SEND Local Offer - Advisory Teachers for Cognition and Learning

Advisory Teachers for Cognition and Learning

Swindon Borough Council
Euclid Street
Swindon
SN1 2JH

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The ACTL offer a traded service to schools/educational settings.

An Advisory Teacher for Cognition and Learning (ACTL) works with children and young people aged 4 to 18 who are having difficulties with their thinking (cognition) and learning. These children and young people may have Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND).

ATCLs work in a variety of ways:

• They observe and work with children and young people at their school
• They meet with school staff and parents to talk about how to help
• They deliver training to school staff and other professionals in the local authority

ATCLs use their teaching experience and expertise to provide advice to school staff. They help them to develop the tools and knowledge that they need to improve children and young people’s reading, writing, spelling and maths skills. This includes helping them to plan support so that children and young people make good progress. They may also focus on memory and study skills.

They share proven methods to help school staff to improve teaching and learning.

Their aim is to empower school staff to put in place the right support at the right time.

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