Assistive Technology Training

nasen is proud to announce that mainstreamschools in England cannow register to takepartin anew assistive technology training programme, fundedbythe Department for Education (DfE)

The programme, which is funded until August2023, hasspace for150 maintained mainstream schools in England, who will go on to receive free to access training to improve theway theyuse assistive technology (AT).

Delivered by partners at Microlink, the training will encourage stafftouse technology which they already have available to them, to reduce or remove the barriers to learning for all children and young people, including those with SEND.

Schoolsinterested in participating should express their interest using the link belowinorder to be considered forthe trainin findout next applicationp

The training builds on the successof the previous AT training pilot,which also saw nasen collaboratewith Microlink, to runonline training sessions to nominated AT Champions in around80schools in England.Then, as now,the partnership brought togetherexpertise in AT and SEND, alongwithanunderstandingof the day-to-dayoperationofschools and how assistive technology supportsan inclusiveclassroom forall learners –both with and withoutSEND nasenCEO, Annamarie Hassall MBE, said: “Assistive technology has an increasingly important role to play in education for all children and young people, and we know that its effective use can be empowering, even life changing, for learners with SEND or learning differences.

“nasenisthrilledtohave been selected by theDepartment for

Education to runthis programme anddelighted to be teamingup with Microlink once more to help ensure alllearners are given the tools required to enable progress andachievethe bestoutcomes.”

Marius Frank, head of education and project lead at Microlink, added: “Weare absolutely delighted to be working once again in partnership with nasen. The feedback we received fromprimaryand secondaryschools participating in the pilot programme earlier thisyearwas fantastic. The moment teachers release the power of assistive technologies in mainstream classes, so many children and young people get almost immediate benefits.”