This one-day conference will offer expert advice on meeting young children's emerging special educational needs in a complex and challenging landscape.This one-day conference will offer expert advice on meeting young children's emerging special educational needs in a complex and challenging landscape.

This conference will cover:
• Current perceptions of special educational needs and the principles of best practice
• The route from 'first observation' to 'personalised plan'
• Making the most of current funding, support systems and training
• Establishing an effective relationship with a child's family
• Understanding a child's well-being, and typical/atypical patterns of development
• High-incidence SEND.

Highlights will include:
• A Government perspective on funding and future changes, including the 30 hours policy
• Keynote Speaker Julie Revels on the key considerations for inclusive practice in the early years, including embracing and embedding child-centred practices, and the importance of a whole-setting approach to supporting young children's needs
• A step-by-step guide to identifying and responding to a child's emerging needs - observation, evidence-gathering, funding and personalised learning
• Creating effective working relationships between manager, SENDCO and key person
• Social and emotional well-being and their links to attachment, self-regulation and mental health
• Workshops on sensory processing, communication and language, physical development, working with parents, and local authority support strategies.