonbridge area alone) and few have ever gone.  It must be very
frustrating.

Sharon
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