The Milton Keynes SEND Team have produced a Centralised Training Booklet  (summer 2024) for schools and settings across Milton Keynes. This year the offer has been refreshed to include a range of new topics. This is in recognition of the changing landscape of need both locally and nationally, and to help schools and settings to continue to broaden their knowledge and skills to support the inclusion of children and young people with a range of SEND needs. Sessions will be delivered by a range of Specialist Teachers, Educational Psychologists, special school colleagues, and local health partners (including Speech and Language Therapy Services), as well as some external providers.

We also strongly encourage SENCOs to attend the regular SENCO and SEND Team Meetings to receive the latest updates from the MKC SEND Team, supporting external agencies, local organisations supporting SEND, and national initiatives and policy. Please contact our SEND Support Line 01908 657 825 / SENDSupport@milton-keynes.gov.uk for further information.

Wider Milton Keynes City Council colleagues are able to attend sessions where relevant to their work and where numbers can accommodate the request.

Autumn 2024 centralised training offer

Spring 2024 centralised training offer

Please see additional resources: 

• NASEN resources and training
• Autism Education trust resources and training
• Please find additional information to support sensory needs
• SEND Video resources 
• Council For Disabled Children have an events and training for professionals section on their website

New 

Developing and using signing 

This one day course will give you confidence to use Signalong signs to develop language and communication skills; supporting children and young people to use signing effectively

Speech and language therapy - Early years communication training 

Attendees must attend both sessions 

Session 1  Typical speech, language and communication development

Session 2 Positive approaches to support communication

Additional information: 

Health’s Occupational Therapy Professional Lead delivered a really informative 1.5 hr presentation on Sensory Needs as part of CNWL’s Year of the Child. This training gives a great insight into sensory needs, strategies to use and how sensory needs affect anxiety levels.

The information pack and recording for sensory awareness are available on our website. Find out more, and watch back the recording here

Free mental wellbeing resources linked to Summer term calendar

The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families has produced a timetable of activities and resources linked to themes and events happening during the Summer term. The first on the resource is Stress Awareness Month, which is very apt given as we are approaching the examination season and transitions for many young people and there are supporting resources for staff as this is a stressful term for them too.

Other resources look at Mental Health Awareness week with the theme of Anxiety for 2023 and Pride month in June. A useful resource for adding to the RSHE curriculum or assembly themes.