LGfL and Brent SEN Project

Making the Most of LGfL Premium Content in an SEN Context

Background

• A Brent special school highlighted the lack of specific resources available for children with SEN on LGfL.

• Brent submitted a bid for £10,000 to LGfL to fund a working party of five specialist Brent teachers to review and improve the LGfL content. The bid was successful.

Project Aims

• Assess to what extent LGfL content is accessible for all learners- review current content

• Working Party to obtain differentiated content from the SEN community to meet the needs of students with SEN/LDD

• Advise LGfL on the creation and structure of an SEN online forum

• Identify possible age inappropriate candidates from LGfL content

Outcomes: Part 1

• Current LGfL content was reviewed and evaluated according to 5 areas of need: PD, VI, HI, SLD, MLD and SEN in mainstream schools

• Recommend resources accessible through additional SEN tab on the content grid.

SEN

Appendix 2– SEN Tab Layout

Outcomes: Part 2

• Comparison of LGfL/SEN webpage to other grid providers revealed a need to upgrade the current content.

• Ideas for an improved SEN area was developed.

Suggested Overview of the SEN Area

SEN Area

 

The Jigsaw Puzzle IdeaIn the past SEN was

sometimes looked at as a separate piece of the

jigsaw within a school. The puzzle idea

symbolises how all the different SEN areas fit

together, giving a complete picture of SEN in

education.

SEN Resource Exchange

 • Idea based on NGfL general educational resource bank

• Will provide library of easily available SEN resources

• Facility for users to easily submit new or recommended resources

• Area could be extended to include all resources and users, not just for SEN.

• We have created easily recognisable colour coded symbols to represent each specific SEN area.

OTHVI HI PD MLD SLD

Resource Exchange – Search Facility

Resource Exchange - Results

Resource Exchange - Submission

Teachers

The Teachers area has information about the

organisation of SEN in schools and useful links

appropriate to the teaching community; especially useful for NQTs and those new to

SEN.

Information

The Information page provides details on various disabilities, disabled charities and information about how to find out about specific conditions.

Parents

This area offers parents details about support groups, with links to sites that offer relevant information.

Glossary of Terms

This is a list of defined SEN terms and acronyms.

Course and Event Providers

This area provides links to key providers for courses, events and publications with particular relevance to teachers, TAs and families. For ease of access the providers are grouped by each discrete disability.

Pupils and Students

This area provides information about advocacy and support groups for SEN pupils, with a link back to the resources area.

Recommendations

• LGfL should update their current SEN area• LGfL should include a SEN tab• LGfL should buy / negotiate better prices for software for

SEN users• LGFL website should be accessible to persons with

disabilities• The SEN area must be maintained regularly to keep it

current• The SEN team should meet up annually to review the

content to keep content up to date• An SEN person should review resources coming into the

SEN Resource Exchange for LGfL and answer questions from the FAQs area.

Planned Release

• Phase One: November 2009– The SEN tab on the content grid– New SEN Area

• Phase Two: 2010– Software recommendations– Website Accessibility– Cross referencing of resources in the main

content grid

LGfL SEN Project

Created by the LGfL SEN Working Party:

Judy Burstow, John Keble Primary School (MLD)

Karen Calamaro, Hay Lane Special School (PD)

Margaret Connor, Manor Special School (SLD)

Nitin Lakhu, Preston Manor (VI)

Annette Stephens, HI Unit, Kingsbury Green Primary School (HI)

Ayshen Moustafa, Brent ICT Primary Consultant