(UK) Dingley: $265M for SPED training for preschool teachers
A Berkshire charity is playing a key role in a national training programme to help early years educators better support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Dingley’s Promise has been commissioned to deliver Early Years SEND CPD training as part of a £200 million [$265M] UK Government investment designed to strengthen inclusive practice across the sector.
The charity has provided specialist support to children with SEND for more than 40 years and has trained over 35,000 educators in the past five years alone.
Catherine Mole, CEO of Dingley’s Promise, said: "We are delighted to have been selected to lead on this vital training programme.
"This programme offers early years educators the opportunity to upskill and gain more confidence to support children with SEND at no cost to themselves or the setting and shows the increasing value being placed on early years education and its impact.
"This government investment is a key step towards ensuring that every child has access to the right support at the earliest point possible to give many more children the best start in life.
"We would encourage all early years settings to access this training and take a whole setting approach to inclusion as we know first-hand how transformational this can be."
The training is the first phase of a new programme of training for early years practitioners.
It will be delivered by Dingley’s Promise with input from Contact, Speech and Language UK, Coram PACEY, Nasen, and the National Children’s Bureau.
Three tailored courses have been developed to offer practical strategies and reflective tools for improving inclusion in early years settings. . . .
Paul Waugh, Minister for Early Education, said: "The earliest years of a child's life shape everything that follows, which is why it's so important that early years staff feel confident spotting and supporting additional needs from the very start.
"Getting this right early means fewer children falling through the gaps later on, and a stronger foundation for every child to thrive."
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