• Explore and understand a range of conditions such as dyslexia, autism spectrum condition, ADHD and speech and language communication needs
• Profile a selected class or pupil(s). Learn more about them and work on their learning problems
• Review and implement individually chosen teaching and learning strategies which have a strong evidence base
• Collaborate with colleagues to support each other as teachers embed new practice into their classroom
• Be equipped with the tools and resources to evaluate the impact that this programme has on chosen pupils
• Support your school in becoming a true home for young people with SEND, where they are seen and heard and supported to be ambitious and successful

Session 1 – Culture+Brains+Teaching

• Understanding the role and practice of an inclusive practitioner. Unpicking research around SEND from a class teacher’s perspective and knowing more about dyslexia, autism spectrum condition, speech and language conditions, and ADHD. 
• Learn more about the cognitive similarity between pupils
• Gain an insight into what working memory, cognitive load and executive function are and how to spot when pupils experience learning problems linked to these areas
• T&L strategies covering: explicit instruction, dual coding, modelling, using hinge questions, and ripening the conditions for independence via working well with TAs and setting effective homework

Session 2 – Teaching+Curriculum

• T&L strategies covering: whole class reading, and feedback
• Curriculum – How to audit your curriculum for barriers to learning, generating an inclusive and ambitious curriculum for all

Session 3 – Leading Adaptive Teaching Professional Development

• This session is aimed at those with responsibility for leading PD across a team, department, and/or school/Trust
• Gain an insight into how to take the content and resources from this programme and generate a clear and sustainable PD programme to upskill your staff and improve inclusive practice
• Review examples and non-examples of how to do this and connect it to the mechanisms of PD, where things can go wrong and how to stop this from happening

Andrew Young is Co-Director of Pathfinder Teaching School Hub and Education Partnership. He is a teacher of Social Sciences at Archbishop Holgate’s School and Author of ‘Adaptive Teaching: Culture to Classroom’ with Crown House Publishing. Andrew designed the original Adaptive Teaching CPD Programme in 2020 through the TSH which has since reached over 100 schools and thousands of pupils locally and nationally. 

Dr Alison Bailey is a passionate enthusiast and advocate for education. Based in Scarborough, but having worked for school advisory services mainly across York and North Yorkshire as well as on national initiatives across her (so far!) forty year career, she has particular expertise in the teaching of reading and in assessment.