Senco Networks

Senco Networks

Senco Network Meetings 2024 - 25

Autumn 2024 16/09/2024
Spring 2025 22/01/2025
Summer 2025 28/04/2025

 


 

Senco Network Meetings 2023 - 24Summer 2024

 

Senco Network Recording

Senco Network Slides

 

 

Senco Network Agenda 20th May 2024

Presenter

Time

09:00

Introduction and Welcome

Ruth Dennis - Principal EP

5 minutes

09:15

Reviewing Senco Network this year

Ruth Dennis

15 minutes

9.30

Whole School SEND

Nicole Dempsey

15 minutes

9.45

Improving SEND Communications

Sally Skipper - SEND Transformation & Compliance Manager • Dept of Children's Services

30 minutes

10.15

Break / Networking

 

20 minutes

10.35

Update from MNHES

Hannah Whittaker

15 Minutes

10.50

Update from CAMHs - Early Intervention, Specialist and Crisis support.

Anne Cowman – Mind in Bradford

35 minutes

11.25

SEND Q & A: SEN Assessment Team Manager

Vic Taylor– SEN Assessment Team Manager

35 minutes

 

Spring 2024

Senco Network Recording

Senco Network Slides

 

 

Senco Network Agenda 16th January 2024

Presenter

09:00

Introduction and Welcome

Ruth Dennis - Principal EP

09:15

WAGOLL 2 - Transitions

 

Chelsea Freeman and Lucy Skirrow -  SEN Auditors

9.45

Down Syndrome Training & Support Service Ltd

Dr Wendy Uttley
Manager & Trainer

10.15

Occupational Therapy in Bradford

Alison Rohatynskyj

Childrens Therapies, Child Development  and Stammering Services  Manager

10.30

Break

 

10.55

Update from Low Incidence Team

Karen Turner, Service Manager

11.10

Emotion Based School Avoidance Project

Victoria Morris, SSEP fro EBSA

11.45

SEND Q & A: SEN Assessment Team Manager

Niall Devlin, AD Inclusion / Vic Taylor– SEN Assessment Team

Autumn 2023

Senco Network Slides

Youtube Link Senco Network Autumn 2023 - apologies it is not edited - please fast froward to the bit you want to see.

Specialist Provision link

 

 

Agenda

Presenter

Time

09:00

Introduction and Welcome

Ruth Dennis - Principal EP

15 minutes

09:15

WAGOLL 1 - Section A: Child & Young Person's view / Parent / Carer's views

Chelsea Freeman and Lucy Skirrow -  SEN Auditors

30 minutes

9.45

SEND Provision in Bradford: What's out there and how to access  plus planning for future cohorts.

Strategic Manager - Intelligence & Sufficiency

30 minutes

10.15

Pathways for Health Referrals

Diane Daly - NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board

15 minutes

10.30

Break

 

20 minutes

10.55

Update from SCIL

Lucy Stead / Alice Ngondi

25 minutes

11.10

Long term educational Implications of covid  / SEND

Ruth Dennis - Principal EP

35 minutes

11.45

SEND Q & A: SEN Assessment Team Manager

Niall Devlin, AD Inclusion / Bev Williams – SEN Assessment Team

15 Minutes

Senco Network Meetings 2022 - 23

Summer 2023

Senco Network slides

Youtube link Senco Network summer 2023

Spring 2023

Senco Network Spring 2023 Youtube link

Senco Network Spring 2023 Slides

Autumn 22

Youtube link

Slides from Autumn 22 Senco Network

 

 

Senco Network Meetings 2021 - 22


Summer: 18/05/22

 

Powerpoint Senco Network Summer 2022

YouTube link Summer 2022

 

 

 

Agenda

Presenter

Time

9.00

Introductions and welcome

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

5 minutes

9.05

Improving Outcomes for Children with SEND in Bradford

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

20  minutes

9.10

Mental Health - Thrive Guide for Schools RD / LS

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

Lisa Stead - Programme Lead and Clinical Lead

Mental Health Support Team

 

15 minutes

9.55

Update from SEN Transformation and Compliance Team

Sally Skipper - SEND Transformation and Compliance Coordinator

15 minutes

10.10

BREAK

 

10 minutes

10.20

Neurodiversity Future Pathway Update

Ruth Dennis - Principal Educational Psychologist

15 minutes

10.55

Annual Reviews and Phase Transfers / detail of July day

Charlie Lowe - 0-25 Integrated Assessment Team Manager/ Linzi Milward - 0-25 Integrated Assessment Team Assistant Manager

30 minutes

11.00

SEND Update and Q and A (including Personal Budget Training)

Niall Devlin / Charlie Lowe Strategic Manager, Integrated Assessment and Psychology

30 minutes

Spring 2022

 

PowerPoint Slides Senco Network Spring 2022

YouTube Link

Introductions and welcome Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist Update from the Hospital and Home Teaching Service Hannah Whittaker - Service Manager

Medical Needs and Hospital Education Service

Update from the SCIL Team - Lucy Stead  - Service Manager  Social, Communication, Interaction and Learning (SCIL) Team

Update from SENDIASS - Debbie Jowett  - Team Manager Bradford SENDIASS

Update from the Virtual School - Louise Coates-Black - SEND Lead Specialist teacher and Attachment Lead Virtual School for Children in Care

Steps Towards Neurodiversity Ruth Dennis - Principal Educational Psychologist / Joe Krasinski  - SEMH Consultant  / Diane Daley General Manager Autism Service, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Parent Carer Forum - Julie BruceSEND

Update and Q and A (including Personal Budget Training)Niall Devlin / Charlie Lowe Strategic Manager, Integrated Assessment and Psychology

 

 

 

Autumn 2021 - 22

Healthy Minds Support to Schools*

CDC outcomes frameworks*

Update on Capita System Development*

BREAK

16 - 25 training*

Update from Educational Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners*

Making request for specialist provision - what and how *

SEND Update and Q and A

Youtube link

Powerpoint

 

         
   

 

 

 

Spring 2022

 

Spring: 26/01/22

Introductions and welcome

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

Update from the Hospital and Home Teaching Service

Hannah Whittaker - Service Manager

Medical Needs and Hospital Education Service

 

Update from the SCIL Team

Lucy Stead  - Service Manager

Social, Communication, Interaction and Learning (SCIL) Team

Update from SENDIASS

Debbie Jowett  - Team Manager

Bradford SENDIASS

Update from the Virtual School

Louise Coates-Black

SEND Lead Specialist teacher and Attachment Lead

Virtual School for Children in Care

 

BREAK

 

Steps Towards Neurodiversity

Ruth Dennis - Principal Educational Psychologist / Joe Krasinski  - SEMH Consultant  / Diane Daley
General Manager Autism Service, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Parent Carer Forum

Julie Bruce

SEND Update and Q and A (including Personal Budget Training)

Niall Devlin / Charlie Lowe Strategic Manager, Integrated Assessment and Psychology

   
Summer 2022
Summer: 18/05/22
     

 


Senco Network 2020 - 21

Senco Network meetings are essential communication and information sharing sessions to allow the LA and schools to work seamlessly to meet the needs of children with SEND across the district.

All meetings will be prerecorded this year. Please book via Skills4Bradford to pre book the link to the sessions.

Senco Network (Autumn) 23rd September 2020

Introduction and welcome

Video link

Copy of Slides

FAQ from Summer Senco Network

 

Bradford AS assessment referral form

 

Update on SEN Assessment Team and statutory systems

 

Bradford Matrix of Need and Graduated Approach document

 

Mental Health Champions Network

 

SCIL Team Update

 

Low Incidence Team Update

 

Covid-19 Emotional Wellbeing Support

 

Autism Assessment Pathway Update

 
 
Senco Network (Spring) 20th January 2021

Agenda

Presenter

Introduction and welcome

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

Update on SEN Assessment Team and statutory systems

Niall Devlin  - Strategic Manager, Integrated Assessment, Children's Services

SCIL Team Update

Lucy Stead – SCIL Team Manager

Low Incidence Team Update

Karen Turner

Education Health and Care plan Developments: Section A / Person Centred Planning

Charlie Lowe – Assistant Manager – SEN Assessment Team

Introducing the Educational Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner team

Rebecca Horn – Lead Practitioner – EEWP Team

Whole School Emotional Wellbeing and Covid-19

Ruth Dennis – Principal EP

Slides for Senco Network

Youtube playlist 

 

 
Senco Network (Summer) 19th May 2021

SSlides for Senco Network Summer 2021

YoYouTube playlist summer 2021

LA inspection Guidance 

 

 

Agenda (* available on you tube playlist )

Presenter

Time

9.00

Introductions and welcome *

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

10 minutes

9.10

District SEND Inspection *

Jane Hall, SEND Transformation & Compliance Manager

30 minutes

9.40

Annual Review Update *

Charlie Lowe – Assistant Manager – SEN Assessment Team

40 minutes

 

BREAK

 

 

10.45

Introducing the ‘Exclusions Team’ *

Karen Roper - Exclusions Team

20 minutes

11.05

EHCP Transition Reviews *

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

10 minutes

11.15

Living Well Schools *

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

10 minutes

11.25

SEND Q and A

Niall Devlin, Strategic Manager, Integrated Assessment and Psychology

35 minutes

 

Senco Network 2019 - 20

Senco Network meetings are essential communication and information sharing sessions to allow the LA and schools to work seamlessly to meet the needs of children with SEND across the district.

There are three meetings per year, all taking place at Margaret McMillan Tower, 9 - 12.00.

Senco Network (Autumn)
   

10.09.19

Update on SEN Assessment Team and statutory systems

EPT Support for Sencos: Senco Network online / Skills 4 Bradford / EP Hubs

Inclusive Teaching Support Service

Networking Break

Mental Health Champions Roll out

My Support Plan update

pdnet Champion Role

 

Handout
Senco Network (Spring) 05.02.20

Agenda

Presenter

Introduction and welcome

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

Sign up for Child Centred Reviews project

Update on SEN Assessment Team and statutory systems

Niall Devlin  - Strategic Manager, Integrated Assessment, Children's Services

Sign up for Newsletter

SEN Funding and High Needs Block consultation

Andrew Redding - Business Advisor, Corporate Resources

Senco CPD Requirements

Michael Purches - Interim SEND Transformation and Compliance Coordinator

Sign up to be part of Secondary group

Networking Break

Sleeping on Vocabulary Project sign up Click here

Welcome to Parent Forum

Julie Bruce – Parent Forum Sign up for Details

The new Autism Diagnostic Pathway

Ruth Shaw / Diane Daley

Any Questions

 

Handout
Senco Network (Summer)

20.05.20

Introduction and welcome

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

Legislative Changes and Risk Assessments

Niall Devlin  - Strategic Manager, Integrated Assessment, Children's Services

Agreed Definitions of Learning Difficulties – Working Group outcomes

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

Revised Matrix of Need

Ruth Dennis – Principal Educational Psychologist

Introducing the SCIL Team

Kelsey Clark-Davies – Head of SCIL Team

SEND and School Improvement

Alice Ngondi - Education Adviser for Special and PRU settings

Annual Review Process

Charlie Lowe - SEN Assessment Team

Youtube link

Handout

 


2018 - 19

 

Provisional Agenda

18th September, 9 – 12 @ MMT

Range model review

Integrated Teaching Support Services

Handout

16th January, 9 – 12 @ MMT

Quality Assurance of EHCPs including specificity of provision

Handout

High Incidence Team Update

8th May, 9 – 12 @ MMT

Update on LA developments;

Matrix of Need

Handout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Years

2017 - 18

Documentation from Senco Network Meetings:

Senco Network 02.10.17 powerpoint

Senco Network 19.02.18 Powerpoint

Senco Network 09.05.18 Powerpoint

SENCO CPD Audit

 

 

 


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