[senit] Who is providing you with support in the field of ICT andInclusion?

Related to this, I was approached by a teacher from 'London' who said
she already uses some of the things I was suggesting, but would love to
be able to go somewhere that would provide the opportunity to try out
all sorts of ICT solutions - I know a few LA s still have SEN ICT
advisory teachers who do courses and/or support in schools, but it would
be interesting to know
A) which ones do
B) is the support for specialists and/or mainstream teachers
C) do they allow people from outside the area or from independent
schools to take part?
D) aprt from on Senco Forum and SENIT, where would be a good place to
broadcast this information?

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: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Lesley Rahamin
Sent: 15 January 2007 09:47
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senit] Who is providing you with support in the field of ICT
andInclusion?

Hello everyone

As many of you will know, Becta organised a meeting last Friday to
report on the effects of the changes made to their Inclusion Support
Team. 

I was one of the people invited and one particular thing at the meeting
disturbed me greatly - the disappearance of support for those working in
the field of ICT and SEN.  The penny has finally dropped for me.
However much we protest about what is happening inside Becta, it will
not make much difference to the basic situation.  The role of Becta has
changed since the DfES has decreed that Becta's role is strategic. If I
understand the situation correctly, that means Becta will look at what
is going on in the ICT and report 'upwards' to the DfES, advising them
on what to do.  They are no longer charged with the responsibility of
delivering training and support 'downwards' to people working in the
field.  So whatever the effects of the dispersed Inclusion team, they
are no longer able to deliver the support that they did in the past e.g.
conferences, publications, meetings.  But what has the government put in
its place?   

My question to you all is this - who is providing you with support in
the field of ICT and Inclusion?

It is important for us to get as wide a picture as possible of the
current situation so I would appreciate as many responses as we can get.
I know that some of you might be nervous about replying to the list if
you have never done so but this would be a good time to start because it
is your own personal situation as a professional working in the field of
ICT and Inclusion that matters.  If you would prefer to answer me off
the list my email address is lesley.rahamin at btinternet.com.  

Lesley Rahamin
Education Consultant