In September 2024, Manchester launched the Emotional Barriers to School Attendance (EBSA) guidance for schools, including a “Planning for Change” toolkit – an easy-to-use tool to help professionals to identify a child’s underlying needs relating to EBSA and to plan the necessary support.
This workshop is for city of Manchester parents/carers and will be co-delivered by educational psychologists from One Education and a parent-carer from the MPCF team with lived experience of EBSA.
We will cover:
- What are Emotional Barriers to School Attendance?
- Long-term/ entrenched EBSA
- Neurodiversity and EBSA
- Working with schools
- Using the Planning for Change tool
- Elective Home Education (EHE) and EOTAS (Education Otherwise Than At School)
- Signposting and support
Event Notes
Booking is essential.
Agenda / Schedule:
- 11am-12:30pm Workshop + Q&A
- 12:30-1pm Lunch + Networking
About the Trainers:
Abigail is a former teacher and her areas of specialism include Autism and Post-16. As an ed psych, she supports primary & secondary schools and further education colleges across Manchester.
Sarah Ward is an educational psychologist with One Education. Her areas of specialism include EBSA and autism.
Leanne Deveney is a fellow parent-carer, and is the forum’s chairperson and lead for the Neurodiversity in Education project.