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Differentiate your Approach to Safeguarding Children with SEND

Stop a child's SEND from hiding the signs of abuse, by asking how you'd read the same bruise or mood change in any other child.

  • 33 minutes
  • 0.5 CPD hours
  • Certificate
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About this course

When a child with SEND arrives with a bruise, goes quiet or starts lashing out, it's easy to put it down to their condition. That's how signs of abuse get missed, and disabled children are 3.4 times more likely to be abused or neglected.

Starting from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), you'll get into the habit of asking one question: if this child didn't have SEND, how would I read this? You'll see why isolation leaves many of these children open to exploitation online. You'll also learn how to stay close to families without losing the ability to challenge them, and what to watch for around reasonable force, intimate care and alternative provision.

You know these children better than most professionals they'll meet, so you're the one who can explain their needs and speak up for them.

Modules

7 modules
  1. 1Introduction5 min
  2. 2Increased risks and vulnerability for children with SEND8 min
  3. 3SEND as a ‘mask’ for safeguarding needs4 min
  4. 4Increased social isolation and the risks of bullying and exploitation, particularly online7 min
  5. 5Relationships with families4 min
  6. 6Other risks particularly involving children with SEND in school5 min
  7. 7Wrap up1 min

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