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Early Years SEND Partnership announces new events and resources

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nasen is proud to be part of the DfE-funded Early Years SEND Partnership Project led by the Council for Disabled Children (CDC). The other partners are I CAN, National Children’s Bureau (ncb)The Communication Trust, Contact and Dingley’s Promise.

As a result of our successful partnership with 6 other organisations in the Early Years SEND Partnership, nasen can highlight the following DfE-funded events and resources:

Upcoming EYSEND Training

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Equality Act (CDC)

6th October

This seminar will explain how the disability duties in the Equality Act work in the early years, including the differences between the duties in schools and early years settings, and share some of the learning about the best ways of making sure disabled children have positive experiences of early years provision.

Latest resources

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Speaking up for the covid generation (I CAN)

This report highlights the impact of covid and the effects on children's' speaking and understanding.

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Transition support for children with SEND (Mayor of London)

Two free resources to support the transition between nurseries or from nursery to school.

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Entry Exit Pathway (Dingley's Promise)

A set of tools developed by Dingley’s Promise (DP) to support children, families and settings through an ‘Entry Exit Pathway’, based on experiences of Local Authorities, surveys, parent focus groups and ongoing conversations around transitions

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Family workshops and events (contact)

contact run a range of fun workshops, information sessions and online events, where you can meet similar families.

You may also be interested in nasen's Early Years resources and events