"Live" Online Learning

Thursday 28th September 2023, 7.00pm-9.00pm NZDT

This event will not be recorded for later viewing. Single registration cost is for each individual, not per site. Zoom will be used to deliver the training with “meeting room” details emailed to participants prior to the event. You will need to download Zoom software to your computer. A webcam and inbuilt microphone on your computer is also preferable so you can fully participate.

Join Ann Sullivan for a “live” 2-hour training session for SLTs, teachers, teacher aides, SENCOs and specialist teachers/tutors!

First Hour: Learning to Read

What do we teach our pupils with more than mild SEND?

In this first session we will examine the SEND context and answer these questions:

Why do teachers and speech-language therapists in mainstream schools need to understand how to meet the needs of pupils with moderate to severe and complex needs?
Why do teachers and speech-language therapists in special schools need support to teach phonics?

What do we teach pupils with moderate to severe and complex needs when we teach them to read and spell?What should a programme for pupils with more than mild SEND look like?

Second Hour: Learning to Read

How do we teach our pupils with more than mild SEND?

In this second session we answer these questions:

How do we make phonics accessible for pupils with a range of SEND?

A look at some strategies and resources with very practical demonstrations.

Includes an electronic Goodie Bag containing:

Information about Phonics for SEN.
A set of seven of basic code decodable readers designed for pupils with special interests (pdf for printing).
Resources for working on high frequency words.
A set of bookmarks to pop into book bags – contain information about phonics for parents/carers.
Some useful infographics on ‘Choosing Books for Different Purposes’.
Sounds Maps of the Alphabetic Code showing variation and overlap.

About Ann

Originally trained as a mainstream primary teacher, I have worked as a mainstream secondary learning support teacher, a teacher in a special school, a SENCO and an advisory teacher for SEND, becoming an SLE in 2017. I am the author of the Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs programme published by Speechmark Routledge in 2018 and now work as a literacy consultant focusing on pupils with moderate to severe and complex needs. I published a book for parents/carers, ‘A Parent’s Guide to Phonics: Understanding how to help you child with reading and spelling’ in 2022 and a book for teachers and teaching assistants on teaching phonics to pupils with complex needs, ‘Access to Phonics: Practical Access Strategies to Teach Children with Complex Needs of All Ages’ in 2023.