NTU Special & Inclusive Education

An account for all students at Nottingham Institute of Education (NTU) with an interest in SEND, Disability & Inclusion.

[BBC Access All @BBCAccessAll]

"Looking back, I realised how much harder it was"

Rose Ayling-Ellis explores how being deaf impacted her childhood in a new BBC documentary, out tonight, and chats to @FoxNikkiFox about her time on Strictly and Eastenders

Listen now:
https://t.co/GSp4GD5YoD

[NTU Special & Inclusive Education @NTU_SENDI]

We have many students on our SEND degree who have disabled siblings - worth checking out Sibs!

[Sibs @Sibs_uk]

As we say goodbye to #LDWeek2023 - read Julie's sibling story. https://t.co/glQt5htvH7 @mencap_charity

[Touretteshero @touretteshero]

If you watched @LewisCapaldi’s #Glastonbury performance & want to learn more about #Tourettes & how to be a good friend to someone with tics this piece might be a good place to start: https://t.co/0rxXEp4Cal… Acceptance, understanding & allyship are immensely powerful

[Stephanie Cowley-Peirce @stephCP1975]

The sign language lady on #Glastonbury23 for the Foo Fighters is amazing.

[The Makaton Charity @MakatonCharity]

💙 Happy Father’s Day! 💙

Today we celebrate all the incredible dads and father figures out there!

#HappyFathersDay #Makaton

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

X-Ray Tech to me, a wheelchair user: “Can you walk?”
Me: “No.”
Tech: “Can you stand?”
Me: “No.”
Tech: “Can you hop up on the table?”
Me: “No.”
Tech: “With your disability, this won’t be easy.”
Me: “If you had an accessible exam table, it would be easy.”

[Department for Education @educationgovuk]

A new GCSE is in the works for 2025… British Sign Language (BSL)! 🙌

This new qualification will be open to all students who will learn how to use signs and the history of BSL.

Find out more ⬇️

[Pooky Knightsmith @PookyH]

FREE WEBINAR - ADHD/AUTISM

Please sign up to join me for a free webinar about sensory regulation in the classroom - a super practical session with instantly usable ideas

https://t.co/D31XfKBfO3

Please RT / Include in your newsletters etc as I love a good turnout 😊

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

Almost half of children needing support for special educational needs and disabilities waited beyond the legal deadline for an education, health and care plan last year

https://t.co/uI3aztRBPh

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

NEW POST: New research highlights the £380k lifetime dividend to each disabled young person and benefits to society, when the needs of children with SEND are met early. @CDorer OBE of @NASSCHOOLS explains more: https://t.co/KYgfltv42r

[SEN Magazine @SENMAGAZINE]

Dyscalculia and inclusive technology

Professor Michael von Aster and James Wright discuss dyscalculia and the technology available to support pupils and teachers.

https://t.co/IjKuuOkopt

[Stephanie King @StephKingLearns]

Philosophy, Flourishing and Freedom: Critical Realism as Liberatory Methodology, a workshop led by Dr Angela Dy.
At critical realism for ECRs one day event, NTU on July 10th. See link for details and booking.
https://t.co/Gu5RUXYw7p

[clare @cla_rewilliams]

It was great to see a communication board available at Aberporth Beach on Saturday. I would imagine the ice cream symbol had been well utilised! ☀️ Wales striving towards meaningful #inclusivecommunication using #AAC tools. 👌🏼 @RCSLT @RCSLTWales

[Tes magazine @tes]

Just 39% of primary teachers and 14% of secondary teachers have had more than half a day’s autism training, according to new @TheNFER and @Autism survey findings
https://t.co/0doujcwGQN

[Tes magazine @tes]

Do I feel like I belong here? @kriley_prof explains why creating a sense of belonging for pupils is so important for schools in the latest Tes Magazine Leadership Forum webinar
https://t.co/ML6g01Z4QT

[Tes magazine @tes]

At a special school for students with social, emotional and mental health needs, bringing DJing to the timetable has had a huge impact, finds Clare Cook
https://t.co/VSLwGhK0NR

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

'Special schools remain an afterthought' - @LauranDoak
https://t.co/6M19bHQh3b

[Dr Lila Kossyvaki @LilaKossyvaki]

This is my first podcast and I am very keen to know what other people think. It is about SLD/PMLD: inclusion, research etc. You can access it via Goal 4: Education for All https://t.co/Xr8h1c7saA @acast @DISN_UoB @UoBautism

[Dr Lauran Doak @LauranDoak]

I'm recruiting special school headteachers for a research study on national education policy and its degree of relevance to special schools. HTs with strong opinions especially welcome ;) Please share widely! #SEND @NTU_Ed @SimonKnight100 @Gary_Coffey01 @KD_cymraes @cherrylkd

[BBC Eurovision @bbceurovision]

Sam and Adam are our BSL interpreters working here at #Eurovision2023 to sign every single act's song in each show!

They are incredible 👏