Headed up local parent group, 1993 - 2001: supporting parents of children with disabilities get funding and appropriate resources for their children.Developed and created individual literacy and numeracy programmes for pupils with SEN while working as a specialist learning support assistant. Organised art therapy classes for disabled children and adults from 1996 - 2003Initially developed Communication 4 All website to directly address the need for free resources to support inclusion. Now creating resources for www.tes.co.uk in areas of SEN, EY and PrimaryProduced Schemes of Work (both group and individual) to engage pupils with autism in ICT and contributed ideas for the book Brilliant Ideas for Using ICT in the Inclusive Classroom (David Fulton / Nasen, written by Sally McKeown and Angela McGlashon) Developed whole school Scheme of Work (EY - Y6) for ICT, linking to Welsh framework. Mentioned in Estyn inspection report while working as ICT Co-ordinator: '...the school's ICT curriculum, development and training is co-ordinated by a dedicated specialist and this provision is judged to be outstanding.' Presented at numerous teaching events linked to ICT and inclusion throughout England and Wales, including Teachmeet BETT, 2011, Northern Grid for Learning Conference, 2011, Cardiff Teachers Science Day, 2011 and Plymouth University SEN and Inclusion Conference, 2012.Qualified in the use of Makaton, Signalong, BSL and PECSAccredited in the use of Writing with Symbols and other specialist software to support SENMicrosoft Office AccreditedEducational Clip Art creatorSpecialties: Using technology to support inclusionGraphic Design/computer generated art
Listed skills include Mobile Learning, Mathematics Education, Learning Management, Public Speaking, and 46 others.
