Working with schools

Supporting teachers, RSE curriculum leads and support staff to deliver inclusive RSE to learners with SEND

Training for staff within schools to cover:

the Government RSE Guidance, and how learners with SEND are represented in the statutory curriculum
Evidence and rationale for RSE
Teacher values, comfort and confidence around delivering RSE to learners with SEND
Targeted intervention to address sexualised behaviour in schools and colleges, including reactionary strategies if a learner displays sexualised behaviour, proactive intervention, and teaching about appropriate behaviour, and public and private in RSE lessons.
Partnerships with home and families, school and other services to deliver a consistent and effective message around relationships and sex.

Example Courses for teachers and staff
in SEND settings

These courses can be personlised to the needs and requirements of your setting, and can be adapted to suit your timings.

FE and 6th form

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) for young adults with learning disabilities in FE settings

Developing and delivering RSE for learners in post-compulsory FE settings, through the preparing for adulthood outcomes

RSE for SEND

Meaningful RSE for learners with SEND

Creating and delivering an age-appropriate curriculum for learners with moderate to severe learning disabilities

RSE for PMLD

Meaningful RSE for learners with PMLD

Creating a sensory or pre-formal curriculum of RSE for learners with PMLD.

Training professionals to deliver inclusive, rights based, relationships-focused support for service users with learning disabilities

Training for professionals in a range of settings, such as residential settings, speech and language therapists, learning disability nurses, or any role where support around relationships and sex may form part of your work.

This training will give confidence to address questions about relationships and sex, and feel secure in how to deliver a consistent, rights based and relationships-focused advice and support in this area to service users with additional learning needs.

Training could include:

how to support service users who are in or seeking relationships to feel confident and secure in their knowledge and skills
forming and nurturing partnerships with home, other support services, education providers, to deliver a consistent message
developing and facilitating education or training for service users on RSE topics
how to address issues around sexualised behaviour in non-private spaces, and training service users about public and private activities and places

Direct work

Teaching and training for learners and service users

As well as my extensive work with teachers and professionals, I also deliver direct work to learners and service users in special schools, colleges and other settings.