TA Twilight Forum- Dr Siobhan Timmins: Comic Strip Conversations

During 2019/20 The University of Cambridge Primary School in collaboration with The Chartered College of Teaching and UCL, Centre of Inclusive Education will provide affordable training opportunities to promote inclusive SEND practices and improve SEND knowledge. The aim is to, improve confidence and competence when teaching children with additional needs. School budgets are tight or virtually non-existent for professional development. The proportion of children with SEND attending mainstream settings is rising. It’s essential that schools need to think and act more inclusively. A change is needed: every school should be a ‘special’ school to all those who attend.

Dr Timmins worked in hospital and community paediatrics before leaving clinical practice to use her professional training and experience to source and implement effective strategies to improve the social understanding of children, adolescents and adults with autism. Siobhan is a published author and has 22 years of experience writing Social Stories and has been personally approved by Carol Gray to train professionals and parents in this technique using the most up to date resources provided by Carol, as well as real life examples of successful Stories, written for children in UK special education and mainstream schools. On the (TBC) Dr Timmins session will provide the educator with an understanding of autism and the benefits of Comic Strip Conversations. Comic Strip Conversations are often suggested by the specialist teaching team or featured on EHCPs. This is an ideal opportunity to learn how to us Comic strip Conversations.

This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with other colleagues and to work with a highly regarded expert. We hope that you would like to be part of the conversation.

Please share widely with colleagues. Contact Aimee Durning via enquiries@universityprimaryschool.org.uk