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… to fund a special needs teacher for a year.
No Ticks - No Boxes Forum - 30 Nov and 1 Dec 2017
‘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
View the full Programme details here.
Get the venue details here (PDF) or online and how to find the Conference Centre (PDF).
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The Cutting Edge
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
plus
the ‘Bubbles Launch’ for new books
from
Les Staves, Joanna Grace, Nicola Harvey and Suzie books publications!
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 Cockbill, CLDD Coordinator/Trainer, Chadsgrove School, Birmingham
- Clare Hobson, Art Teacher and Deputy Head, Ysgol Clug Glas, Swansea, Wales
- Debby Watson, Independent Researcher, 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
- Helen Dunman, Chailey Heritage School
- Jane Thistlethwaite, 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
- 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
Download the full 2-day programme here (PDF).
View The Cutting Edge - Programme online.
Cost: £180.00 (+ VAT) per day or £320.00 (+VAT) for both days.
Discounts available for multiple attendees from the same organisation.
Course fee includes lunch on both days, refreshments throughout the day and course notes packs.
Download the Booking Form here (in .doc and .pdf format).
Get the venue details here (PDF) or online and how to find the Conference Centre (PDF).
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No Ticks - No Boxes Forum - Programme
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
9 00 am |
Registration - Roger Longhorn, FPL Admin |
9 30 am |
Welcome and Introduction - Flo Longhorn, Helen Prosser (Swiss Cottage School) and Keith Park (Wandering Minstrel!) |
9 45 am |
No boxes - no ticks? - Simon Yates, Chailey Heritage School |
10 40 am |
The musical brain - Helen Lane, Neurologic Music Therapist, Woodlands School, London |
11 10 am |
Break |
11 35 am |
Engagement: New perspectives - Jane Thistlethwaite, Teaching Fellow, Birmingham University |
12 25 pm |
Social justice and people with SLD/PMLD - Andrew Colley, University of East London |
13 10 pm |
Lunch and Sensory Delights - Sarah Hall, Willows Sensory Service, Birmingham |
13 50 pm |
Schemas - Early development of learning through repeated behaviours - Les Staves, Very Special Maths Consultant, Leeds |
14 05 pm |
How do I know what I am feeling? Interoception - James Galpin, Psychologist, The Bridge School, London |
14 35 pm |
Securing attachments - emotional strength - Maria Robinson, Early Years Author, Bedfordshire |
15 05 pm |
Break |
15 15 pm |
‘My spiritual need for silence and solitude’ - Flo Longhorn |
15 20 pm |
Developing plans for mental health & wellbeing within a school setting - Ellen Croft, PMLD Curriculum Leader, SLE, Ash Field Academy, Leicester |
16 05 pm |
The sensory story of a star - Jo Grace, Author, Trainer and Founder of The Sensory Project, Cornwall |
16 20 pm |
Close |
1 December - Programme Day 2
9 00 am |
Registration - Roger Longhorn, FPL Admin |
9 30 am |
Introduction & Recap- Flo Longhorn and Keith Park (Wandering Minstrel!) |
9 45 am |
Observe and then teach - Julie Tilbury, Lead Teacher SPMLD and Hannah McCarthy, Teacher SPMLD, Chailey Heritage School |
10 35 am |
Happiness and life satisfaction - Flo Longhorn |
11 10 am |
Break |
11 35 am |
Child/student centred approaches: Whole school development - Ellen Croft, PMLD Curriculum Leader, SLE, Ash Field Academy, Leicester |
12 25 pm |
The Sensory Dispensary - Hannah Underwood and Lucy Allen, Teachers, John Fielding School, Lincolnshire |
12 40 pm |
The semi-formal curriculum: The Equals Approach - Peter Imray, Special Educational Training and Advice, Bedfordshire |
13 10 pm |
Lunch & Sensory Surprises - Sarah Hall, Willows Sensory Service and Lucy Allen & Hannah Underwood, John Fielding School, Lincolnshire |
13 45 pm |
‘Teaching the unteachable - managing the unmanageable’- Gillian Carver and Timothy Holdsworth, St Ann’s School, London |
14 45 pm |
Routes for learning: updates from Wales - Phil Martin, Retired Headteacher, Wales |
15 15 pm |
Break |
15 40 pm |
Lilli Nielsen’s legacy, little rooms, resonance boards, HOPSA suits and active learning - Flo Longhorn and Keith Park (Wandering Minstrel!) |
16 15 pm |
Close – Flo Longhorn |
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The full two-day Programme can also be downloaded here (PDF).
Get the Venue details here (PDF) or online and how to find the Conference Centre (PDF).
Special Event in honour of Penny Lacey - 13 May 2017
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.
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