Rebecca is a qualified teacher with over 14 years’ experience of working across the whole primary phase and an autism specialist setting.

The move from mainstream to special needs allowed her to use Widgit Software as part of her practice and sparked a passion around aiding communication for children and their families.

For this reason, Rebecca set up Ready, Steady, Communicate in order to support families a little further afield.  As an independent consultant she will be offering support as a SEND tutor, supporting with EHCP targets, as well as being available to offer tailored communication support packages to schools.

Please get in touch if you are a parent, teacher or other professional that you feel would benefit from her support.

The Specialist Teaching and Psychology Service (STePS) may be able to help. The service is made up of three teams.

• The Early Intervention Team (EIT) provides advice and support for pre-school children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, their parents,  early years setting staff (private, voluntary and independent settings) and transition into first school placement. We do not charge schools for this service.
• The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) provides statutory and non-statutory psychological advice to children and young people, parents, schools, early years settings (PVI) and the Local Authority. We may apply apply charges for this service.
• The Specialist Support Teaching Service (SSTS) provides support and advice for children and young people with a range of diagnosed conditions including sensory impairment, physical impairment and autism spectrum disorders. We do not charge schools for this service

The Support Service for Special Educational Needs aims to ensure the inclusion and achievement of children with special educational needs and the building of expertise within schools in Derbyshire, in line with current local and national initiatives.

Our core role is to provide specialist teaching, advice and support delivered in school by a teacher from SSSEN. This will give learning opportunities on at least a weekly basis to children with SSSEN allocated on EHC Plans/GRIPs/EY SEN IF who meet service criteria. Additional costed interventions training can be purchased by schools through courses and through bespoke training (including courses using visuals and Widgit Software).

The Support Service for Special Educational Needs aims to ensure the inclusion and achievement of children with special educational needs and the building of expertise within schools in Derbyshire, in line with current local and national initiatives.

We are a Specialist teaching team working for Derbyshire county council to do direct teaching sessions in mainstream primary schools with children who have an EHCP or other SEN funding.  We work with a range of SEN, including those who require visuals and symbols as part of their support plan.

The Support Service for Special Educational Needs aims to ensure the inclusion and achievement of children with special educational needs and the building of expertise within schools in Derbyshire, in line with current local and national initiatives.

Our core role is to provide specialist teaching, advice and support delivered in school by a teacher from SSSEN. This will give learning opportunities on at least a weekly basis to children with SSSEN allocated on EHC Plans/GRIPs/EY SEN IF who meet service criteria.

Additional costed interventions training can be purchased by schools through courses and through bespoke training (including courses using visuals and Widgit Software).

Behaviour Support Derby Ltd is a referral -based, inclusive, early intervention service. As part of the graduated response, they can help you in identifying, assessing, and supporting pupils with SEMH and other SEND needs.

They use a flexible and holistic approach to improve SEMH and behaviour in your school.

Behaviour Support Derby Ltd is committed to collaborating with school staff, parents/carers, and other professionals to achieve positive outcomes for all.

They can provide whole school and training to specific groups within your school on a range of themes.

Sally Roberts is the founder of Global Community Schools. The company’s mission is to celebrate multilingualism in school settings, to the benefit of both monolingual and multilingual pupils, schools, communities and wider society. By teaching each other about their differences, children’s fear of the unfamiliar is reduced. Sally uses InPrint3 templates to scaffold and illustrate ambitious sentence structures to achieve maximum potential for all learners, including those with English as an Additional Language. She is author of CGP’s English as an Additional Language (EAL) Practice Workbooks for KS2 and EALPractice Workbooks for KS3 and a specialist Primary EAL teacher and teacher trainer in EAL.

www.globalcommunityschools.co.uk

rosaleen.mullan@greenfields.northants.sch.uk

deb.pugh@greenfields.northants.sch.uk

Karen is the Founder and Principal Trainer for Linrow Education.

AT therapy are an expert team of speech and language therapists who assess, diagnose, and provide therapy for people with speech, language, and communication and/or swallowing problems to help them communicate to the best of their ability. AT Therapy offer a wide range of services to meet needs, including:

• face-to-face sessions at your home, school, or workplace
• dedicated personal therapy plans
• online e-therapy support
• teletherapy
• training and resources

In addition they have specialist expertise in the field of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and Assistive Technology (AT).