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promotional content What’s new? Could you be a specialist foster carer? Do you have experience working with children or young people with special educational needs or disabilities, or complex behavioural or emotional needs? Leicestershire County Council is looking for specialist foster carers with the skills and dedication to offer 1:1 support to a young person in care with complex needs. With a range of specialist foster care roles, generous allowances, ongoing training and 24/7 support, you could make a genuine difference by providing the extra level of care these young people need and deserve. Find out about being a specialist foster carer with Leicestershire County Council: leicestershire.gov.uk/ specialist-foster-care-roles or call 0116 305 05 05. NEW Service for 0-4 year olds My Time to Play helps children with a vision impairment develop through play and provides parents with the opportunity to network, share experiences and pick up skills and knowledge to support their child’s development with confidence. The programme aligns with the stages outlined in the Development Journal for Babies and Young Children with Visual Impairment (DJVI). • Online resources • Online group workshop sessions run by our habilitation specialists • Face to face group sessions launching soon. Find out more at: guidedogs.org.uk/timetoplay or call us on 0800 781 1444 to speak to our specialist team. Foster for Hackney Across London there are a growing number of teenagers coming into care. Hackney are looking for people with an understanding of therapeutic care and managing challenging behaviours to help provide the support these young people need. Hackney will provide a range of training for all the approved foster carers in addition to a great network of support. If you have a spare bedroom in your home and would like to know more, please contact us on 020 8356 4028 or email fostering.recruitment@hackney.gov.uk Communication for people with poor cognition The Memrabel 3 is a multimedia alarm clock, which will display the time like a normal clock, with options for which clock display you prefer. It’s easy to set alarms to go off at certain times and intervals i.e. Daily, Monthly, Weekly, Yearly. When the alarm time is reached, the Memrabel 3 will display high quality multimedia content on its full HD screen. This could be a video, some audio or an image. There is an App which allows you to add your own pictures and videos. Send your recordings to your Memrabel over the internet or by a USB drive. Visit easylinkuk.co.uk and search for MR3. Makaton at your fingertips... 24/7 Makaton is a language programme that combines signs, symbols and speech to empower anyone living with learning or communication difficulties to understand and be understood. Membership gives you 24/7 digital access to all the symbols and signs within the Makaton Core Vocabulary. Plus video tutorials, the support of a vibrant online community, and the ability to download frequently used content for easy offline access. With a choice of individual memberships for teachers, SENCOs, and parents or group memberships for schools and families there’s a membership that’s right for you. Visit: makaton.org/membership to get started today! Could it be language? Identifying children with Developmental Language Disorder Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a subset of SLCN, is the term used to diagnose children when they fail to acquire their own language for no obvious reason. The Moor House Research & Training Institute are excited to share a new video, poster and checklist to help teachers identify children with DLD, plus strategies to help them access the curriculum. Visit moorhouseinstitute.co.uk/dld-training to download and share. The Institute also offers courses designed to help schools and teachers support pupils with DLD. Visit moorhouseinstitute.co.uk/training senmagazine.co.uk SEN113 15