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Remote learning: how to support pupils with SEND
Experts from nasen (National Association for Special Educational Needs) explain how to provide high-quality remote provision for this vulnerable group. Find out how to support parents, get the most out of support staff and make resources accessible.
Contents
- Take a pupil-centred approach
- Replicate school support as much as possible
- Keep using support staff as you would in school
- Support parents of pupils with SEND even more than your other parents
- Make resources universally accessible and editable as standard
- Top tips for making teaching videos for pupils with SEND (live or pre-recorded)
- High-quality resources, recommended by our experts
- Coronavirus: how to support reading remotely
- GDPR: using technology to deliver remote learning
- How 4 primary schools are making excellent use of G Suite for Education or Office 365 Education
- How 4 secondary schools are making excellent use of G Suite for Education or Office 365 Education
- How to deliver live lessons to pupils learning from home and in school
- How to track the quality of your remote learning: strategies and templates
- Live lessons and 1-to-1 video calls: template risk assessment
- Remote learning: handling objections from parents
- Remote learning: how 5 primary schools use formative assessment in live lessons
- Remote learning: how 5 secondary schools use formative assessment in live lessons
- Remote learning: how to deal with ‘over-supportive’ parents
- Remote learning: how to keep pupils with EAL on-track
- Remote learning: how to keep your school community connected during partial closure
- Remote learning: how to make the best use of small group sessions
- Remote learning: how to make your own YouTube videos for effective teaching
- Remote learning: how to provide effective feedback
- Remote learning: how to provide opportunities for peer interaction
- Remote learning: how to support disadvantaged pupils
- Remote learning: how to support parents of pupils with SEND
- Remote learning: how to support parents who are struggling
- Remote learning: letter to parents
- Remote learning: monitoring pupil engagement
- Remote learning plans: examples
- Remote learning: self-evaluation form (SEF)
- Remote learning: strategies to tackle low engagement
- Remote learning timetable: examples (primary)
- Remote learning timetable: examples (secondary)
- Remote teaching: tried and tested ways to develop staff expertise
- Staff briefing: how to design and deliver remote lessons
- Top tips for making blended learning more manageable New
- Why every school should use a digital education platform
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