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CENMAC 

Assistive Technology in Education

 

CENMAC are a team of specialists who support children and young people experiencing barriers to learning and/or communication to access the curriculum and/or to communicate using assistive technology.

 

Their Thursday Thirty free live online training and information sessions run throughout the school term 3.30pm to 4.00pm on Thursday afternoons.

To stay up-to-date about assistive technology and SEN provision sign up to the CENMAC newsletter.

How to make a refferal

To refer a child or young person from Southwark to CENMAC you will need to complete a referral:

Form one covers the main areas of the SETT framework: Student, Environment, Tasks and Tools. This is for assistive technology to support learning. 

Form two covers part of the AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) framework. This is for individuals with communication disorders who have difficulty with traditional spoken communication.

Referral criteria

  1. School has used its own resources and expertise to show what has already been tried/strategies put in place and then reviewed (eg Individual Education Plan).

  2. Another professional (SaLT, OT, VI, HI, AST, EP) supports the referral or it is identified as possible provision in the child/young person’s EHCP.

Please refer to Top Tips and Southwark’s guidance to schools

Step 1: Download Referral Form 1 (AT)  or Download Referral Form 2 (AT + AAC)  and save it.

Step 2: Complete all the questions as fully as possible (please DO NOT leave any fields blank). You can use the visuals to support student questions to support conversations with your child/young person in the completion of Part 1. If the child or young person is multilingual, you should also complete the rating scale and questions for multilingual students  

Step 3: Save the completed form.

Step 4: Email the completed form along with the supporting information requested (IEP, OT, SALT, VI, HI and handwriting/drawing sample as applicable) to cenmac@southwark.gov.uk.