Trevor Cotterill is Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities programme at the University of Derby. He has previously published A Guide to the SEND Code of Practice (2024) and Principles and Practices of Working with Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (2019), both with Routledge.

• 1. Policy, legislation and statutory guidance2. Ofsted and the education inspection framework3. Working with others4. Quality First Teaching, the graduated approach and adaptive teaching5. Pedagogy: Evidence-based research and practice6. English, maths and emerging technologies7. Embedding literacy, numeracy and digital skills into the vocational curriculum8. Neurodiversity9. Assessment, planning and facilitating learning: Cognition and learning needs Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) and Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)10. Assessment, planning and facilitating learning: Cognition and learning needs - Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)11. Assessment, planning and facilitating learning: Social, emotional and mental health difficulties12. Assessment, planning and facilitating learning: Social, emotional and mental health difficulties - Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)13. Assessment, planning and facilitating learning: Communication and interaction needs - Autism Spectrum Disorder14. Assessment, planning and facilitating learning: Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)15. Assessment, planning and facilitating learning: Sensory needs16. Assessment, planning and facilitating learning: Physical needs