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Swiss Cottage School Development & Research Centre
Ideology Versus Implementation
Professionals’ views on the new policy for special educational needs in England. Olympia Palikara, Susana Castro, Carolina Gaona and Vasiliki Eirinaki School of Education, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom It is not uncommon to find that changes...
Are we there yet?
Capturing the Voices of Children in the Education Health and Care Plans Olympia Palikara, Susana Castro, Carolina Gaona and Vasiliki Eirinaki School of Education, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom Capturing the voices of children with special...
The EdTech 50 Schools
by Edward Pitcher, Leader of TechnologyI am delighted to announce that Swiss Cottage School, Research and Development Centre have been recognised in the Edtech50 Schools report. The Edtech 50 Schools is a celebration of the work going on in schools that use education...
Article: The Dilema Of Red Nose Day
by Tracy Edwards Can activities based around Red Nose Day help or undermine pupils with special educational needs and disabilities to ‘read their world’? Tracy reflects on her experiences at a London Special School. Click here to view the full article, published...
10 Habits of Inclusive Teachers
An Intellectual Tool to Support developmental dialogues between mainstream and special schools. The below outlined ’10 Habits of Inclusive Teachers’ is a work-in-progress, currently being refined through iteration. The vision for these ’10 Habits’ is to offer an...
The SEND Hub Podcast with Brian Butterworth
Brian Butterworth Margaret Mulholland speaking with Brian Butterworth, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience – UCL, sharing insights and evidence around Dyscalculia. Brian is Chair of Governors for Swiss Cottage Teaching School Alliance and has recently...
Article: An invisible disability is still a disability: don’t ignore it
The UK has one of the highest Foetal Alcohol Syndrome birth rates in the world, writes Margaret Mulholland, yet it is still difficult to detect before school age. But this doesn’t mean that there is nothing teachers can do to help. Must try harder. Doesn’t follow...
How to Deliver Exceptional SEND Provision: Maximising your Impact as a SENCo
On this one-day course, participants will gain practical ideas regarding the effective deployment of staff, monitoring and measuring the impact of intervention strategies around learning and behaviour, as well as having the opportunity to discuss their SEND work and...
Article: Diagnosis is not enough Research that shapes inclusive teaching
by Margaret Mulholland Robbie in year 4 is reserved and quiet. He tends not to volunteer responses. He rarely answers direct questions, particularly in a whole-class situation. Sometimes he becomes more vocal when working in small groups, although he isn’t necessarily...
All About The Maths
This resource has been created with the mainstream teacher in mind. We have pulled together a set of resources that we all use regularly in our practice to support teaching maths concepts to learners with SEND. A key feature to ensuring good outcomes for children with...