The service, launched in 2020, meets the needs of children and young people between the ages of 5 and 19 who are currently without school-based SEN provision, either in the short, medium, or longer term.

Areas that will be discussed in this talk include:

• Barriers to school attendance and how Home Learning can alleviate these barriers
• Our goals for the Home Learning programme
• What makes us different from other solutions
• Exactly what the service offers and provides for young people
• The benefits of learning from home
• Why home learning is so effective

The webinar will be followed by a Q&A session with CEO & Schools’ Proprietor Thomas Keaney, Head of Home Learning Sandra Rey, and Therapy Lead and Senior Occupational Therapist David Coulter.

This event is expected to last 1 hour.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Speakers

Thomas Keaney

TCES’ Founder and Chief Executive Thomas Keaney is a Qualified Social Worker with a Post Graduate Diploma in Therapeutic Child Care. He has 30 years of management experience in adults and children’s services, both in the public and private sector in London and New York.

Thomas has managed TCES from its inception in November 1999 as a Social Care company, to its transition into the niche market of therapeutic education for pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs and/or an Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). The company has evolved in its focus over the past 20 years from an initial provider of alternative education services to one of the larger providers of Independent Schools’ education in London.

Thomas says: "TCES has inclusion at its heart through a number of unique focuses: Therapeutic education, Group process, Pupil leadership and L.I.F.E programme, the Arts, Pupil and Parent voice and participation and all delivered within the context of clear community values. The TCES Way is to deliver these focuses in the most forensic and dedicated way possible to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people. Future focuses will include our Integrated, Systemic, Milieu Therapy (ISMT), our Step-down programme, our Home Learning division, our pupil entrants to employees programme, an intensive focus on family support and a focus on Care Experienced pupils."

Thomas was shortlisted for the ‘Lifetime Achiever’ National Diversity Award in September 2019 and In October 2019, Thomas was awarded the ‘SEND Leader of the Year’ by nasen (National Association of Special Educational Needs).

Sandra Rey

Sandra Rey has recently joined the company to take the lead on TCES Home Learning. Sandra is a qualified teacher and trainer with 30 years’ experience in education. She holds specialist degrees in Biology, Economics, Inclusion and Special Educational Needs.

She founded and developed an accredited CPD training company specialising in training and upgrading teachers and their schools in Inclusion/ SEN policy, statutory requirements, teaching methodology and strategies to implement and meet the needs of those marginalised and unable to access the curriculum due to their barriers to learning.

Sandra has worked in mainstream, specialist and corporate education. Her role and focus is to utilise her business acumen and educational experience to further establish the TCES footprint in home learning by working in partnership with our Local Authorities, schools, communities, parents/caregivers by addressing the needs and educational gaps of the young adults and children assigned to our care.

David Coulter

As Therapy Lead and Senior Occupational Therapist for TCES, David’s focus is on supporting the organisation’s integral therapeutic provision of SALTS, OTS and Creative Art Therapies across all four schools and services. Throughout his career he has been passionate about working closely with children and adults with different needs, in order to impact their lives in a meaningful way. His vast experience includes working with individuals with a wide range of Neurodevelopment, Social and Mental Health needs within a wide range of settings, including schools, colleges, independent living, community and in-patient hospitals. David is very enthusiastic about working within schools with young people and the adults who support them, in particular supporting the sensory needs of pupils. His aim is to support each TCES pupil on their journey to achieving their full potential, using integrated systemic practice to create a therapeutic milieu that has real impact and meaning in the young person’s day to day life.

David’s key focus is on developing services that reflect best practice guidelines, whilst holding people at the centre. He believes that the systems that support service users are a key component in an effective therapy service.