This interactive online session provides childcare, wraparound, and playwork staff with a supportive space to discuss real-life SEND and inclusion challenges from their own settings/services. Participants will have the opportunity to share concerns, reflect on practice, explore solutions, and learn from the experiences of colleagues.

The session is designed as a facilitated discussion rather than a formal training course, encouraging collaborative problem-solving, reflective practice, and confidence-building.

The focus is on understanding needs, sharing strategies, and identifying practical actions that can support children and young people with SEND in childcare and wraparound settings.

The session aims to:

• Provide a safe and supportive space for discussion

• Encourage peer learning and shared problem-solving

• Increase confidence in supporting children with SEND

• Promote reflective and inclusive practice

• Explore practical solutions to real-life challenges

• Identify when and how to seek further support

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session participants will:

• Have explored at least one SEND or inclusion challenge in greater depth

• Gain ideas and strategies from peers and the facilitator

• Reflect on different perspectives and approaches

• Feel more confident in addressing inclusion concerns

• Identify practical next steps for their own setting