‘No Ticks - No Boxes’
Outstanding Practice in the Education of SLD/PMLD Learners

Two-day Forum

Led by Flo Longhorn with 20 Presenters

to be held at Swiss Cottage School Conference Centre, Central London

30 November and 1 December 2017

This forum is dedicated to the memory of Timmy Pettitt, the Sunshine Boy, a very special person.

Presentation Topics

• A wandering minstrel with a squeeze box
• Bio behaviours
• Child/student centred approaches - whole school development
• Engagement - new perspectives
• Equals SLD/PMLD semi-formal curriculum
• Experiential playfulness with elephants’ trunks and paper plates
• Happiness and Life Satisfaction for the very special person
• How do I know what I am feeling? Interoception
• Immersive environments
• Lilli Nielsen’s legacy - active learning, little rooms, resonance boards
• Meaningful observations
• No boxes, no ticks?
• Outstanding school approaches from Chailey Heritage, Woodlands and Ash Field Academy
• Personalised assessment, personalised curricula - a whole school approach
• Social justice and people with SLD/PMLD
• Resonance boards - calling and responding
• Schematic learning - supporting early development of repeated behaviours
• Sensing the world around and forming secure attachments
• The brain, neurology, sounds and music
• Sensory science, story of a star
• Routes for Learning - updates!
• ‘Teaching the unteachable: managing the unmanageable’- one school’s approach
  
• Blogging the sensory dispensary
• Mental health - developing well-being plans

The Presenters

• Andrew Colley, Special Education Lecturer, University of East London
• Ellen Croft, PMLD Curriculum Leader, Ash Field Academy, Leicester
• Flo Longhorn, Principal Consultant in Special/Multisensory Educ0tion, Belgium
• Gillian Carver, St. Ann's School, London
• Helen Lane, Neurologic Music Therapist, Woodlands School, London
• Dr James Galpin, Developmental Psychologist, The Bridge School, London
• Jane Thistlethwaite (N.Z.), Teaching Fellow, Birmingham University
• Joanna Grace, Author, Trainer and Founder of the Sensory Project, Cornwall
• Julie Tilbury, Lead Teacher SPMLD, Chailey Heritage School
• Hannah McCarthy, SPMLD Teacher, Chailey Heritage School
• Hannah Underwood, John Fielding School
• Keith Park, Independent Special Interactions Consultant, London
• Les Staves, Very Special Maths Consultant, Leeds
• Lucy Allen, John Fielding School
• Dr Maria Robinson, Early Years Author, Bedfordshire
• Peter Imray, Special Educational Training and Advice, Bedfordshire
• Phil Martin, Retired Special School Headteacher, Routes for Learning Wales
• Sarah Hall, Founder Willows Sensory Service, Birmingham
• Simon Yates, Chailey Heritage School, East Sussex
• Timothy Holdsworth, St. Ann's School, London
• Spotlight on the work of Dr Lilli Nielsen, Denmark

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The Cutting Edge!

Two-day Forum

Led by Flo Longhorn with 20 Presenters

to be held at Swiss Cottage School Conference Centre, Central London

29 and 30 November 2018

Presentation Topics

• Developing thinking and maths skills for special learners
• Dramatic poems - ’Call and Response’
• Creativity for the uncreative’ - pop-up hands-on workshops over two days
• ‘Inner strength’ boxes - self regulation.
• Integrated learning spaces - highly individualised assessment for special learners
• Integrating physical aspects into the learning process
• Intrinsic or extrinsic? That is the motivating, idiosyncratic question!
• Enabling outcomes to be meaningful for learners with PMLD
• Mental health - a sensory first aid kit
• Mindful little Yogis
• Quest for learning - an Irish version of Routes for Learning
• ‘Rude, naughty but nice’-deconstructing/exploring the rationale for a sensory story
• Simplifying assessment evidencing
• Spirituality - special spirits in the sky
• Stressed out and burnt out? Remedial laughter remedies
• The power of touch
• Tweaking and engaging the visual environment for special learners.
• Using the engagement tools to deliver sensory stories - a case study and video
• ‘When children with PMD shine’ - playfulness and play passports
• ‘Sex, drugs, problems and death’

The Presenters

(first name, alphabetical order)

• Andrew Colley, Lecturer and Author, University of East London, former PMLD Teacher
• Andrew Douglas, Education Manager, Curriculum, Assessment and Recording Council, Northern Ireland
• Beverley Cockhill, CLDD Coordinator/Trainer, Chadsgrove School, Birmingham
• Clare Hobson, Art Teacher and Deputy Head, Ysgol Clug Glas, Swansea, Wales
• Debby Watson, Researcher, Barnwood Trust, formerly at the Nora Fry Research Centre, Bristol
• Fiona O’Dwyer, Principal, St Michaels House Special School, Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland
• Flo Longhorn, Author and Principal Consultant in Special and Multisensory Education, Belgium
• Dr James Galpin, Researcher and Psychologist, The Bridge School, London
• Jane Thistlewaite, Facilitator, Engagement4Learning Programme, Fellow, Birmingham University, NZ
• Joanna Grace, Author, Trainer and Originator of The Sensory Project, Cornwall
• Julie Tilbury and Meriel Green, Chailey Heritage School, Special Non-maintained School, East Sussex
• Katie Rose White, Trainer, Laughter Facilitator and Founder of Best Medicine
• Keith Park, Author, Squeeze Box Expertand Drama Guru in Special Education
• Les Staves, Senior Consultant and Author of Very Special Maths, Leeds
• Lucy Allen and Hannah Underwood, PMLD Teachers, John Fielding School, Boston, Lincolnshire
• Nicola Harvey, Special Needs Teacher, Author, Yoga Guru
• Pete Wells, Practitioner, International Speaker/Very Unique Sensory Story Resources, Sunderland
• Rachel Markey, National Council for Special Education, Special Education Assistant Coordinator, Ireland
• Dr Richard Gamman, Head Teacher and Psychologist, John Fielding School, Boston
• Sarah Hall and Beverley Williams - Willows Sensory Service, Birmingham

Note: The full, final programme, showing which topics will be presented on each of the two days, and the presenters, will be published here not later than 15 October - and will be sent to all who have booked for the Forum by that time.

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Programme for Days 1 and 2

‘No Ticks - No Boxes’
Outstanding Practice in the Education of SLD/PMLD Learners

Two-day Forum

Led by Flo Longhorn with 20 Presenters

Swiss Cottage School Conference Centre, Central London

30 November and 1 December 2017

This forum is dedicated to the memory of Timmy Pettitt,

the Sunshine Boy, a very special person.

30 November - Programme Day 1

The white rabbit put on his spectacles. “Where shall I begin please, your majesty?”, he asked. “Begin at the beginning”, the king said gravely, “and go on until you come to the end and then stop”.

Lewis Carroll - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

  1 December - Programme Day 2

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Download the Flyer and Booking Forms (.doc and .pdf).

Special Event at Univ. of Birmingham in honour of Penny Lacey - 13 May 2017

Scruffy Targets, Meaningful Outcomes, Inspiring Legacy - Celebrating the life and work of Dr Penny Lacey

Location: School of Education (Building R19), The Vaughan Jeffreys Lecture Theatre
Date: Saturday 13 May 2017 (14:00-18:00)

The School of Education at the University of Birmingham is hosting an event to celebrate life and work of Dr Penny Lacey. You are invited to this open event to celebrate Penny’s remarkable contribution to the field of education, and in particular the education of children with profound and multiple learning difficulties.

Read more: Special Event in honour of Penny Lacey - 13 May 2017