Money management is an essential life skill.  Adults with SEND - specifically learning disabilities, cognitive impairments, and autism - are at a significantly higher risk of financial exploitation in the UK. It is estimated that around 70% of adults with a learning disability require help with everyday spending.

This seminar will look at how we can build upon the understanding of simple number and number sense to teach a pathway for money and money management that is relevant for today’s world.

Target audience: SENCO’s / Leaders, Practitioners / Support staff, Parents & Carers, Local Authority Staff

Target Key Stage: KS3, KS4 & KS5 (post-16)

Settings Targeted: School, Alternative provision, FE / Higher education
SEND Focus: Money / maths - All SEND

Related Policy: SEND Code of Practice 2015 - Chapter 8 - Preparing for adulthood from the earliest years:
"It sets out how professionals across education (including early years, schools, colleges and 16-19 academies), health and social care should support children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or disabilities to prepare for adult life, and help them go on to achieve the best outcomes in employment, independent living, health and community participation."

Audience Stage: Level 1-3
Learning outcomes: 

• Understanding how to connect number and number sense to money.
• Ability to see an alternative pathway for the teaching of money / money management.
• Recognise how to make the teaching of money relevant to today's world.
• Identify the language that underpins the understanding of money.