Venue: Zoom (online) – seminar

Audience: Pastoral Leaders, School Nurses

Course outline

Guest Speaker Elizabeth Dytham, experienced SENCO with many years’ experience supporting young people with additional learning needs in school will deliver this seminar alongside Louise Howel, Head of HIEDA. The topic of supporting young people with Neurodiversity needs in schools will be explored with particular focus on ADHD and Autism. The course is aimed at Health professionals working with young people in school settings who have additional learning needs. The aim is to equip you with further knowledge on Autism and ADHD, explore how this can impact mental health, routes for diagnosis and considerations for Schools around medication management.

Training topics will include:

• Autism
• ADHD
• Mental health cross over with Neurodiversity
• Diagnosis – difficulties associated.
• Multi professional working including Graduated approach, My Plan, My Plan +
• Medication management considerations in schools

Learning outcomes:

• To have up to date knowledge on Neurodiversity topics such as Autism and ADHD, what is it, how does it present and support measures for schools.
• Understand how Neurodiversity can impact mental health.
• Understand the importance of multi professional working and difficulties associated.
• Understand considerations for schools on safe management of ADHD medications including controlled drugs.

Cost 

• HIEDA Member Rate: £135
• Non-member Rate: £270*

*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Hieda CPD and events, please click here.

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Speakers:

Elizabeth Dytham

A teacher for just over forty years in both the state and independent sectors, Elizabeth has had a variety of roles including: Head of Department, Head of Year, Gifted and Talented Children Co- ordinator, Assistant Principal, Senior Housemistress/ Head of Boarding and SENCO. Alongside being the Mainstream School SENCO in a large Secondary Academy, she led a Resource Base for 25 pupils with Autism and/or a Language Disorder. For the last six years she has been Head of Learning Support in a mainstream Independent School.

Louise Howel

Louise Howel is a paediatric nurse with experience in children’s A & E, plastics and respiratory care. Health visitor for ten years.  Nine years experience in independent school nursing working in a mix of boarding and day school settings. Six years experience as Health centre manager most recently at Wycliffe College.