Effective SENCO: Meeting the Challenge

If you want to know how to carry out your duties as a SENCO effectively, then this is the book for you! This straightforward and practical guide will give you confidence in the development and improvement of SEND provision in your school, so that you can survive, thrive and flourish in your role. Throughout the book you will find a number of helpful features, tools and resources, either for your own use or for use in professional development with other staff, including: reflective activities to help you evaluate SEND policy and practice in your school activities for discussion with other staff members in your school or college checklists of effective inclusion practices as tools for learning walks or staff professional development audit tools to help you assess the quality of your schools SEND provision examples of completed policy documents observation tools for class groups and individual students templates for assessing difficult behaviour and planning for improvementWhether you are new and in training or a more experienced SENCO, this is an essential resource that helps you get to grips with the role of the SENCO in line with the latest statutory guidance. It is particularly suitable for students and providers of the National Award for SEN Co-ordination as the book comprehensively covers the learning outcomes for the Award.