If you book the full day Virtual Conference, you will automatically get access to all of these prerecorded seminars from 6th September-4th October.
Delegates attending the full day at our Venue Conferences will have the choice between the first two seminars live on the day, but can also opt to add all the prerecorded seminars to their booking for £10.
Starred seminars are SASC-approved and certificates will be provided if they are accessed in full.
1. *The Effect of Maths Difficulties on Exam Performance - Rebecca Thompson
2. A Year in Secondary School Access Arrangements - Caroline Read
3. *The Development and Administration of the Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting 2nd Edition (DASH-2) - Professor Anna Barnett
4. Supporting Students with a Visual Impairment - Joanne Fallon
5. Motivating and Preparing Young People for Exams – Lorraine Lee
6. *Three Coding Tests to Replace the SDMT: SPaRCS, RBANS Update, Beta 4 – Caroline Read and Amy Martin
The tutor for the ‘The Effect of Maths Difficulties on Exam Performance’ seminar is Rebecca Thompson.
Rebecca is a Specialist Teacher with more than 19 years’ assessment experience. She has a current Assessment Practising Certificate, regularly carrying out diagnostic assessment for dyslexia and dyscalculia, as well as carrying out access arrangement assessments. She is a senior assessor and IQA for the PAPAA course, supporting students with the course demands. She is a member of the APC accreditation team for the BDA and is a SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) approved CPD provider, offering a SASC approved mentoring course for diagnostic report writing and a Feifer Assessment of Maths course.
The tutor for the ‘Year in Exam Access Arrangements’ and ‘SPaRCS, RBANS Update, Beta 4’ seminars is Caroline Read.
Caroline is Founder & Senior Course Tutor at Communicate-ed. She is a Specialist Teacher with practical experience in all areas of the Access Arrangements process and trains for LAs, Universities and SEN Services. Her book ‘Assessment Guidance for Access Arrangements’ was published by GL Assessment. She contributed to the PATOSS/JCQ publication ‘Dyslexia: Assessing the need for Access Arrangements’, has been published in academic journals, and has worked with various publishers to develop tests. She was part of the working party which set up ‘Access Arrangements Online’ and has contributed to other DfE and Ofqual training/policy projects.
The tutor for the ‘The Development and Administration of the DASH-2’ seminar is Professor Anna Barnett.
Anna is a Professor in Psychology at Oxford Brookes University. She is Research Lead in the Department of Psychology, Health and Professional Development and teaches on a range of postgraduate and undergraduate psychology courses at Oxford Brookes. Anna’s general area of research is perceptual-motor development and within this she has a special interest in both Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and in the skill of handwriting.
The tutor for the ‘Supporting Students with a Visual Impairment’ seminar is Joanne Fallon.
Jo is a qualified teacher of the visually impaired (QTVI) who has worked with all ages from pre-school to further education since 1987. She worked in a London peripatetic service supporting children with a visual impairment for 15 years, serving 6 of the London Boroughs as well as heading a nursery. After working with Children with Severe Learning Difficulties in Melbourne Australia, Jo took on the role of Senior Advisory Teacher for Children and Young People with Visual Impairment in East Sussex, alongside volunteering with a local Association for the Blind.
The tutor for the ‘Motivating and Preparing Young People for Exams’ seminar is Lorraine Lee.
Lorraine runs her own training company (lorrainelee.org) offering dynamic and inspirational training for parents, teachers, pupils and early years practitioners. This training is delivered through a range of services: Parent workshops, One to one sessions, Teacher training, INSET day training, PSHE lessons, Year group assemblies, Small pupil groups. Lorraine has 3 children and a background in Child Psychology, Positive Parenting Training and Child Development. She is passionate about giving children and young people the best chances possible.
