This course is part of a suite of SEND training available through Services For Education, thoughtfully designed to ensure that all staff within school have a good level of understanding of what it means to be autistic or have ADHD. It delves into what it is like to attend school with these additional challenges, and gives a range of practical, easily achieved, reasonable adjustments and top tips that you can take away and immediately implement in school with little or no expense needed, to make sure that these pupils are having their needs met to engage them in learning and help them achieve their full potential.
By the end of this course, you should understand:
- What neurodivergence is
- What autism is
- What ADHD is
- How to support learners with either autism or ADHD
Who would benefit most from this training?
SENCOs have a clear understanding of the needs of learners with a wide range of special educational needs, and how to provide for these in class. Sharing this information with the wider staff team is often difficult due to time constraints. This course makes it easy to bring other members of staff up to speed on the key details of these conditions as well as arming them with a range of go-to strategies to take away and put in place in your setting immediately. Teaching assistants or 1:1s would benefit, or it would benefit more experienced staff as a refresher. This could also form part of your bespoke ECT training, enhancing their learning before they work with your more vulnerable pupils.
About the Course Leader
Claire Steele - Adviser, Services For Education
With over 20 years of experience in primary education, Claire Steele is a respected and committed school leader who has worked across a diverse range of schools and multi-academy trusts. Her previous roles include Assistant Principal, Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), and Senior Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead. She has also worked extensively with partners to support the delivery of a wide range of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs).
Claire is deeply passionate about creating safe, inclusive, and nurturing school environments, where the wellbeing of pupils is at the heart of practice. She brings her extensive knowledge, dedication, and enthusiasm to Services For Education, supporting schools in embedding effective and compassionate safeguarding practices at every level.
Working as part of our team of advisers, Claire delivers high-quality, comprehensive safeguarding training and conducts thorough safeguarding audits in schools. She also champions SEND and equality, ensuring these values are central to all aspects of her work.
