“I have pupils with needs I have not been trained for, and a class of thirty.”
The course: Inclusive Teaching: SEND in the Mainstream Classroom
Primary and secondary Reaching every pupil
What you will be able to do
- Make small, repeatable adaptations that help the whole class
- Read a pupil’s support plan and know what to change on Monday
- Brief a teaching assistant so their time is used well
The programme, unit by unit
72 lessons in 8 units, 19 h 12 min in all. Lessons run about 16 minutes each, so you can fit one into a free period.
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Principles of inclusive teaching
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Literacy difficulties and dyslexia
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Autism in the classroom
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Attention, ADHD and executive function
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Speech, language and communication
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Anxiety and emotional needs
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Working with teaching assistants
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Support plans and working with families
What is in the course
Streamed video lessons, watched online.
- One strand for each of the most common needs, with classroom examples
- Adaptations that cost no extra planning time, shown before and after
- Working with teaching assistants and with parents
- Guidance on reading a support plan and turning it into lessons
Who it’s for
Class teachers and subject teachers who want practical confidence with a range of needs. It does not replace specialist training or advice from your school’s SENCo.
Primary and secondary teaching.
What this course is not
- An accredited qualification. It is professional development, not an award from an exam board or a university.
- Live teaching. There is no live tutor and no timetable. You press play when you are ready.
- Marked or assessed. Nobody marks your work. Practice tasks are for your own planning and reflection.
- A replacement for your school. It does not replace your school's own induction, or a SENCo's advice about a pupil.
- Something to download. Everything is streamed online. There are no files to keep.
Watch it in your week
About 7 weeks at 3 hours a week
The lessons add up to 19 h 12 min, which is 19.2 hours. Give it 3 hours a week and 19.2 ÷ 3 = 6.4, rounded up to 7 weeks. That is about 11 lessons a week.
You have 24 months of access, so you can stop for a busy half-term and pick up where you left off.
- 1 hour a week20 weeks
- 2 hours a week10 weeks
- 3 hours a weekour suggestion7 weeks
- 5 hours a week4 weeks
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