SEND Service Training

The Buckinghamshire SEND team consists of teams of professionals, including:

• Educational Psychologists
• Specialist Teachers
• Education, Health and Care Coordinators (EHCCOs)
• other specialised professionals 

The vision is to build a better future for all children and young people in Buckinghamshire, so that they realise their full potential, regardless of their starting point. 

The Buckinghamshire SEND Service offers a range of high-quality training. This is designed to equip schools, staff, and families with the knowledge and skills needed to ensure that every child with SEND is fully included, understood, and celebrated. All training is free unless stated otherwise.

Training can be found on the SEND Training page. Please note that the training courses will be added to each term.

Training for educational professionals 

A selection of free pre‑recorded training sessions created to support educational professionals. These resources cover a range of topics and offer practical strategies and interventions.   

These training videos have been created by Buckinghamshire Assistant Educational Psychologists. 

This training will be available later in 2026. 

Bespoke Training Requests

For bespoke training requests, please complete the bespoke training request form

Autism Education Trust (AET) Training

The SEND team is proud to offer the AET training to our settings for free this year.

The AET schools programme offers training and resources to professionals working across all education settings for school-aged pupils aged 5 to 16 years via a network of specialist training hubs across the UK.

Supported by the Department for Education, the programme offers nationally delivered face-to-face or virtual training for professionals working with Autistic children and young people up to the age of 25.

The training uses a range of teaching methods to form an essential part of your continued professional development.

This suite of resources will support leaders or leadership teams to create a culture change across their provision. The resources will support leaders to embed the 8 principles of good autism practice as outlined in the Good Autism Practice Report.

To book whole-school 'Making Sense of Autism' training for your school, please email ehcenquiries@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

National Autistic Society EarlyBird Plus and Teen Life

Support for parents (Autism Specialist Teacher Team)

You can read more about the Autism Education Trust on their website