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Students who use AAC face different communication expectations as they move through the school day, across lessons, routines, people and environments. This session explores how these shifting expectations can create hidden barriers and highlights practical ways school staff can reduce them by providing clearer, more consistent communication support across the day.
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An update from Ofsted regarding our renewed education inspection framework and updates on our wider ... -
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This session explores the role of movement in supporting sensory and nervous system regulation. It looks at why calm, organised bodies are essential for listening and attention and shares practical, movement-based strategies that can be used across early years and primary settings to support engagement for all children. Participants will be invited to experience and use simple equipment throughout the session to explore how movement supports regulation in real time. -
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Informed by the Cambridge CALM project, the Learning Beyond the Label approach is an evidence‑based ... -
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Therapeutic Thinking Relational Practice has emerged over the past decade as a distinctive, evidence ... -
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This session offers a practical and reflective learning experience for secondary school leaders and SEND practitioners. It explores how cognitive assessment can be used to better understand learners’ focus, memory, and thinking skills, and how this understanding can inform more effective, targeted interventions. Drawing on research evidence from King’s College London and Imperial College London, alongside real school implementation, the session supports participants to build confidence in interpreting cognitive data, avoid common pitfalls, and translate insight into meaningful classroom and support strategies that help students make genuine progress. -
Multisensory teaching is one of the most effective approaches for learners with dyslexia, significantly improving engagement, understanding, and retention. The talk will cover why multisensory teaching matters and how to deliver it effectively (with a focus on spelling)
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This session explores the idea that behaviour is communication and what becomes possible when we move beyond external behaviours to understand the unmet needs, experiences and emotions beneath them. Drawing on relational, trauma-informed practice and real-world experience from Fresh Start in Education, this talk offers a practical reframe for professionals working across SEND, SEMH and inclusion.
13-14 March 2026, Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground
13-14 March 2026, Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground
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