Sarah Herbert: Special Education Consultant
- Background
Sarah is a qualified teacher. She has worked as a SENCo and in a number of special education settings for children with a wide variety of needs and as a special educational needs advisory teacher for a local authority in London. She also lectures on dyslexia for the institute of education in London. She has a strong commitment to helping children through working with schools and families, and has a good understanding of the realities of the classroom.
Qualifications
BEd (hons)
MA (education and ICT)
Postgraduate certificate in special educational needs (dyslexia)
Cued Articulation Trainer
Numicon (closing the gap with numicon intervention programme) Trainer
Specialist and advanced level dyslexia trainer
Publications
The Inclusion Toolkit, published by Sage (due to be published summer 2011) http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book234783
Training packages available:
For developing teaching and learning:
Memory friendly teaching strategies
Motivation friendly teaching strategies
Creating a collaborative classroom
Supporting poor spellers
Teaching Reading
Teaching synthetic phonics
Improving comprehension
Introduction to dyslexia
Using P scales effectively
Supporting children with maths difficulties in the primary school
Designing and using visual timetables
Writing and using social stories
Teaching active listening
An introduction to autism spectrum conditions
For managing SEN:
Using teaching assistants effectively
Managing SEN strategically through provision mapping
Writing your disability equality scheme
Training packages can be designed to your requirements, please contact Sarah for more details
Training can also be offered as parent-friendly workshops for parent's evenings
Services to parents
Assessment and report around literacy difficulties for 6-14 year olds
Intervention programmes (teaching) children ages 6-14 with literacy difficulties
Assessment and report on number difficulties in 6-11 year olds (working below national curriculum level 2A)
Intervention programmes (teaching) for 6-11 year olds working below national curriculum level 2A with number difficulties
Working with parents to advise your child's school about their needs
Consultation regarding the learning needs of children with physical disabilities
If you would like to contact Sarah please fill out the contact form below