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Date: December 2018 Issue 12 www.dacorumdspl.org.uk
Dacorum News
Newsletter for Parent/Carers and Professionals
Welcome
Welcome to the Autumn term newsletter for DSPL Dacorum.
We would like to welcome two new members to the DSPL team:
Carole Hassell—Dacorum Schools Partnership Manager Carole is a registered qualified social worker with 21 years post qualification experience.
She has extensive experience of working with children, young people and their families as
a social worker, senior practitioner, team manager, tutor for SEND
children, trainer and consultant in both statutory and non-statutory
settings. She has experience of developing and managing multi
agency teams which have included, youth offending, targeted youth
support and intensive family support partnerships. Carole has
experience of interpreting policy and developing practice to embed a
culture of multi-agency working, to provide holistic services able to
meet the complex needs of children, young people and their
families. These roles included working within and across
performance and quality management frameworks with partners to
create collaborative working relationships that were fit for purpose
and able to meet need. Carole has a particular interest in customer journey mapping.
Patricia Wheway—Dacorum Schools Project Manager Patricia was a DSPL Parent Rep for 4 years before starting her
new role as Dacorum Schools Project Manager. Patricia lives in
Kings Langley and has a grown up son on the autistic spectrum.
Previously Patricia worked for several years at a Project Manager
for Tesco and developed Tesco's first "Free From" range of gluten
and milk free foods.
Contact details for both Managers can be found on the last page of
this newsletter under ‘The DSPL Dacorum Team’.
The OLLIE Foundation OLLIE receives funding from The Postcode Community Trust to train Hemel secondary schools! - The Postcode Community Trust is a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. OLLIE wanted to ensure that the state secondary schools in Hemel Hempstead were able to access OLLIE’s training, so we applied to the People’s Community Trust to remove any financial barriers so that all the state secondary schools could access fully funded training. This project has only been made possible thanks to the Postcode Community Trust providing £7980. Each school will be offered an in-house safeTALK session for up to 30 members of staff, and 4 places on any of our ASIST open dates but relevant senior staff. With nine schools in total that’s training for 306 people to help create suicide sager communities. Please see the link below for more information: https://theolliefoundation.org/ollie-receives-funding-from-the-postcode-community-trust-to-train-hemel-secondary-schools/
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DSPL Conference 2018—“Speech, Language and
Communication” – Wednesday 7th
November 2018
We welcomed Emma Reed and Kate Purser, Speech and Language base
leaders and Chaulden and Longdean School, they explained the principles
of the Word Aware Model and a whole school approach to developing
Children’s vocabulary. We also had Dr Weston, a psychologist who talked
about the role of language in raising resilient children. The later part of the
morning was divided into a series of discussion groups to gain feedback
and suggestions into shaping the DSPL future priorities.
To summarise:
Word Aware is a structured whole school approach to promote the
vocabulary development of all children. This approach is full of practical and
inspiring ideas that can be easily applied to develop both spoken and
written vocabulary. The visual and kinetic imagery used to explain language
is particularly useful to help children memorise words. Kate and Emma will
be offering courses to schools and this can take the form of whole day or
twilight sessions. Please see the flyer attached, an additional flyer will be
sent out at a later date with more information including dates, times and
venues.
Kathy Weston inspired us with an engaging and informative talk about how
to raise resilience in children with special educational needs. Examples of
giving children the opportunity to shine, allowing them the space to make
safe mistakes where some of the many messages Kathy was promoting.
Kathy also told us about her radio show on 17th January radio Verulam 8pm
which will be a follow up of the talk about resilience and will allow delegates
to ask further questions.
Feedback from the course was encouraging with 68% of people rating the
course excellent and 32% good.
Changes to SPLD bases
As you may be aware there are some changes and streamlining of the SPLD team. All SpLD bases will be closing in March but some SpLD resource centres are although these have not yet been identified.
The SpLD service is now operating as one team rather than 10 bases, providing a high needs funded offer for named pupils which can be accessed by schools via a service request sent with accompanying background information, please see attached a blank referral form.
The standardised assessments for schools to use with pupils who have SpLD as part of the assess, plan, do, review cycle, will be available for schools on the professionals section of the Herts Local Offer
All requests for DSPL commissioned SpLD training to come via Lynne Williams SPLD team, rather than being negotiated directly with SpLD teachers. There will be a cost for commissioned training going forward – To be determined
As goodwill and to establish joint working with DSPLs, SpLD Teachers will provide one piece of training free early next term based around supporting schools to use the new, consistent assessments. Each school will be able to send one member of staff ( SENCo OR TA) – Details on Page 4.
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ADD-vance course plus coaching referral form
Please note there have been some recent changes to the referral form. Please find the most up to date referral form attached to this newsletter. In accordance with GDPR, all referral forms must be signed and password protected if they are to be emailed over. If you do not have Zip files on your system you may be unable to password protect a PDF, if this is the case please send a signed referral form via the blue bag or post to: Vicky McKirgan, SEND Lead DSPL 8 c/o Hobbs Hill Wood School Peascoft Road, Hemel Hemspstead, Herts, HP3 8ER Please note the change of address as we have recently moved
Publication of the Autism Quality Offer on School Websites
Schools are encouraged to publish the link to the Autism Quality Offer on their websites alongside their SEND Information Report. The following paragraph can be used to introduce the Autism Quality Offer (link to AQO included): The Hertfordshire Autism Quality Offer aligns with the SEND Quality Offer - Hertfordshire’s statement on high quality provision and outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The Autism Quality Offer describes the special educational provision that settings are encouraged to have available for children and young people who have autism or social communication needs and includes links to resources and training available to settings across Hertfordshire. Link to Autism Quality Offer: https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/microsites/local-offer/media-library/documents/policies-and-procedures/autism-quality-offer-summary.pdf Schools could add an additional paragraph about their particular approach, including the
details of the School Autism Lead. Alternatively, this can be referred to within the SEND
Information Report.
IPSEA (Independent Parental Special Education Advice)
IPSEA is a national leading charity that offers independent, legally based, information advice and support in helping to get the right education for children and young people with ALL types of SEND (special educational needs and/or disabilities). IPSEA London EHCP masterclass for parents and carers, 25th January 2019 09:45-15:15. Aimed at parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities
(SEND), this one-day training has been developed to guide you through the entire EHC
plan process.
From the decision of local authorities to assess, right through to the final EHC plan, this
training day will help you navigate the system, supporting you to make informed and
positive decisions regarding your child’s education and getting the right plan in place.
There is a charge of £65 per person for the training. (IPSEA is a charity and unfortunately
doesn’t receive enough funding to run these sessions for free.)
Booking and further information can be found here : https://www.ipsea.org.uk/Event/
london-ehcp-masterclass-for-parents-and-carers-25012019
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DSPL8 Training & Courses
Although the courses are free to both schools and parents, they are funded by DSPL.
Recently we have had a number of people not attending courses they have previously
signed up for. Whilst we do understand that unforeseen events do occur, particularly
when either working with, or parenting a child with additional needs. However, please
could we remind people that often the courses we arrange have a waiting list and when
people DNA, not only is this a waste of resource it also prevents another person making
use of the course. If you are no longer able to attend one of our course please contact
Ashley Fabray, DPSL8 Administrator on [email protected] or call 07525 917125
Professionals Training:
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Parent/Carers Courses:
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The DSPL Dacorum Team
Carole Hassell, Dacorum Schools Partnership Manager - 07711 556 792, [email protected] Patricia Wheway, Dacorum Schools Project Manager - 07487 657319, [email protected]
Vicky McKirgan, DSPL SEND Lead - 07809 240 858, [email protected] Ashley Fabray, DSPL Administrator— 07525 917125, [email protected]
Help, Support & Advice Herts Local Offer Information about services available in your local area for parents, children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). directory.hertsdirect.org/kb5/hertfordshire/directory/localoffer.page
Hertfordshire Additional Needs Database You are entitled to join HAND if you are the parent or carer of a child or young person with an additional need or disability aged 0-19. Benefits of joining include a leisure concession card, and subscription to the HAND newsletter. directory.hertsdirect.org/kb5/hertfordshire/directory/service.page?id=W-oM7uWKTro&familychannel=4 For a list of local support groups and voluntary organisations click here http://www.hertsdirect.org/docs/pdf/v/volorgs.pdf Dacorum School Family Worker Services Dacorum has four School Family Services teams, who support families of children attending Dacorum Schools. Advice and support is available on a range of issues, including supporting families of children with additional needs. School Family Workers can also help with the facilitation of Education, Health and Care Plans. The teams also run parenting courses and advice sessions, for example with specialists in special educational needs. Dacorum Family Services www.dacorumfamilyservices.org.uk Link Family Services www.linkfamily services.co.uk Gade Schools Family Support www.gadeschoolsfamilysupport.co.uk Kings Langley Partnership of Schools 01923 271744
Hertfordshire SEND Information, Advice & Support Service (SENDIASS) Formerly known as Parent Partnership Service, SENDIASS is an impartial information, advice and support service funded by Hertfordshire County Council for parents, carers, young people (0-25) and professionals. Phone 01992 555847 or email [email protected]. Find out more at http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/healthsoc/childfam/specialneeds/educ/parpart/ The KIDS East and West HUBs 01923 676549 The KIDS HUB offers information and support for parents and carers of disabled children / children with additional needs. aged 0-19 in Hertfordshire. KIDS Hub directory of SEND services has also now been published—take a look at what’s going on in your area. www.kids.org.uk/hub HARC (Hertfordshire Branch of the NAS) Supporting families and people living with autism http://nasherts.org.uk/
DSPL - How can I get involved? There are a number of ways in which parents can get involved in services. Herts Parent Carer Involvement is a forum for parents to get more involved in the shaping and improving of services for children with additional needs. For more information contact your local network at [email protected] or visit www.hertsparentcarers.org.uk
