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Joint Training Packages
SEND&CO work collaboratively with a SEND Advocacy and Mediation Partner (SENDSAM) to offer joint packages of training and support to schools.
Joint packages offer you a one-stop-shop of support
Packages we currently offer include support with EHCNA referrals (both parental requests and school referrals), EBSA support, and meeting the needs of children and young people at risk of exclusion.
EHCNA Referrals
Schools and parents can purchase this package.
Parental requests involve 3 hours of support from SENDSAM to meet with parents and to complete the referral paperwork and 3-hours from the SEND&CO Specialist Teacher to gather the child’s views and to provide up-to-date assessments and a report.
School requests involve 2 hours from SENDSAM to complete the Family Conversation and 3 hours from the SEND&CO Specialist Teacher to provide up-to-date assessments and a report, including gathering the Pupil’s Views.
EBSA
The EBSA package involves a 1-hour initial meeting between SENDSAM and parents , 2 hours of SEND&CO time to gather pupil views and to explore the drivers of the school avoidance, then a 1-hour meeting with school, parents, SENDSAM & SEND&CO (and the CYP if they would like to be present) to agree outcomes and next steps.
The intention is to triangulate support and to agree a stepped approach towards reintegrating the CYP back into school.
Preventing Exclusions
This package is designed to support children who are at risk of exclusion. The package includes an initial 1-hour meeting between SENDSAM and school and/or parents, followed by a choice of a 1-hour or a 3-hour session with SEND&CO to gather the CYP’s views and (if buying 3-hours) to also seek to identify any underlying SEND through assessments, with a report provided. A 1-hour follow-up meeting between school, parents SEND&CO and SENDSAM to agree strategies and next steps.
TRAINING
SEND&CO and SENDSAM co-deliver training to meet your specific training requirements. We are constantly working on producing training packages so the list below is being expanded all the time. We can create training on whatever you require so please just ask. We deliver training to a variety of settings including nurseries, schools and alternative provisions. Currently, the packages we have available are...
Can be delivered as a Twilight session or as part of an INSET day
This course aims to help you to:
- Feel confident to identify PDA in your learners
- Understand the need for flexibility around demands
- Manage meltdowns and shutdowns
- Know what adaptations and reasonable adjustments will have the most impact
Course structure:
- What is PDA and what does it look like?
- What are ‘demands’ and how can we reduce them?
- Strategies to help you know how best to support your learners with PDA
Can be delivered as a Twilight session or as part of an INSET day
This course aims to help you to:
- Understand behaviour as a form of communication
- How to use trauma informed practice to develop your support
- Understand and use a PACE approach
Course structure:
- Why are children at risk of exclusion?
- What does behaviour tell us?
- How can we develop our understanding of the signals given by pupils/students?
- What are ACES and how do they impact behaviour?
- How can we work together restoratively to support children?
- How can we identify unmet needs and use a trauma informed approach?
Can be delivered as a Twilight session or as part of an INSET day
Currently under construction
Can be delivered as a Twilight session or as part of an INSET day
This course aims to help you:
- Use strategies to minimise the impact of PDBs
- Develop a whole-school approach to managing PDBs
- Work effectively to reduce suspensions and permanent exclusions
Can be delivered as a Twilight session (1 hour)
Our one-hour De‑escalation Training gives staff practical, immediately usable strategies grounded in the Escalation Curve, helping you respond confidently at every stage of a child’s dysregulation. Equip your team with a shared language, a calm framework and evidence‑informed tools that reduce incidents and strengthen relationships across the school.
If you don't see here what you need, please just ask
We are happy to produce a training package to suit your needs.
