EMC CPD Online: Supporting Autistic Learners in the Mainstream English Classroom
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Availability -
Places available
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Price - £45 per place
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Location - Online
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Duration - 2-3.30pm
Autism is the most common type of special educational need for children with EHC plans, but research carried out in 2023 by the National Autistic Society suggests that only 26% of autistic pupils feel happy at school. The NAS report found that teacher confidence in supporting autistic children is high, but most had received very little training and ‘having teachers who don’t understand me’ was rated as the worst thing about school by over half of autistic learners.
What do English teachers need to know about autism in children and young people? What can teachers do to help autistic learners find their place in the English classroom and achieve their potential? How can they help autistic learners to enjoy the subject and engage as fully as possible with the curriculum? Autism education expert Jude Ragan, in conversation with EMC’s Kate Oliver, will share her expertise, set out some important principles and take questions from participants. Kate will then offer some practical strategies for you to take back to your classroom.
Online, via Zoom. Details of how to join will be sent before the session.
- If relevant, course materials will be sent the day before the course in the email with your joining instructions. Please either print these out or have them available on screen during the session.
- After the session you will receive the PowerPoint presentation, any resources used on the course and a £10 voucher to use against any purchase on www.englishandmedia.co.uk
- Vouchers can only be redeemed online.
- Only one voucher can be used per purchase.
- Vouchers expire after 6 weeks.
- A recording of the session will be available for 7 days after the event.
- This course will be recorded but participants will not be audible or visible.
Kate Oliver
Kate Oliver taught for 14 years in Inner London in various roles. She now works as an education consultant for the English and Media Centre, specialising in KS3 and KS4. Her favourite aspects of English teaching are creative writing and poetry. She also has a particular interest in the wider implications of the subject such as getting students reading for pleasure and engaging teachers of other subjects with language across the curriculum. Her most recent publications for EMC are KS3 Poetry Plus, Just Write and Animal Farm: An EMC Full Text Study Edition.
Jude Ragan
Jude Ragan has worked in autism education all her life - either in mainstream or special schools. She has been Headteacher of special schools focusing entirely on autistic pupils. She has been awarded OBE and CBE for services to education and is an Honorary Fellow of CRAE (Centre for Research into Autism Education) at UCL.
This webinar is included in the EMC Webinar Package Autumn 24. Click here for details.
- Bookings for this course will close at 8am (London, UK) on Friday 15th November, or when capacity is reached, whichever is the sooner.
- This course is part of our 2 for 1 offer
- Book a place on this course and you’ll be sent a voucher code entitling you to book a further place on the same course for a colleague at your school. Your code will be emailed to you as soon as we have received your booking.
- Please note: bookings for this course close at 8am on Friday 15th November. The 2nd free place must be booked before the closing date, so please make sure you give yourself enough time!
- Your voucher can only be redeemed online and is only eligible against this course.
(Any issues please email Lucy.)
- This course must be booked and paid for online. Payment by invoice is not available for this session. Please note: your fee is non-refundable.
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Cancellation and amendments
- Afternoon and twilight webinars must be paid for by card at the time of booking.
- The fee is non-refundable.
- However, the webinars are recorded. Anyone who books a place on the course will be sent a link to access the recording of the webinar for 7 days following the course, whether or not they were able to attend live.