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The course

Anxiety is on the rise; so says the research and most teachers and students would probably agree.  More measurement, new standards, greater pressure, more diagnoses, more pastoral care, new initiatives, more meetings, more differentiation, more research, more podcasts, more inspirational posts…..

Clare Ward and Jamie Galpin (co-authors of the Anxiety Workbook for Supporting Teens who Learn Differently) will talk about the 3S system, a simple framework that acknowledges the difficulties that students  and teachers face each day and proposes a new way to look at anxiety and design support for all.

About the speakers

Jamie

Jamie Galpin is a founding member of Special Networks. He is a chartered developmental psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He holds lectureships at University College London and Goldsmith’s University covering topics including special and inclusive education, quantitative and qualitative research methodology, Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and social constructions of difference and (dis)ability. His work, both research and practice, focuses on universal strengths and needs that all children and young people have. He champions a progressive approach to supporting children and young people - inclusion by design. He has supported education and the wider industry to implement this approach. He has worked for the National Association of Special Educational Needs (nasen), developing their CPDL program and strategic objectives, including the charity’s theory of change. Recent work also includes supporting the LEGO Group to develop inclusive workplace standards, accessibility and inclusion audits of books with a SEND theme for Harper Collins and Penguin Random House and supporting Pearson in their work developing more accessible examinations.

Clare

Clare Ward works with young people, children, schools, families and a variety of organisations. She is an HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist and CBT (ACT) practitioner specialising in social communication and anxiety. She is a founder member of Special Networks and, as part of this multi-disciplinary team, runs groups and 1:1 sessions for teenagers, as well as staff and parent training, to help people understand some of the processes that drive our social behaviour. Over the last 30 years Clare has worked in Health, Education and Social Services and now combines consultancy with her clinical practice, most recently alongside Jamie as a SEND and inclusion consultant for the LEGO Foundation ‘Play for All’ accelerator programme.  She is currently working on the first in a new series of books for children and young people with Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Purchase of the book is not mandatory, but highly recommended!