Documents shared:
Sample PEEP - Wakefield
It's in a bag - Yellow box - Wakefield
Useful websites - Darlington
Including Children with PD/Med on school trips - York
Service Booklets - York
QBit training pamphlet - Barnsley
Resources from QBit and DCD courses - Barnsley
Managing the Health Care Needs of Chidren and Young People - North Yorkshire
We welcomed Ann Wogden and Julie Williams from Education Bradford to the meeting which was attended by members from Wakefield, Darlington, North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, Barnsley and York. The meeting dates for 2009/2010 are fixed for 06.11.09, 12.02.10 and 18.06.10. They will be held at The Heath View Centre in Wakefield.
We looked at the NYCC publication on managing health care needs. This is available as a download from their website. Go to 'Education and Learning' - Special Educational Needs - SEN Support Services - Useful Downloads. Following the sharing of the WAkefield PEEP, Margaret Milligan said that North Yorkshire have a PEEP which was produced for a residential setting, that she will bring to the next meeting.
A lot of discussion ensued and we did not follow a particular agenda. York's leaflets promoting their service will be available in a number of settings including GP's surgeries and Medical Centres. We discussed the different Safe Moving and Handling differences between Local Authorities and the conflict between methods used by trainers with a strong adult services background and those used with children in school. Andrea Griffiths described a plinth from Astor Bannerman with a foam 'nose' which she had used to transfer a pupil from the pool side to the water. Sue Eyre shared the training leaflet from QBit on training for support staff. J.S.Parker Associates, the training providers, are also the company case managing some of the children with acquired injuries in our schools, we wondered whether this could cause a conflict of interest in some circumstances.
We also continued the discussion on the purchase and tracking of equipment. Wakefield charges for items under £20, Durham expect schools to buy items with a value less than £100 and Darlington only purchase items which cost more than £250. Joint funding between Health and Education varied between areas even more.
Sue Eyres had attended the Newport DCD Conference and has volunteered to join a working party looking at transition between primary and secondary. Sue offered to circulate any information she gets to the group and to report on their planning and progress. Margaret suggested we used Google Docs as a way of sharing information. Lyn will look in to this.
Julie Burton demonstrated 'It's in a Yellow Bag' resources developed as a precursor to the red and blue boxes. She and her colleague Sandra Bigg from Wakefield have produced the resources and record sheets in the same format. The feedback from Therapists has been that something similar for older children would be very useful; we suggested that these could be called 'Skill Sacks' to make them more age appropriate. The Yellow Bag resources will be emailed out to the group.
Sue Perutz described the progress towards standardising symbol sets in York and said that after a lot of discussion they had decided to a range of five symbols for each word or thing. This would show progression, allow those with a strong preference for particular sets such as Makaton to use them but be able to move on. They are looking at using them and making them available through the VLE and will report back on progress next time.
We then got all the 'mini' laptops - Asus and Dell - and had a play with Linux and Windows versions. Several preople decided they wanted their own!
On the (very loose) agenda next time, 26.06.09, will be
- Standardising Symbols update - York
- DVD on acquired brain injury - Barnsley
- providing evidence for quality standards based on work with individual children - York
- Swimming risk assessments for duchenne MD - Barnsley
- 'Listen to Me' pupil participation (multi agency) - York
- Social Networks, a method of information sharing between agencies - Wakefield
The autumn sessions could include using Symwriter and Thinking in Pictures. We could also invite Liberator to talk about their 'Discovery' Programme. Any ideas to be sent to lclarke@wakefield.gov.uk
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