Creating sensory backpacks for families with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Description

Wednesday 4 June, 10am - 12.30pm

Do you want to create sensory backpacks for families with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), but don’t know where to start?

About this training

In the UK, 11% of children are disabled and in England, 18.4% have special educational needs. Adding non-disabled siblings to these numbers increases this potential audience to a fifth of children in the UK. This simple fact is a powerful advocacy tool to make a business case for SEND inclusion in your museum.

One way to support SEND families during a visit is to create a sensory backpack. These resources don’t cost a lot to create, and they can make a powerful difference to a SEND family’s visit. Their economic impact, promoting a longer dwell time and potentially greater spend in the museum, pays back an initial investment quickly.

In this session, SEND in Museums Consultant Sam Bowen will guide you through how to create a sensory backpack, drawing on her own professional museum learning knowledge and lived experience as a parent of a child with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

During this virtual training event, we will:

· Understand the barriers SEND families face when visiting museums,

· Explore examples of best practice in museums for creating sensory backpacks,

· Share top tips on how to create backpacks that are bespoke for your setting.

Take a look at the full schedule.

This training event will be delivered virtually over two and a half hours (with a short break).

Who should attend?

This training is aimed at staff at museums, art galleries and heritage sites who are interested in making their organisations more welcoming to families with SEND.