Bob Law

Background

About Bob Law

Chair of SEBDA Trust -Bob Law I was delighted and honoured to be elected the new ‘Chair of SEBDA’ and hope to continue the fantastic work achieved by David Colley of his last three years. There’s much to be done in this very challenging political climate. I see the role of the SEBDA chair as that of a strategic team leader, someone that first and foremost ensures a high standard of service to members and beyond. This will include a wider circulation of the EBD journal, raising awareness and expanding the Oxford Brookes University/SEBDA Distance Learning Course, increasing publications and developing the National Conference to reach a wider audience. The association has the capacity to be informing national policy. It will be relentlessly seeking addition ways in which to support staff working with SEMH C & YP. I have worked for SEBDA in excess of thirty years and I'm passionate about the charity as a unique resilient ‘Association’, it has at times been the only voice supporting the staff working with SEMH children. My background is predominantly from education although in that capacity I have valued the network relationships shared with colleagues in the health service, social services, psychology services, therapy services, and residential settings. I have extensive experience in working with Pupil Referral Units, Outreach Services and more recently Special Schools. In 2017 I was appointed a National Leader in Education (NLE) for the work carried out within my SEMH Special School (19 years Headteacher) and working with other Special Schools in Kent to develop our Teaching School status.