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Developing Your Role as a Teaching Assistant Within Special Schools

Keep children with SEND safe and help them feel it, so a bruise or change in mood is never just put down to their needs.

  • 5 courses
  • 1 hour 57 minutes
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In a special school you may read a child's signals better than anyone, including children who can't tell you in words that something is wrong. That makes you one of the people most likely to notice when it is.

Safeguarding comes first. You'll get into the habit of asking how you'd read an injury or a change in mood if the child didn't have SEND, and learn when a mental health worry may point to abuse. From there it turns to everyday practice: helping a child who is safe feel safe, with role play and social stories, and routines that keep a class settled.

You'll also know what happens at TAC and EHCP review meetings, and how to share what you've seen so the other professionals can act on it.

What you'll learn

  • Question whether an injury or change in mood is really down to a child's SEND
  • Recognise when a mental health concern may point to abuse or neglect
  • Use role play and social stories to help a child feel safe
  • Set up routines that keep a class settled and calm
  • Share clear facts about a child at TAC and EHCP review meetings

Courses

  • 5 courses
  • 1 hour 57 minutes