Dear IncludED community,

Welcome to your October edition of LGfL's inclusion and wellbeing newsletter. On any normal year October is a busy month with Word Dyslexia Awareness Week, ADHD Awareness Month, World Mental Health Day and Black History Month all taking place. But of course this year it will be even more busy with some schools fully open, some bubbles learning from home and all sorts of combinations of home and school based learning taking place.

Whatever challenges you face, I hope the resources and information below are helpful to you, your colleagues and your learners.

Have Your Say

As you know we run regular training sessions on a range of topics related to inclusion. Most of our training is online at the moment. What would be great to know is if there are particular days of the week or times of the day that are easier for you to attend. Are school hours better or would you rather after school sessions? Please take a few seconds to fill in the form below and let us know how we can make sure as many people as possible are able to attend these free sessions. 

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Upcoming Training and Events

Regular Inclusion and Wellbeing Training from LGfL

8 October 2020

Supporting Learners with Dyslexia and Literacy Difficulties

12 October

Tools for SENCOs

15 October 2020

Making the Most of Free Tools for Inclusion

School Based Training and SENCO Forums

The DfE's Edtech Demonstrator Programme - Accessible Tech Thursdays

Every Thursday at 4:15pm the EdTech Demonstrator Programme will be delivering short webinars (between 20-40mins) focusing on the best ways to integrate accessible technology into your classrooms - enabling you to improve the outcomes for all of your learners. Don't forget, this programme is funded by the DfE so it's free for anyone to sign up to. 

• Video Calls - 8th Oct 2020 - @4:15pm
• Remote Therapy - 15th Oct 2020 - @4:15pm
  
• Blended/Flipped Learning - 22nd Oct 2020 - @4:15pm
  
• Visual Learning - 5th Nov 2020 - @4:15pm
  

Click here to view recordings of previous sessions. or Subscribe to the YouTube Channel here.

Click here to view a full list of upcoming Accessible Tech Thursday sessions.  

Spotlight Resource of the Month

With Mental Health Awareness Day taking place on the 10th of October our spotlight resource of the month is Wellbeing Connected. A resources all about a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing. Now more than ever this resource which looks at not only pupil wellbeing but also that of staff and the wider community has never been more relevant. 

Other Helpful Stuff

World Dyslexia Awareness Week

ADHD Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Day

Black History Month

Keep well and always remember the IncludED service is here to support you. 

Adam and the IncludED Team

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