This introductory guide to the SEND Network courses provides links to all the key components and downloadable resources, so you can easily access the training you need.

Once you've watched our introductory video, you can dive into the first course on whichever topic area you want to focus on. The four courses are: 

1. Communication and Interaction
2. Cognition and learning
3. Social, Emotional and Mental Health 
4. Sensory and/or physical 

Within each course, you will find four modules which contain training videos, fact sheets, a quiz and additional reading. Below is an overview of the course modules: 

Communication and interaction

• Speech, language and communication needs
• Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) 
• SLCN associated with learning difficulties
• Autism

Cognition and learning

• Introduction to cognition and learning needs 
• Adaptive teaching for moderate learning difficulties (MLD)
• Severe learning difficulties (SLD) and profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD)
• Specific learning difficulties (SpLD)

Social, Emotional and Mental Health

• SEND and anxiety/depression
• SEND and disordered eating
• Behaviour as a communication of a need 
• ADHD

Sensory and/or physical needs

• Vision impairment
• Multi-sensory impairment
• Physical disability
• Hearing impairment

The courses also come with downloadable resources for you to share with colleagues. You can access these here.

The information in the courses is designed to provide guidance or refresh your knowledge on identification and support strategies of different needs. It is not, however, designed to categorise or label children within an area - each child will have a unique profile of need which will include aspects from the four areas. 

All information in these courses has been reviewed by experts, with the aim of providing practical, tangible support for SENCOs and SEND staff across your setting. 

We'd love to hear your feedback on the training - please do get in touch here with any questions, suggestions or other feedback.