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TV presenter Kate Humble visited Ruskin Mill Trust’s Coleg Plas Dwbl, at the foot of the Preselli hills in Pembrokeshire this March. Filming as part of her BBC Wales ‘Off the Beaten Track’ series, Kate spoke to some of the students and tutors at the college about the relationship between the College and its surrounding landscape.
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Widgit is delighted to return to the TES SEN show to demonstrate the new features of their symbol software.
Speech to text is a big feature this year. Talk and see the text appear- it's magic – we love it. But Widgit goes one better with the new Speak & Hear facility. You talk, see the text, hear it read back to you AND see the symbols too. This means even more people can access the information.
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KAZ Type are offering a Special TES SEN Show Offer, valid from 4 – 5th October 2019.
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Tech company, iSandBOX, is using augmented reality to help children with Special Educational Needs. The company, which was established in 2016, has seen a growing interest from the Special Educational Needs (SEN) community for its interactive sand box, iSandBOX. A number of early tests with SEN children have shown stark results and highlighting an immediate positive response to the technology and a desire by the company to explore more.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers has a growing list of education books and provides for schools on SpLDs, autism, emotional literacy, PSHE, pastoral care, LGBT issues and mental health.
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KAZ Type’s award winning SEN/Dyslexia touch typing software is now being used in schools around the world. Its unique and specialised program, developed with advice and guidance from the British Dyslexia Research Trust helps address visual disturbances, difficulties with processing, spelling, slow working memory, slow work rate and difficulties with speech.
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Following the SATs results, news articles had raised concerns on reading and writing levels at primary schools. One out of three 11-year-olds in England have failed to meet the expected levels in literacy and numeracy.
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As a teacher, incorporating occupational therapy recommendations into your classroom can be a challenge. Take a look at this article for 5 easy, time saving ways to help children make quicker progress by including occupational therapy into your day to day classroom.
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Get to grips with the independent review into the provision of children's speech, language and communication needs. The report will be the focus of the Friday and Saturday Keynote Panel Debates!
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Your students will be able to learn their spellings and develop their reading skills from home as well as at school, and for the first time, they will be able to use the program on most smaller devices such as iPads and Chromebooks. The new program includes a placement test called ‘Shark Challenge’ and an automatic progression mode called ‘Supershark’.
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Dyscalculia is an under-researched learning difficulty and as a result, there is little guidance for teachers on how to support learners with the condition. We've condensed some valuable insights into dyscalculia, the indicators and how to assess for it in this article.
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In 2017, Fox Puzzles of London first exhibited at the Tes SEN Show, London. There, they met Rajika Dhiren, the owner of Edcraft of India and two years later - and with a lot of determination and dedication - they bring you FoxEd and “The Smarter Way - Empowerment Classpack”.
Fox Ed welcomes you to visit them on stand 114 and view their amazing wooden puzzles and “The Smarter Way - Empowerment Classpack” products.
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The Tes SEN Show returns to the Business Design Centre, London, on 4-5 October 2019.
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Purple Penguin create and deliver bespoke programmes for small groups of students who have experienced significant disruption in their lives in order to promote emotional wellbeing.
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Liz Sedley is the creator of Dyslexia Gold. She has 3 children each with a combination of Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Aspergers. She spent 10 years researching these conditions; what caused them and how she could help. Using this research and her computer programming skills, Liz created Dyslexia Gold.
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Hear from EdPlace, who are joining us as exhibitors at the Tes SEN Show on 4-5 October 2019!
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College teachers believe collaboration with other educators has a much bigger impact on improving teaching standards than formal processes like OFSTED inspections or observations, a new report has found. That's why we've put a focus on collaboration at the Tes SEN Show - register free now!
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Ministers face nationwide protests over the £536m black hole in SEND funding that is preventing many pupils from getting the support they need. Pete Henshaw, SecEd, reports.
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In a three-part series for SecEd magazine, inclusion specialist and Tes SEN Show speaker Joanna Grace addresses the sensory challenges that many pupils face, the resulting behaviours we may see in schools, and how teachers should handle these problems.
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Since the introduction of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) as part of the wide-ranging SEND reforms of 2015, some questionable practices have risen at local authority level. SENCO Garry Freeman busts some myths about what is required and discusses practices that should be challenged on behalf of SecEd magazine...
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Since 1992, the Tes SEN Show has been providing valuable insight to empower the SEN community and this year was certainly no exception.
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White Space Ltd, the publisher of the ever-popular reading and spelling software Wordshark, is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of Wordshark Online in early 2019.
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After 26 years in London, and due to increasing visitor demand, the Tes SEN Show is expanding in 2019 with the launch of an additional new event: Tes SEN North.
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Hear from Microsoft, who will be exhibiting the Tes SEN Show this Friday and Saturday as an exhibitor - find them on stand P19.
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Debbie Francis Early Intervention Programme (stand 78) is bringing Milo, the robot for autism, to the Tes SEN Show on 5 & 6 October!
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The 2018 National SENCO workload survey is a joint research project between The National Education Union (NEU), nasen and Bath Spa University. The purpose of the research is to explore how the role of the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) is enacted in schools.
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The Tes SEN Show takes place on October 5 and 6 and will focus on issues relating to social, emotional and mental health (SEMH). SecEd, a specialist secondary education magazine, produced a show preview in liaison with Head of content and chair of this year’s keynote panel discussion, Beverley Walters, to look at the CPD and seminars on offer.
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Phonics is great for reading, but not for spelling. In order to be able to spell correctly you need to memorise how to spell every word. Phonics can’t help you decide if sheep should be spelled - sheep or sheap.
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The latest trials by Dyslexia Gold show playing Engaging Eyes improves reading, on average, by 12 months in 1 term.
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Wordshark is a powerful, highly adaptable tool for reading and spelling. For ages 5 to 15, it works across all abilities but is particularly well used with children that have Dyslexia, SEN & EAL.
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Jane Friswell, esteemed SEN expert and a Tes SEN Show speaker, will be answering your questions on Twitter. Join her on 4th September 2018 at 7pm to pose your questions and get instant answers.
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UK based company Yang For Young is looking forward to exhibiting at the TES SEN Show on the 5th and 6th October 2018. Yang For Young is delighted to offer all stand visitors 10% OFF its new tactile and interactive braille and alphabet learning tool – yangBrailler.
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All new comprehensive app to improve children’s reading and spelling skills, based on proven therapeutic concepts. Showcased on stand 221.
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Support from the Department for Education will increase the accessibility of the Autism Education Trust’s programme
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Hear from Tes SEN Show exhibitor Tapestry as they talk through their new assessment system, available to Tapestry accounts at no extra cost!
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Funky Feet Music is a provider of original, award-winning music to excite and inspire children to move, and will be giving away a free mini-CD with each purchase at the Tes SEN Show. Hear from them about what they provide in this article.
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UK and Australian based company EasyRead Time Teacher (ERTT) is looking forward to attending TES SEN on the 5th and 6th October 2018.
ERTT will be exhibiting its popular range of stylish and practical time teaching clocks, watches and teaching aids, alongside its simple 3-step teaching method.
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Founded in 1996, Faronics has spent over 22 years as a specialist provider of education software, supplying schools, colleges, and academies across the globe with cutting-edge technologies that aid the day-to-day management of teaching and learning.
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The HandiCalendar app is for anyone who needs help with time and planning. Abilia are giving away a year's FREE licence to the app - read on to discover more about it and how to enter.
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CENTURY is the first learning platform that learns how you learn. They combine cognitive neuroscience with artificially intelligent insights to improve learning outcomes whilst reducing teachers’ administrative burden. Read on to find out how their technology can free up teacher time to help them focus on their provision.
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The 42 CPD certified seminars at this year's show have been carefully picked and assembled by Beverley Walters, that will help you get to grips with the latest sector developments and enable you to return to your schools and settings inspired by new ideas to put into practice straightaway.
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ADHD and pupils with the condition are still subject to controversy when, in fact, it is a pressing issue in most classrooms in the UK. Too many children with ADHD remain unidentified and are not making the progress they should be. There are, however, strategies that can positively influence the identification and development of children with ADHD.
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SEN publishing company Lawler Education had a delightful surprise at the last two TES SEN shows they exhibited at.
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Dyslexia Action Training and Professional Development is an accredited national training provider of courses designed and delivered to support professionals working with individuals with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties. The training courses are designed to strengthen the expertise and confidence of teachers, teaching assistants, SENCOs, instructors, tutors, lecturers and learning support staff.
Hear from them about what they plan to bring to the show here.
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Effective support for children with speech, language and communication needs is essential, but how does your school measure up? Ten years on from the Bercow Review, Mary Hartshorne looks at the situation today and gives us a checklist for best practice.
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The Tes SEN Show are delighted to have Scanning Pens as our Headline Sponsor. We spoke to Jack Churchill, CEO of Scanning Pens, about what they're planning for this year's show.
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Hear from Real Training as they introduce themselves and talk about what you can expect from them at the Tes SEN Show 2018.
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Earlier this month Tes SEN Show exhibitor B Squared ran a ‘Are you ready for the removal of P Levels?’ webinar. It covered the changes to the end of key stage statutory assessment, the impact this will have, how schools will need to change, as well as tips on how to have meaningful communication with parents. Watch it now.
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Crick Software’s child-friendly literacy app, Clicker Connect, is being used in many primary schools around the world to raise reading and writing standards. Now, Crick has released a special symbol-supported version of the app for children with additional learning and communication needs.
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The Mark Allen Group, organisers of the Tes SEN Show, are also due to run Autism Today Winter Meeting 2018 on 7th December 2018 at America Square Conference Centre, London.
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Scanning Pens Ltd is the global distributor for the C-Pen. The ReaderPen and ExamReader by C-Pen are the perfect solutions for reading difficulties in the classroom and outside of it. The pens enhance the learning experience for many children who struggle to get the most out of their education because of the barriers they face from their disability.
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The latest study found that 98% of struggling readers have poor eye convergence. This means they can’t focus both eyes on the same letter and don’t ‘track’ across the page.
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The hyperactive version of ADHD is well-known and often spotted, but students with inattentive ADHD frequently go undiagnosed, as Daniel Sobel knows from his own experience.
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This year’s Tes SEN Show will see the return of the popular opening keynote panel debate, available free to all show visitors.
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Claro Software has released information to help examination and assessment centres make informed decisions about whether to use human readers or Computer Readers with text to speech software in examinations.
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The Tes SEN Show 2018 is the must-attend annual event for everyone in the special educational needs community and will provide two days of dedicated, educational and engaging SEN focus.
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What makes an outstanding teacher? Last year, Helen Webb wrote about her work developing an in-school teacher development programme. She now updates us on this work, the challenges she has encountered and how the programme has evolved.
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The one teaching intervention that could most benefit a range of students, including EAL and SEN, is – according to Daniel Sobel – the use of pre-learning and over-learning. He discusses how these concepts can be introduced.
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