1. Sessional CE to CE in educational setting: a personal journey
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Conductor
Percy Hedley School

2. Agenda Main aspects of each setting
Strengths and challenges in sessional CE
Strengths and challenges in permanent CE
Conclusion
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3. Sessional Conductive Education
Centre based – regular, weekly contact hours
Work team
Isolation
Small group numbers
Regular contact with parents – teaching facilitation techniques
Tailored programmes – setting the targets
Home tasks
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4. Permanent Conductive Education
School based: curriculum as a framework
The Team
Continuation
Language
Structure
Daily, weekly routine
Target setting
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5. Time for a game…
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6. Strengths Sessional Permanent regularity
diversity – mainstream, special schools
pro-active parents – home tasks
intensive sessions
raising awareness
change of attitude
maximised learning
targets integrated into curriculum at every opportunity
straight forward target setting
make it measurable
constant classes
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7. Challenges Sessional Permanent art of communication
expectations - prioritising
attendance
training assistants
hard to know the environment’s effects on the student
for the students:
extracurricular activities
school background
rhythmic intention
AAC
art of communication very structured day
finding the balance between physical and curricular
Differing point of views
only set hours in a day
are we a bubble?
independence
Problem solving
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8. Conclusion
CPD
Self-improvement
Wellbeing
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9. Any questions
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10. Thank you very much!
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