Announcing our Spring Term SENDcast Sessions

Kate Browning has over 30 years of experience as a teacher, SENCO and Local Authority School Improvement Officer for SEND. She was also interim Education Development Officer for nasen, where she supported the delivery of nationwide training on the SEND Code of Practice with the Department for Education. She now provides training, SEND review and consultancy support for Teaching School Alliances, MATs, local authorities and individual schools to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND across the primary and secondary phase. Kate is an Associate Lecturer on SEND for the University of Northampton and teaches for the NPQ SENCO. She also delivers keynote speeches and seminars at events across the country.

A specialist OT with advanced training in sensory processing, Ali Neal runs School Sensory Solutions which provides regular and cost effective training for all educators supporting SEN and neurodivergent pupils in schools via an online learning platform. She prides herself in finding solutions to everyday problems experienced by children and young people at school that actually work and supporting teachers to incorporate these in their already busy days. Ali  presents on Occupational Therapy and sensory processing for organisations across the country including The Autism Show and The OT Show. She has written a book on Sensory Movement Breaks and an award winning program for developing motor skills for children with special educational needs. 

Andrew Whitehouse provides training, consultancy, strategies and interventions for professionals, parents and Autistic, ADHD, PDA, Dyslexic people and those with related conditions including Learning Disability. His roles include training, strategies and therapies for the care sector, education professionals in schools and colleges, observing groups and individuals in care settings, and learning environment, providing practical solutions to help them achieve their potential – social emotional and academic. Also an Oliver McGowan trainer, TEDx Speaker, and award winning presenter for the British Academy of Audiology, Andrew is a lived experience ADHD, Auditory Processing Disorder, Tourette’s Adult, and father of four Neurodivergent children.