Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)

Have your say on home to school assisted travel

Have your say on home to school assisted travel Sutton Council wants to hear from children and young people and their parents and carers who use its home to school travel service. In partnership with Cognus, the Council is reviewing its Home to School Assisted Travel Policy and has different options they want to hear […]

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Pre-Level 1 British Sign Language (BSL)

Do you want to communicate with Deaf people? Thinking about learning BSL but unsure? Then come along to our Pre-Level 1 Course to see if it is right for you! When:  3rd July 2024 – 24th July 2024 How long:  4 sessions, over 4 weeks Time:  Wednesday evenings, 6.00pm – 8.00pm Where: Cognus Limited, First […]

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Cognus Educational Psychology Service host EBSA networking conference

Cognus Educational Psychology Service hosted an EBSA networking conference on Monday 18th September 2023 with staff from around 30 schools attending. With other professionals also in attendance there was space and opportunity for rich exchanges ! Alongside practical tasks to reflect on the approach settings are using to reduce and support EBSA pupils we had […]

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Smart Targets

Every PEP must contain three SMART targets that are reviewed at the next PEP.  There should always be a SMART target for English / literacy, maths and then another area eg attendance, homework, another subject.  Where a child is in KS1 or KS2 there must be a writing SMART target as we know that statistically […]

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Therapies Contact Point

If you have concerns about your child or young person’s needs, talk to your school or settings special educational needs and disabilities coordinator.  You can ask them about involving a Speech and Language and/or Occupational Therapist.  If this is difficult for any reason email us at cognus.therapies@cognus.org.uk or call us on 020 8323 0458 You may also […]

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SaLTA is sharing a weekly Makaton sign to all school staff.

Maria Fitzgerald (Speech and Language Therapy Assistant, SaLTA) is sharing a weekly Makaton sign to all school staff. The Head Teacher at Foresters Primary Opportunity Base is supporting a universal approach through supporting The Speech and Language Therapies team to up skill all staff by modelling a Makaton sign in every assembly, each week. Posters […]

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