Family Wellbeing | Children with Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) – a strengths based approach

When you hear a child has additional, what’s your first thought?  Is it one of concern or pity?  Or do you think about the positives?  

In this one-hour webinar, we’re going to take a different approach to how we think about and interact with children and young adults who have SEND.  

We’ll look at: 

• A very brief history of how SEND has been viewed as a deficit in schools and society – and what this might mean for you and your child.
• The impact this deficit-based approach has had on children and the adults that they become.
• Recent developments in the area of neurodiversity 
• What we can learn from SEND children that have grown up and are now adult advocates working for young people.
• Ideas for practical things that you could try with your own child to help you improve your communication and relationship with them

There will be plenty of space for interactivity and a Q&A.  If you’d like to submit any questions in advance you can drop us a confidential email to hello@platform55.com. 

This session will be delivered by Zoe Laughton.  Zoe is a trained primary teacher, who has taught in a range of sessions.   She has always been drawn to working with children with additional needs and this made sense when she realised in 2020 that she too was autistic, getting her formal diagnosis in 2022. 

Zoe now works with neurodivergent teachers to support young people aged 5-18. She supports parents and young people to navigate the system while helping them to develop a positive sense of identity around their own needs.

Who might benefit:

Any parent that wants to know more. Your child may have a diagnosis, behaviours that make you wonder, or you may want to better understand the needs and challenges of a friend who has a child with additional needs. ALL adults in society having a better understanding of SEND benefits ALL children