Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions | Secondary

Sarah Johnson
President of PRUsAP, Project Manager for DfE innovation fund and leading education consultant

Webinar

49 min

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This webinar will ensure that you and your staff have an appreciation of how pupils with medical needs can be better supported. It will highlight how such needs may impact engagement and learning, and explore how settings can ensure the safety of children with medical needs and allergies, while meeting statutory responsibilities.
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For: Leaders, teachers, teaching assistants 

Aim: This webinar will ensure that you and your staff have an appreciation of how pupils with medical needs can be better supported. It will highlight how such needs may impact engagement and learning, and explore how settings can ensure the safety of children with medical needs and allergies, while meeting statutory responsibilities. 

Why this webinar’s important: All staff have a duty of care to the children in their setting, with the Equality Act 2010 defining a disability as an impairment that has “an adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities”. No matter the type of these medical needs, it’s imperative that staff recognise how they can make adjustments to successfully support children and understand how engagement with learning may be impacted.

Outcome 1:

Understanding different types of medical needs that may affect young people in secondary settings

Outcome 2:

Recognising how these medical needs may impact on a student’s physical and mental experience of school

Outcome 3:

Identifying how these medical needs might impact on a student’s engagement with learning

Outcome 4:

Understanding the statutory responsibilities as well as adjustments that the school can make to accommodate and support students

Outcome 5:

Exploring further strategies that can be used to support pupils with medical needs, including innovative approaches to increase inclusion

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson has worked in education for the last twenty years. As a qualified teacher, Sarah has enjoyed roles in mainstream schools, Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provision and psychiatric in-patient services. Sarah is the author of the book ‘Behaving Together: A Teacher’s Guide to Nurturing Behaviour’. Sarah’s most recent contribution to supporting schools are her books “All about SEMH” which are practical guides for primary and secondary school teachers to support children.

As a member for the Department of Education’s Alternative Provision stakeholder group, she has supported development of policy such as the recent SEND and AP green paper as well as chairing a range of panels and events within the education sector.

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