A Little Guide for Teachers: SEND in Schools

Amjad Ali (@TeachLeadAAli) is a teacher, trainer, TEDx speaker and Senior Leader. He currently works four days a week in a start-up secondary school and offers CPD/INSET on his other day. Amjad has spent his teaching career working in challenging, diverse schools. He is a qualified SENDCO and was also trained as an Advanced Skills Teacher in Teaching and Learning. Before stepping into the world of education, he spent time as Play Worker and Teaching Assistant in Young Offender Prisons. Amjad has delivered CPD to all sectors in education from Early Careers teachers to Executive/Head Teachers and CEOs, delivering on a range of topics, all across the United Kingdom and different parts of the world. He has worked with over 250 schools and 1000s of students. Amjad has previously co-organised some of the country's largest TeachMeets such as #TMOxford and #TMLondon. He also presents keynotes and offers workshops and inspirational addresses at various educational events such as the Telegraph Festival of Education, #NRocks #SRocks, National subject conferences and many others all around the United Kingdom. Amjad's sharing 'portfolio' involves the setting up international initiatives such as #TwitterCoachingED and #CultureBoxED. Amjad is the co-founder of the charity The BAMEed Network- #BAMEed a grass-roots movement aimed at ensuring our diverse communities are represented as a substantive part of the education workforce for teachers and leaders in education. See http://www.bameednetwork.com/ for more information.

Introduction What IS SEND? LOW EFFORT, HIGH IMPACT IDEAS UNDER AND OVER REPRESENTATION NEURODIVERSITY/NEURODIVERGENCE WORKING TOGETHER FINAL CHAPTER