SEN training for teachers in Malta
Before I plan a training session, I ask what the staff of that school are finding difficult in their own classrooms and with their own pupils. The sessions are built around those answers.
Topics schools ask for
These are common requests, and a session will usually cover more than one of them.
- SEN and neurodiversity.
- Autism in the classroom.
- Behaviour and emotional regulation.
- Writing and using IEP (Individual Education Plan) targets.
- Teachers and LSEs (Learning Support Educators) working together.
- Working with parents.
- UDL and differentiation.
Formats
Training can be a workshop for the whole staff, a session with one team working through its own situations, or ongoing consultation and reflective practice over a term. Sessions are in person in Malta or online, in English or Italian.
What kind of training this is
This is setting-based professional development built around the school’s own pupils and the strategies staff are already using. It draws on my background in SEN leadership, autism and developmental disorders, behaviour support and educational consultancy. Formal courses and qualifications are offered by Malta’s education bodies.
Nurseries and kindergartens will find more under early years SEN support, and the full range of what I do with schools is on the schools page.