The SENDcast
The SENDcast is a weekly podcast focusing on Special Educational Needs, it is a new way to keep up to date with policy changes (UK based), best practice and to improve your knowledge around SEND.
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Empowering Students with SEND and Mental Health with Dr Susie Nyman
06/24/2021
Empowering Students with SEND and Mental Health with Dr Susie Nyman
In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Dr Susie Nyman to discuss empowering mental health for students with SEND. Susie is the Curriculum Manager at The Sixth Form College, Farnborough. She is passionate about discovering how children learn and supporting them in ways which enable them to succeed. She has provided training to PGCE students at Kingston University, and in a number of local schools and colleges on teaching strategies. She also delivers talks on multi-sensory techniques around the world.
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Follow The Empathy Road With Ginny Bootman
06/17/2021
Follow The Empathy Road With Ginny Bootman
Joining Dale today is Ginny Bootman. Ginny is currently a SENCO of 2 Primary schools, but has been a teacher for a very long time (in her own words), a senior manager and headteacher. She has also found time to write articles for TES and speak at a number of events. All too often the home school relationship can become strained for a number of reasons. This episode looks at the role empathy plays and the building of the spider’s web of trust to pave the way for a real team approach when supporting families who have children with additional needs. This has come about through discussion with parents to identify the barriers they feel are put in front of them often inadvertently by educational settings. This is aimed at SENCOs, Head Teachers and parents. The approach discussed today can be used by anyone in any setting to begin to really empathise with those around us and put ourselves in others shoes. Resources: Brene Brown - Her work on empathy - Jamil Zaki - The War for kindness , building empathy in a fractured world - Dr Andrew Curran - The little Book of big stuff about the brain - His work helps educators understand that what they are doing has a scientific background.- Logos, Ethos, Pathos - The Rhetorical Triangle: How these can be used to understand the view of the parent during meetings - Contact Ginny Bootman Website – Twitter –
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Changing the Ds in ADHD with Fintan O'Regan
06/10/2021
Changing the Ds in ADHD with Fintan O'Regan
Dale's guest is Fintan O’Regan, Fintan is a trainer and consultant for schools and school support systems including, Social Services, Health, the Police and Foster carers. He has worked with a number of organisations including NASEN, Institute of Education, Leicester University, the UK ADHD Network and the European ADHD Alliance. And before this he was a headteacher of a specialist school for students with ADHD, ASD and ODD. Fintan is a regular here in our studios, he has recorded a number of episodes of the SENDcast, he is a regular speaker at our Virtual SEND Conferences and has recorded a training course for us around Exclusion. ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and would therefore be seen by most people as being a challenge and not an opportunity. Indeed some years ago Dale heard a parent describe to another parent that ADD stood for Attention Devastation Disorder such was the impact on her life. Language is important and as a result we suggest reframing the term ADHD in a more positive and accurate way. In addition we discuss both the history and future of the term and outline a range of strategies and suggestions to support individuals with ADHD at school and at home. Resources: O’Regan F (2018) Successfully Managing Children ADHD Second edition :Routledge Falmer Press O’Regan F (2020) Supporting behaviour in the classroom: Sage publications limited Cave S and O’Regan (2021) Attention difficulties: How to help: Pavillion books group: O’Regan F (2020) 100 top tips for Supporting Parents with Children with ADHD O’Regan F (2018) Supporting children with ADHD: Learning Behaviour The Defiant Child: Douglas Riley
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Transition to the next phase of education for children and young people with SEND with Lorraine Petersen
06/03/2021
Transition to the next phase of education for children and young people with SEND with Lorraine Petersen
Joining Dale today is Lorraine Petersen. Lorraine has 25 years’ experience in the mainstream school environment as a teacher and Head Teacher. From 2004 – 2013 Lorraine was CEO of Nasen, a charitable organisation supporting all those who work with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. She has been a chair, keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at many national and international events and conferences as well as a consultant for a number of national organisations. In 2009 Lorraine was awarded an OBE for her services to education. In 2013 Lorraine established Lorraine Petersen Educational Consultancy and currently works independently, delivering training and supporting schools and local authorities on SEND, Mental Health and Wellbeing and Safeguarding. Lorraine in currently Director of Chadsgrove Teaching School Alliance, is Chair of Governors at Chadsgrove School and a Governor at Lokrum Fields, a newly opened independent special school. Resources: National SENCO Workforce Survey 2020 -
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Self Preservation as a parent of a child with SEND with Alison Knowles
05/27/2021
Self Preservation as a parent of a child with SEND with Alison Knowles
This week, Dale is joined by Alison Knowles. Alison is an emotional therapist who supports emotional resilience. In this episode we are talking about self preservation as a parent of a child with SEND. Alison is the creator of the Ollie Model, the author of the series of Ollie and his Super Powers books, trainer of Ollie coaches and an emotional therapist. Useful Links:
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Tips for singing with children - using music inclusively across the curriculum with Al Start
05/20/2021
Tips for singing with children - using music inclusively across the curriculum with Al Start
This week Dale is joined by Al Start to discuss some helpful tips to help teachers use music and songs in the classroom. Al has worked with children for over 20 years in a variety of ways and over the last 15 years she has been creating, teaching and performing songs for children. Singing with children can be a scary idea if you’re not musically trained, but introducing music and singing into children’s daily learning routine will open up so many opportunities for learning, creativity, behaviour management and wellbeing. With some handy tips, anyone can use singing and music without a musical background. There isn’t enough support for teachers to try music in the classroom - but the benefits are plentiful - for both pupils and staff. Music is always way down on the curriculum and thought of as a specialist subject. However it should fill your classroom throughout the day, whatever subject you’re teaching. Resources: Go Kids Music – Where you can find songs and albums, songbooks and membership Sing Up -
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SENCO Survival Guide at this challenging time with Lorraine Peterson
05/13/2021
SENCO Survival Guide at this challenging time with Lorraine Peterson
Joining Dale today is Lorraine Petersen. Lorraine is an educational consultant with 25 years experience working in schools. Since 2004 she has been supporting Special Needs in a variety of ways: She was the CEO of NASEN and she is currently a consultant, director of a teaching school alliance and Governor. Being a SENCO now, more than ever is extremely challenging, so much to do with so little time and so few options. Today Dale and Lorraine discuss the SENCO Survival Guide to help you through these times. Just to be clear we are not going Bear Grylls. Resources: National SENCO Workforce Survey 2020 -
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You don’t need to wait for diagnosis to make a difference for children with SEND with Fintan O'Regan
05/06/2021
You don’t need to wait for diagnosis to make a difference for children with SEND with Fintan O'Regan
Every week on the SENDcast, Dale is joined by different guest to talk about a specific area. This week our guest once again is, Fintan O’Regan. Fintan has been a headteacher, lecturer for Leicester University and now works as a trainer and consultant for schools and school support systems. In this episode we are talking about how you don’t need to wait for diagnosis to make a difference for children with SEND. The SENDcast is created and produce by B Squared. Over the last 25 years B Squared have supported schools to support students with SEND. Over the last few years, we have diversified, for years we have focussed on assessment and this will always be our main focus, but we have seen a lack of high quality, easy to access training and CPD for schools around SEND. Our online CPD offering, Training for Education, started 2 years ago with the Virtual SEND Conference, but now includes a range of training courses as well as our conferences. You can find out more about our conferences and training courses, including Fintan’s training course by going to the Training for Education website – www.trainingforeducation.com. At the end of the episode I will be sharing an exclusive SENDcast discount code, so keep listening! Resources/Links: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/rona-tutt%E2%80%99s-guide-to-send-inclusion/book250123 O’Regan F (2018) Successfully Managing Children ADHD Second edition :Routledge Falmer Press O’Regan F (2020) Supporting behaviour in the classroom: Sage publications limited
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Working With Foster and Adoption Children with Alison Knowles
04/29/2021
Working With Foster and Adoption Children with Alison Knowles
The SENDcast is a podcast we started in 2020, to help improve knowledge around SEND. Every teacher is teacher of SEND, yet the training isn’t there to support them. We created the SENDcast to try and help solve that problem, help make schools more inclusive. My guest this week is Alison Knowles. Alison is an emotional therapist, she supports emotional resilience. In this episode we are talking about supporting foster or adoption families and the specific issues those children might be facing. Useful Links
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Supporting children with emotionally based school phobia/avoidance with Tina Rae
04/01/2021
Supporting children with emotionally based school phobia/avoidance with Tina Rae
On this week’s podcast we will be discussing how to support children with emotionally based school phobia/avoidance. For this conversation, Dale is joined by Dr Tina Rae. Tina is a consultant psychologist with over 30 year’s experience working with children, adults and families. We know that our children and young people who already have existing mental health issues will be finding the current lockdown experience particularly stressful and increased levels of anxiety will be the norm. However, it is probably also the case that every child will be experiencing higher levels of stress and anxiety at this time and that when they do eventually return to the school context there will enormous emotional and psychological hurdles to overcome. The need to provide support for increased levels of anxiety and managing the transition to a ‘new normal’ will be on-going. Resources: Rae, T. (2020) A Toolbox of Wellbeing Helpful strategies and activities for children, teens, their carers and teachers Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T., Such, A. & Wood, J. (2020) The Well Being Tool Kit for Mental health leads in schools A comprehensive Training Resource to Support Emotional Wellbeing in Education and Social Care Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2019) The Transition Tool Box Nurturing Effective Transition to Secondary school London: NurtureUK West Sussex County Council Educational Psychology Service (2004) Emotionally Based School Refusal: Guidance for Schools and Support Agencies. West Sussex County Council, West Sussex Educational Psychology Service. Anxiety UK (helpline) (text) Advice and support for people living with anxiety. Childline Support for children and young people in the UK, including a free 24-hour helpline.
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What is Anxiety? with Alison Knowles
03/25/2021
What is Anxiety? with Alison Knowles
In this episode we are revisiting anxiety and simply asking the question what is anxiety? Alison Knowles returns to help us explore this. Alison is an emotional therapist. This does not mean that she often cries during therapy. She supports emotional resilience. In this episode we are talking about the reality you created and the impact this has on you. Useful Links
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Supporting NQTs with SEND
03/11/2021
Supporting NQTs with SEND
In this episode Dale is joined by Natalie Packer to talk about how to support NQTs to meet the needs of pupils with SEND. With very little Initial Teacher Training around SEND, they have a lot to learn in supporting pupils with SEND. Yet, they will be supporting pupils with SEND from their first day of teaching. Schools need to provide support and training. This is a special episode, it is our first birthday! We are a year old!!! I would like to thank everyone who has been involved with the SENDCast, all our guests and our team who produce the podcast, manage the social media and help make this podcast happen. And finally, thank you to all of you, our listeners. In a year we have had over 30,000 listens!! This is abosultely phenomenal and all the feeback we have received has been amazing and it is great seeing it shared on social media so thank you everyone! Useful Links: Effective SEND practice in ITT - Teachers’ Standards: Early careers framework - SEND induction checklist - Natalie Packer (to send) SEN Support and the graduated approach nasen mini guide: Special Educational Needs in mainstream schools, EEF guidance report - SEN Support: Research evidence …document by DfE: My book - Focus On training for staff available at SEND Reflection framework - SEND videos for NQTs (coming soon) – will be available at Contact Natalie Packer Website – Email – [email protected] Twitter – For more podcast episodes from the SENDcast click below…
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Supporting mental health in Primary Aged children with Lana Grant
03/04/2021
Supporting mental health in Primary Aged children with Lana Grant
In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Lana Grant to discuss supporting mental health in primary aged children. There has been a history of a lack of support for children’s mental health. It needs to change. Lana has a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome and is also a parent of children on the autism spectrum Lana is a specialist SEN advisor and an advocate for SEN children and their families. Lana has worked Lara’s first book “From Here To Maternity, pregnancy and motherhood on the Autism Spectrum” was published in 2015. Lana also contributes to various articles, podcast and delivers talks at various shows and events. Over the last 5 years, as a country we have started to realise the importance of mental health, but we aren’t always following through. We talk about how important mental health is, but are we making changes to support each other and especially children? There is lots of discussion in the media about how many children are suffering and will suffer due to COVID. There is limited support for those young people. Increasingly the responsibility is being pushed to school staff who are not trained to offer this support and feel that they don’t get enough support themselves to deal with this topic. This is a timebomb waiting to explode and with the current pandemic is likely to increase. Mental health should be everyone’s business. We need to empower people to know how they can help, what to look out for and when to involve specialist services. Useful Links Young Minds - Mental Health Foundation - NHS - Childline - MindEd - Contact Lana Grant Website – Email – Twitter – For more podcast episodes from the SENDcast click below…
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Self-harm - understanding and supporting our CYP with Tina Rae
02/25/2021
Self-harm - understanding and supporting our CYP with Tina Rae
On this week’s show Dale welcomes back Dr. Tina Rae. Tina is a consultant psychologist with over 30 year’s experience working with children, adults and families. Dale and Tina discuss self harm, how we can understand and support our children and young people. Self-harm is an area of concern for all of us who support CYP in order to foster well-being and mental health. There are many myths and general misunderstandings about this topic so it is essential given the current pandemic and increased levels of stress for our CYP that we all feel able to support them effectively. Useful Links: Rae, T. (2014) Optimus Safeguarding Hub 19.9.14. Listening to children: What helps children to disclose? Rae, T. (2015) Optimus Safeguarding Hub 10.4.15 Supporting the well-being of the DSP for child protection: listening to traumatised children Rae, T. (2015) Optimus Teaching and Learning Hub 16.4.15 Helping pupils to manage stress Rae, T. (2016) Introducing the topic of self-harm in schools: developing an educational and preventative support intervention Education and Health. 34(2) Rae, T. & Hershey, G. (2019) Mental health and girls on the autism spectrum, in Carpenter, B., Happe, F. & Egerton, J. (eds) Girls and Autism Educational, Family and Personal perspectives. London: Routledge Rae, T. & Walshe, J. (2017) Understanding and Preventing Self-harm in schools Effective Strategies for Identifying Risk and Providing Support Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. & Giles, P. (2018) The Essential Guide to using cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with children and young people Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T., Bunn, H. &. Walshe, J. (2018) The Essential Guide to using Positive Psychology with children and young people Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T., Such, A. & Wood, J. (2020) The Well Being Tool Kit for Mental health leads in schools A comprehensive Training Resource to Support Emotional Wellbeing in Education and Social Care Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers
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Neurodiversity - Innovation or Compliance with Fintan O’Regan
02/18/2021
Neurodiversity - Innovation or Compliance with Fintan O’Regan
This week’s show is all about neurodiversity. What does it mean, is it a positive term or is it a negative term. Our guest is Fintan O’Regan, Fintan is a trainer and consultant for schools and school support systems including, Social Services, Health, the Police and Foster carers. He supports them by providing behaviour management strategies for children and families struggling with SEND and behaviour issues. Before this he has worked with a number of organisations including NASEN, Institute of Education, Leicester University, the UK ADHD Network and the European ADHD Alliance. And before all of this he was a headteacher of a specialist school for students with ADHD, ASD an ODD.
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Role of the Governing Board in relation to SEND with Kate Browning
02/11/2021
Role of the Governing Board in relation to SEND with Kate Browning
In this episode we are talking about the role of the Governing Board in relation to SEND with Kate Browning. Kate is an independent SEND Consultant who focuses on school improvement for SEND. She has been a SENCo, SEN advisory teacher, local authority school improvement officer for SEND and interim Education Development Officer for NASEN. She teaches the NASENCo course for the university of Northampton and lectures for the university of Warwick on their PGCE programme. In her spare time Kate facilitates the SENCo network across Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire, supports Governors and is also a Chair of Governors.
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You Create Your Reality with Alison Knowles
02/04/2021
You Create Your Reality with Alison Knowles
In this episode Dale is joined by Alison Knowles to discuss breaking down limiting beliefs and how you can take control rather than be controlled by your emotions. Alison is an emotional therapist. This does not mean that she often cries during therapy. She supports emotional resilience. In this episode we are talking about the reality you created and the impact this has on you. Useful Links
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Ensuring Access to High Quality Teaching with Natalie Packer
01/28/2021
Ensuring Access to High Quality Teaching with Natalie Packer
This week’s podcast is discussing High Quality Teaching and how to ensure all children have access. Our guest is Natalie Packer, an independent education consultant, specialising in SEND and school improvement. Natalie develops and delivers a wide range of training and support to schools, multi-academy trusts and other organisations. She is a member of Nasen’s 0-11 Advisory Group, and also supports the Whole School SEND review process. On top of this and being a Governor and Trustee Natalie has also found time to write books The Perfect SENCO and The Teacher’s Guide to SEN. Useful Links: Special Educational Needs in mainstream schools, EEF guidance report - SEN Support: Research evidence …document by DfE: Rosenshine’s Principles in action - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosenshines-Principles-Action-Tom-Sherrington/dp/1912906201 My book which includes a chapter on HQT - Focus On training for staff available at Maximising the impact of TAs website:
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Autism Different Presentations with Lana Grant
01/21/2021
Autism Different Presentations with Lana Grant
Joining Dale today is Lana Grant. Lana has a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome and is also a parent of children on the autism spectrum Lana is a specialist SEN advisor and an advocate for SEN children and their families. Lana’s first book "From Here To Maternity, pregnancy and motherhood on the Autism Spectrum" was published in 2015. Lana also contributes to various articles, podcasts and delivers talks at various shows and events. She definitely outranks Dale when it comes to discussing autism. There have been a number of portrayals of autism in films and TV series. They portray a simplistic view of autism. They are socially awkward, or struggle to socialise, but amazing at maths or recognising patterns. For a lot of the population, this is how they see autism. But this is not how all people with autism present.
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Building Resilience in the Early Years with Tina Rae
01/14/2021
Building Resilience in the Early Years with Tina Rae
On this week’s podcast Dale will be discussing building resilience in the early years with guest Dr. Tina Rae. Tina is a consultant psychologist with over 30 year’s experience working with children, adults and families. Resilience is a word that some people hate, some understand and other are a bit unsure of what it means. I have met some people who think resilience is made up and dismiss it. I have also seen work in primary schools where they are helping children to become more resilient, talking about a growth mindset. Resilience has lots of different names – resilience, grit, determination and many other names, but they all have a common thread, which is being able to cope. How else can we describe resilience? Useful Links Rae, T. (2014) Building Resilience. Every Child Journal. 4(6) 31-39 Rae, T. (2015) The power of positive thinking Every Child Journal. 5(1) 44-53 Rae, T. (2016) Building Positive Thinking Habits Increasing Self-confidence and resilience in young people through CBT Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2016) Bouncing back and Coping with change Building Emotional and Social Resilience in Young people aged 9-14 Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. & Such, A. (2017) Emotion Coaching A resource bank for parents, carers and professionals London: Nurture Group Network Rae, T., & Wood, J. (2019) The Essential Resilience and well-being tool kit for the early years Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2019) Mindfulness Activity cards Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2019) Happy Habits Activity cards Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers
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Broad & Balanced Curriculum with Carol Allen & John Galloway
01/07/2021
Broad & Balanced Curriculum with Carol Allen & John Galloway
This week Dale is joined by Carol Allen & John Galloway to discuss the pro's and con's of a fixed curriculum. The curriculum in schools is supposed to be broad and balanced, but it often isn’t. Schools are sometimes only focusing on areas they are held to account for. One thing that has been eating away at the over the last few years is the four broad areas of need and the lack of focus on these areas in schools, in a number of ways. We will come back to this later, lets start at the beginning with children being entitled to a broad and balanced curriculum. Where is it going wrong? Carol is an education advisor for ICT and Inclusion in particular supporting the London Grid For Learning and Hartlepool LA. She was named one of the top ten educators for 2018 in the field of educational technology. This was down to all her amazing work on inclusion. John is a specialist in the use of technology to improve educational opportunities for children and young people with special educational needs. He spends the majority of his time working with Tower Hamlets LA, but also does lots of working as a writer, consultant and trainer. Useful Links:
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SENCO Time Management with Kate Browning
12/17/2020
SENCO Time Management with Kate Browning
In this episode Dale's guest is Kate Browning. Kate is an independent consultant supporting schools make improvements around SEND. In this episode we are talking about SENCO time management, focusing on the key elements. In a world where there is less guidance, less money, more demand and continual changes, teachers, SENCos and leaders need a way to keep up, that fits in with their lives. The SENDcast is the answer!
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Why we are the way we are with Alison Knowles
12/10/2020
Why we are the way we are with Alison Knowles
In this episode Dale welcomes Alison Knowles back to the show. Alison is an emotional therapist. This does not mean that she often cries during therapy. She supports emotional resilience. In this episode we are talking about why we are the way we are. We are born different, we are born at different times, different generations with different challenges. We have different experiences, different ideals, we all respond differently to situations and take different things away from events. Because of this Alison, you feel we don’t fit into boxes and we don’t need labels. They discuss The Ollie Model explanation of why we are different, why we believe what we believe, why we don’t need labels and don’t fit into boxes. Knowledge is power. Knowledge gives control and control makes us feel safe and able to cope. Understanding that everyone is different and therefore should be treated differently. Useful Links Keywords Everyone is individual and unique Everyone sees the world differently People don’t need to stay stuck in the model of the world they have created. Why shouldn’t we put labels on people Why shouldn’t we put people into boxes
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The Curious Case of ADHD with Fintan O'Regan
12/03/2020
The Curious Case of ADHD with Fintan O'Regan
This week Dale is joined by Fintan O'Regan. Fintan is a trainer and consultant for schools and school support systems including, Social Services, Health, the Police and Foster carers. He supports them by providing behaviour management strategies for children and families struggling with SEND and behaviour issues. Before this he has worked with a number of organisations including NASEN, Institute of Education, Leicester University, the UK ADHD Network and the European ADHD Alliance. And before all of this he was a headteacher of a specialist school for students with ADHD, ASD an ODD. There is so much disinformation on the subject of ADHD partly as it is a relatively new term that many people still see as an excuse and not an explanation and partly as the media has portrayed the use of medication as a chemical cosh for children. Dale and Fintan look to demystify what can be a confusing term for many and will focus on traits and not the label. Useful Links/References: Cooper P and O’Regan F (2001) EDUCATING children with ADHD: Routledge Falmer Press O’Regan F (2002) How to teach and manage children with ADHD: LDA a division of McGraw- Hill O’Regan F (2005) ADHD : Continuum International O’Regan F (2005) Surviving and Succeeding in SEN Continuum International O’Regan F (2006) Challenging Behaviours Teachers Pocketbooks O’Regan F (2006) Troubleshooting Challenging Behaviours Continuum International O’Regan F (2008) The Small Change 2 BIG DIFFERENCE series Hyperactive, Inattentive and Disorganised, Special Direct O’Regan F (2018) Successfully Managing Children ADHD Second edition :Routledge Falmer Press
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How to Become a Dyslexic Grade Riser with Dr Susie Nyman
11/26/2020
How to Become a Dyslexic Grade Riser with Dr Susie Nyman
This week’s show is on How to Become a Dyslexic Grade Riser. An approach to help students with dyslexia to learn and prepare for exams. Our guest is Dr Susie Nyman, the Curriculum Manager at The Sixth Form College, Farnborough. She is passionate about discovering how children learn and supporting them in ways which enable them to succeed. She has provided training to PGCE students at Kingston University, and in a number of local schools and colleges on teaching strategies. She also delivers talks on multi-sensory techniques around the world. Susie is amazing, she has spent her teaching career really looking at how people learn. In this episode we discuss how students can become dyslexic grade risers. This approach is designed to help students with dyslexia, but as many things it will benefit all students. Useful Links:
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Understanding and Managing Anxiety with Tina Rae
11/19/2020
Understanding and Managing Anxiety with Tina Rae
On this week’s podcast we will be discussing understanding and managing anxiety in children and young people with guest Dr Tina Rae. Tina is a consultant psychologist with over 30 year’s experience working with children, adults and families. A recent survey undertaken by the charity Young Minds in March 2020 revealed that the current coronavirus pandemic is having a profound effect on young people with existing mental health conditions. Although they understood the need for the measures taken in response to the virus, the report says, this did not lessen the impact. Many of those who took part in the survey reported increased anxiety, problems with sleep, panic attacks or more frequent urges to self-harm. Resources and Useful Links: Rae, T. (2020) A Toolbox of Wellbeing Helpful strategies and activities for children, teens, their carers and teachers Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T., Such, A. & Wood, J. (2020) The Well Being Tool Kit for Mental health leads in schools A comprehensive Training Resource to Support Emotional Wellbeing in Education and Social Care Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T., Walshe, J. & Wood, J. (2020) Supporting Adolescents with anxiety and stress: Evidence based strategies Buckingham Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2020) Motivation Matters Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2019) Sensory Activity cards Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2019) Mindfulness Activity cards Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2019) Happy Habits Activity cards Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. & Such, A. (2019) The ASD Girls’ Wellbeing Toolkit An Evidence based Intervention Promoting Mental, Physical & Emotional Health Buckingham: Hinton House Publishers Rae, T. (2019) The Well Being Tool Kit for Teens London: NurtureUK Anxiety UK (helpline) (text) Advice and support for people living with anxiety. Childline Support for children and young people in the UK, including a free 24-hour helpline. As well as this podcast, B squared also run the Virtual SEND Conference and Parent Talks. The Virtual SEND Conference is a conference for schools that runs twice a year. It is a virtual conference, so the conference comes to you, over the internet. We record every session, this means you can watch the videos whenever you need to. You can purchase access to future or past events. For more information visit . At the end of the episode I will be giving you a discount code so you can save some money when you purchase access.
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Managing SENCO Workload with Natalie Packer
11/12/2020
Managing SENCO Workload with Natalie Packer
In this week’s podcast we are talking about managing the SENCO Workload. Our guest is Natalie Packer, an independent education consultant, specialising in SEND and school improvement. Natalie develops and delivers a wide range of training and support to schools, multi-academy trusts and other organisations. She is a member of nasen’s 0-11 Advisory Group, and also supports the Whole School SEND review process. On top of this and being a Governor and Trustee Natalie has also found time to write books The Perfect SENCO and The Teacher’s Guide to SEN. Useful Links: - original Bath Spa / nasen workload survey report - follow up report SENCO Induction Pack – available on SENCO Forum for questions – Focus On training for staff available at - courses available on knowing the SEND law - provision mapping software - Natalie's book!
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Identification of SEND with Kate Browning
11/05/2020
Identification of SEND with Kate Browning
For over 20 years, Kate Browning has been passionately committed to championing the SENCo role in schools. Over this time, she has worked as a class teacher, SENCo, Local Authority School Improvement Officer for SEN and most recently as Education Development Officer for nasen. This week Kate joins Dale to discuss the intricacies of identification of SEND and the common mistakes made by all parties in this process. If you want to get in touch, let us know your thoughts, suggest topics or anything else, please send an email to If you have enjoyed the SENDcast, why not look into the Virtual SEND Conference, this is a conference that like the SENDcast is run by B Squared, but it covers all aspects of SEND. What makes this conference different is that it is accessed across the internet. The conference runs twice a year, in March and November and each conference has 12 highly valuable sessions designed to help you, with each session having something you can take away. You can buy tickets for future events or past events, the videos are always available. The cost for each conference is £60 and this covers the entire school, not per person. As a listener to the SENDcast, we are offering you a 10% discount, just use the code Sendcast10. Thank you for listening, we will be back next week with another episode of the SENDcast.
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The New Breed of Therapist with Alison Knowles
10/29/2020
The New Breed of Therapist with Alison Knowles
We need to give people the tools to be empowered to help themselves and their family – looking inside themselves and not having to look elsewhere for help. This week's guest Alison Knowles. Alison is the author of Ollie and his Super Powers series of books and creator of the Ollie Model. Ali has her own private therapeutic practice in Cambridgeshire where she works with people of all ages, helping them to remove limiting beliefs, fears and phobias, and negative emotions. More and more parents began to bring their children to Ali because of her easy and relaxed approach. Our aim is to be in every school, so we also empower teachers and support staff. Kids become mentors themselves as they learn the Ollie Model and use it on themselves and others. Useful Links:
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Autism and Coronavirus – The new normal for children and their families with Lana Grant
10/22/2020
Autism and Coronavirus – The new normal for children and their families with Lana Grant
In this week’s podcast, Dale Pickles from B Squared is joined by Lana Grant to discuss Autism and Coronavirus – The new normal for children and their families Lana has a diagnosis of Asperger syndrome and is also a parent of children on the autism spectrum Lana is a specialist SEN advisor and an advocate for SEN children and their families. Lana has worked Lara’s first book “From Here To Maternity, pregnancy and motherhood on the Autism Spectrum” was published in 2015. Lana also contributes to various aritcles, podcast and delivers talks at various shows and events. We recorded this episode on the 1st of September 2020 and over the next few days the majority of students across England are returning to school. Everyone has responded to the pandemic and the lockdown differently. For people with autism in particular there have been some positives of lockdown and returning to normal or a “new normal” could cause a lot of anxiety. In the podcast, we discuss the outcome of the pandemic and what it means for our children and their parents/carers. How have autistic people coped going into lockdown and then coming out? What are the concerns for the future and how can we support families to move forward in these seasons of change and unpredictability? For autistic people in particular there have been some positives of lockdown. A parent had commented to Lana that it was if the whole world now knows what autism is like…needing to socially distance, the need for routine and rule-following, less crowded places, not being able to read people’s expressions due to face coverings. Then we came out of lockdown and this increased lots of people’s anxiety and mental health as things began to change almost back to normal. Contact Lana Grant Website – Email – Twitter – For more podcast episodes from the SENDcast click below…
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