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Our Vision

EQUALS is committed to improving the lives of children and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities through supporting high quality education.

Our Mission

To promote, share and reflect best practice in learning and teaching through collaborative working with practitioners and professionals at a national, regional and local level.

1 Day Conference

Support and Aspiration - the Future of Special Education

Friday 28th June 2013, The University of Westminster, Marylebone, London.

• This conference will focus on the vision set out in the Government Green Paper 'Support and Aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability', the progress made since it was published and the resulting practice including current legislation.

The conference will be opened by André Imich, SEN and disability Professional Advisor, DfE, on 'Transforming the SEN system' followed by keynotes addressing the five main areas covered in the Green Paper.

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A Guide for the Development of Creativity in Special Schools

EQUALS are hard at work producing a "Guide for the Development of Creativity in Special Schools".

The guide foci are the promotion of a creative school ethos and curriculum that addresses the individual pupils' academic, social and emotional needs.

We would welcome short video clips that can illustrate examples of such pupil progress. Notes that explain the context and pupil outcome should accompany the video clip.

EQUALS will supply parental consent forms.

All video clips will be acknowledged in the final publication. Clips should be sent via email or DVD/CD to: Paul Buskin, EQUALS, PO BOX 107, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE30 2YG or paul@equalsoffice.co.uk

New - MAPP

Mapping and Assessing
Personal Progress

MAPP is a suite of materials developed by the Dales School, North Yorkshire to facilitate the planning, assessment and recording of progress in relation to personal learning intentions. In particular it provides a way of recognising lateral progression.

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Best Practice Workshops

Summer Term 2013

• Physical Education - An Introduction to Sherborne Development Movement

Autumn Term 2013

• Rebound Therapy for SEN
• iPads & iPods in Special and Inclusive Education
• Assessing Pupil Progress and Target Setting for Pupils and Students Working at or below Level 1

Become an EQUALS Member

• Help support the work of EQUALS.

Members receive exclusive
information throughout the year and claim discounts on EQUALS publications, conferences and workshops.

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New - Key Stage 3 - Themes

Cross Curriculum Themes

• For teachers working with pupils who are achieving within the P Scales.
• A topic based curriculum for pupils
with learning difficulties.
• Linked to the seven cross Curricular Dimensions.

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14-19 Accreditation

EQUALS Moving On Accreditation Scheme

• Schools adopting this scheme will be able to receive accreditation that will be awarded by EQUALS.
• Support advisors/moderators co-ordinate a regional network for training and external moderation.

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New - Are you needing a replacement to the old Ofsted Self Evaluation Form (SEF)?

If the answer is yes...

EQUALS has entered a partnership with Derbyshire County Council who have produced an electronic School Self Evaluation Summary (SES) document which is aligned to the new Ofsted Inspection Framework and Evaluation Schedule.

It is a flexible tool and enables you to capture in one place an overview of your school, your evaluation of the evidence and the associated judgements. There is also the opportunity to link this directly to your school improvement plan.

This is available on CD Rom at a price of £60.00 inclusive of VAT.

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