Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
Joining Forces for Safer, Inclusive Educational Visits for Autistic Young People
The session, “Safer Educational Visits for Autistic Children”, brought together expertise from Andrew Hall and Evolve advice, Outdoor Education Advisor, Mick Bradshaw, Education Safeguarding Manager, Hayley Cameron, along with Advisory Teacher for Autism, Alex Silk. By combining safeguarding knowledge, specialist teacher knowledge and training videos that contained lived experience of being autistic, together we were […]Read more on Joining Forces for Safer, Inclusive Educational Visits for Autistic Young People
26/03/2026 – Post Diagnosis Autism Workshop for Parents and Carers
Thu 26 March, 2026, 9:30am - 11:30am
Cognus, First Floor, Cantium House, Railway Approach, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 0DZ
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Autism Support Surgeries For Sutton Families
Get advice, strategies, & support in a 20-minute Teams call📧 Email to book: theautismservice@cognus.org.ukInclude:✅Your name✅Child’s name✅Child’s school✅Details of the support requiredParent sessions: Monthly Dates: Mon 26th Jan 9am – 12pmFri 13th Feb 9.30am – 12.30pmTues 10th March 9:30am – 12:30pmWeds 22nd April 1pm – 4pmFri 15th May 1pm – 4pmWeds 17th June 9.30am – 12.30pmFri […]
Email to book: theautismservice@cognus.org.uk
Include:
✅Your name
✅Child's name
✅Child’s school
✅Details of the support required
Autism Support Surgeries for Sutton Professionals
Get advice, strategies, & support in a 20-minute Teams call, professional sessions are held half-termly.📧 Email to book: theautismservice@cognus.org.ukInclude:✅Your name✅Child’s name✅Child’s school✅Details of the support required Dates: Weds Jan 28th 2.30-5.30 pmFri 27th February 2.00pm – 4.30pmWeds 18th March 9.30am – 12.30pmThurs 14th May 9.30am -12.30pmFri 24th July 8.30am – 11.30amFri 4th September 9.30am -12.30pm […]
📧 Email to book: theautismservice@cognus.org.uk
Include:
✅Your name
✅Child's name
✅Child’s school
✅Details of the support required
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Safeguarding in the Early Years
Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility. This page brings together key national guidance, local procedures, and support for Early Years providers in Sutton. Cognus Education Safeguarding Team The Education Safeguarding Team at Cognus supports Early Years settings with advice, training, audits, and policy development. The link below will allow you to access links to Cognus […]Post 16 Therapies Team continues to champion Preparation for Adulthood (PfA) in the local area and to ‘infinity and beyond’
The Academic Year 2024-25 was indeed a busy one for Cognus Post 16 Therapies. Not only did the joint therapies assessment clinic enter its fourth year, reaching a whopping 30 young people in the local and surrounding area, but Emma Perridge (Occupational Therapist, Post 16 OT Lead) and Ashlea Stephens (Speech and Language Therapist, Post […]The Autism Leads in Schools training 2025 is in full swing!
Really enjoying working with our Sutton Autism Leads in person this year. One school shared the impact of the last session for a student who was dysregulated. He was being offered activities which he found too alerting which were then making him struggle even more. The session allowed this Autism Lead to unpick this and go […]Read more on The Autism Leads in Schools training 2025 is in full swing!
Joining Forces for Safer, Inclusive Educational Visits for Autistic Young People
The session, “Safer Educational Visits for Autistic Children”, brought together expertise from Outdoor Education Advisor, Mick Bradshaw, Education Safeguarding Manager, Hayley Cameron, along with Advisory Teacher for Autism, Alex Silk. By combining safeguarding knowledge, specialist teacher knowledge and training videos from Andrew Hall (independent Safeguarding consultant), that contained his lived experience of being autistic, together we were able […]Read more on Joining Forces for Safer, Inclusive Educational Visits for Autistic Young People