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Special Education Needs (SEN) and Mental HealthThe Adolescent Journey Special Education Needs (SEN) and Mental Health On 25th September, British Chamber of Commerce Guangdong successfully organised an education seminar: The Adolescent Journey - Special Education Needs (SEN) and Mental Health at British Center, Guangzhou and welcomed more than 40 educators.
The majority of our attendees are from International schools and education related institutes. Among them, 15 of them are Senior Executives & Management team, while 27 are teachers.
Angelique Amoakoh, Director of Angel Early Years Consultancy and Manager of Stone Eden Angelique first guided us to look at what Disability and Special Educational Need are and how they can be linked. Then an understanding of special educational needs, how to identify it and support a child with an SEN was provided. She argued that early intervention is important and advised educators to act fast. She also illustrated the importance of parent partnership when dealing with a child who has an SEN and introduced methods to put a support plan together using EYFS or British National Curriculum.
Dr.Chambers, Section Chief of Mental Health Services Psychologist Dr. Chambers first introduced brain development and adolescent development, revealing the children's world from a different perspective. With vivid and interesting examples, he showed us some of the typical struggles that teenagers meet and need to cope with. After several interactive questions. he offered detailed guidance and advice on how to deal with helping and supporting teenagers that are facing these issues.  Feedback from Attendees Mr. Dan Falcon from ULINK College Very lovely and straight to the point presentation in regards to the most complex issues of adolescense. As a Guidance Counselor for Chinese High school students...I found Dr. Chambers's presentation to be very practical and useful. Especially, when it comes to mental health cases and severe Child protection cases. Helly Thanks to BritCham GD for organising this lecture. SEN and Mental Health is a great lecture in education industry, tips and advice on how to deal with helping and supporting people that are facing these issues. Thomas A lovely afternoon for some of our teachers who enjoyed a seminar on special education needs and mental health. Thank you to the British Chamber Guangdong for the invite and for organising such a meanful talk. Amy Children don't learn from what you said. Children learn from what you did. 这是今天下午培训中让我印象很深刻的一句话，大家都知道，却知易行难。认真听取孩子的心声，做一个好的榜样很难，可是我们一直在做。不断学习，不断成长。 BritCham GD is innitiating an education workstream to provide more in-depth information and idea-exchanging platform and hold industry-related events for our education sector members. Now we are nominating committees of this workstream. We welcome participation, feedback and event proposals from our members to help make it more engaging and suitable to their needs. Feel free to contact us via events@britchamgd.com or 020 8331 5013 to acquire more information about the education workstream. |
