SEND in the experts with Georgina Durrant (Special Educational Needs Podcast‪)‬ Georgina Durrant

In this episode of our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Podcast, we switch things round and welcome host Georgina Durrant on the show as a guest for the first time.

Our guest host is Emily Powel and she interviews Georgina about her latest book 'SEND Strategies for the Primary Years' published by Bloomsbury.

With as many as 13% of children in schools in England receiving some form of SEN support, and waiting times of up to 3-5 years for a child to receive a formal diagnosis, Georgina explains that there is a critical need for strategies teachers can use in the classroom and parents can use at home now. SEND Strategies for the Primary Years aims to give teachers (and parents!) practical strategies that
they can put in place while they wait for diagnoses, assessment or support. The strategies are practical, easy to implement and resource. Relevant to children who may be impacted by a range of SEND including autism, PDA, ADHD, dyslexia, DCD, dyscalculia, sensory processing differences, speech, language and communication needs and more.

SEND Strategies for the Primary Years can be found here https://amzn.to/3QKZx48

And Georgina's website is www.senresourcesblog.com and you can find her on Twitter (X) www.twitter.com/senresourceblog and Facebook www.facebook.com/senresourcesblog

In this episode of our Special Educational Needs Podcast 'SEND in the experts with Georgina Durrant', Georgina Durrant chats to Helen Evans (Chief Executive of the PDA Society) and Jilly Davis (Education Advisor at the PDA Society) all about Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA).

Download these resources on to support learners with a PDA Profile:

• Top Tips For Supporting PDA in the Classroom (https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/t2dzh)
• What is PDA? (Adult Guidance) (https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/17fs87)
• PDA (Adult Guidance) (https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1asi17)





Link to the PDA Society (http://www.pdasociety.org.uk) : https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/


Link to the PANDA approaches (https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/resources/helpful-approaches-infographic/) mentioned in the podcast episode: https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/resources/helpful-approaches-infographic/

In this episode of our Special Educational Needs and Disability Podcast, Georgina Durrant chats to author and SENDCO, Ginny Bootman about being a SENDCO. Ginny provides advice about developing and maintaining good home-school relationships as well as practical advice on managing SENDCO workload and prioritising tasks.
Look at these useful resources:

• SENDCO Time Management Resource https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/mdz0w




• Ofsted Questions for SENDCOs https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/vuo1f




• Applying for an EHCP

- https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/c0crj





Other Links:


Ginny's Book (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Independent-Thinking-Being-SENDCO-relationships/dp/1781354243/)


Ginny's Website (https://www.ginnybootman.com/)

Isolation booths in schools: Helpful or harmful? In this episode of our Special Educational Needs and Disabilites (SEND) Podcast 'SEND in the experts with Georgina Durrant' Georgina speaks to Andrea Cartwright from Thrive all about the use of isolation and isolation booths in schools and the impacts on children.
Download our Lanyard Sized Restorative Conversation Prompts here https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/flmig
Look at our infomation sheet on Tantrums vs Meltdowns here https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1jcgli
And download our behaviour management strategies for de-escalation here https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/15i83y
Thrive website:https://www.thriveapproach.com/
Previous podcast with Thrive on Trauma Informed Approaches here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/send-in-the-experts-with-georgina-durrant/id1598292028?i=1000588238033

In this episode of our Special Educational Needs and Disability Podcast, Georgina Durrant speaks to Gary Aubin, author of The Lone SENDCO about SEND CPD for teachers and SENDCOs. They discuss SENDCos leading school CPD, what effective SEND CPD looks like in schools, receiving SEND CPD and the SENDCO qualification (NASENCO) being replaced by the new SENDCO NPQ. Watch this episode on youtube here https://youtu.be/aaqxtTP-ng8
Have a look at Twinkl's free SEND CPD - Teach Meets here https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/q6dxv
Listen to our previous episode about Being a SENDCO with Ginny Bootman here https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/bevxs or watch it here https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/16wshe

Gary's website can be found here https://sendmatters.co.uk/about/ and his book The Lone SENDCO here https://www.johncattbookshop.com/products/the-lone-sendco-questions-and-answers-for-the-busy-sendco

In this episode of our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Podcast, Georgina Durrant chats to Frances Akinde, a former Special School Headteacher and qualified SENDCO now SEND inspector and advisor. Georgina and Frances discuss what Neurodiversity Celebration Week means to her as a Neurodivergent educator as well as her tips for making schools more inclusive to both neurodivergent learners and neurodivergent staff.
Read all about Neurodiversity Celebration Week here
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1a1a9z
Download our Famous Neurodivergent Individuals School Display here
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/np149
Read this useful quick look document that provides guidance on supporting neurodivergent colleagues, or yourself, to flourish in interviews, day-to-day working, when in meetings and more. 
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/l/w4tpx
Frances Akinde's Website : https://inclusionht.wordpress.com