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INTO Special Education Conference Assaults on Teachers Michael Cullinane Regional Director NEPS North East Region 8th December 2012

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Michael Cullinane Regional Director NEPS North East Region. INTO Special Education Conference Assaults on Teachers. 8th December 2012. Shared Responsibility. Schools ….Teachers Families and communities Educational services i.e. NEPS, SESS, NCSE HSE services Goal - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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INTO Special Education Conference

Assaults on Teachers

Michael Cullinane Regional Director

NEPS North East Region

8th December 2012

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Shared Responsibility

Schools ….Teachers Families and communities Educational services i.e. NEPS, SESS, NCSE HSE services

GoalTo set out the NEPS response to supporting children

presenting with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties

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Two aspects…Role of NEPS1. Case-work: Consultative service ….. “a collaborative and problem solving

approach incorporating assessment and intervention which has at its core a focus on children and their contexts”

2. Support and development work….work of a preventative nature, generalise interventions.. building teacher and school capacity to respond to needs..

Greater reach…

Positive outcomes in case-work is dependent on good whole school approaches… well trained

teachers…

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Case-Work Behavioural consultations are an increasing part of our work..

Functional approach….collaborative…to understand and to intervene…. Observation Interview Checklists Cognitive assessments…consideration of child factors and environmental factors………careful recording of nature of problem….

Support the development & monitoring of behaviour and support plans

Liaison with HSE services…integrated response…

Transition

In relation to ASD: align our approach with SESS: Contemporary Applied Behavioural Analysis approach.

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BESD – A Continuum of Support Guidelines Sets out a graduated response

Classroom supportTeacher assessment, class rules & organisation, learning environment, ethos

School SupportCollaborative response, more detailed assessment, and intervention planning

School support plusMore intensive, data driven planning and intervention, outside professionals

Positive approaches….. A functional approach…. Seeing behaviour as a communication…. Collaborative planning

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BESD Guidelines

Service priority for last two years in NEPS

Presenting these to all primary schools receiving a NEPS service

North East Region: Presentation to staffs, SEN Teams, and/or

workshops

North East Region…181 presentations last year…

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Support and Development Work Support and advice on psycho-educational

programmes - social skills training,- anxiety prevention- anger management

BESD: Whole school approaches, functional approach…responding to behaviour…

Two particular programmes: - Incredible Years - Friends for Life programme

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Incredibly Years

3 to 8 years: 5/6 day practice based programme 3 strands….

Efficient means of preventing later difficulties….. Effective in developing teacher competence….. Promoting social, emotional and behaviour change…

Each session involves 17 teachers → 480 children NEPS has trained 2,500 teachers to-date Plan to run 25 programmes this year We have 129 psychologists trained in IY

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Friends for Life Anxiety prevention.. coping skills and emotional

building programme…

10 session + 2 booster sessions drawing on CBT principles…10 to 12 weeks

Programme: 4 to 7 year and 8 to 11 years

Evaluated NBSS, NEPS, SPHE

Improved self esteem, less stress, less anxiety….behavioural change…

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Friends for Life 50 + NEPS psychologists trained to deliver this

programme.

Currently, significant pilot underway

Some training for teachers available this year….Education Centres

If successful.. NEPS will move to training teachers to deliver these programmes…support through cluster meetings…

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Conclusion

Children with severe and significant BESD benefit from:

Individual supports….Individual planning Integrated response…multi-agency Psycho-educational programmes Well trained and well supported teachers As part of an effective whole school

response