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BMABA Martial Arts SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) Award
A first of its kind award in Martial Arts that ensures every BMABA club can professional place SEN (Special Educational Needs) and Inclusion at the heart of their training.
What's This Course About?
Our BMABA SENCO award is a first of its kind award for martial arts that aims to ensure a SEN (Special Educational Needs) trained lead is in the heart of every BMABA club across the UK.
The award includes specialist training on Disability Inclusion in Martial Arts, Comprehensive Oversight to Types of Disabilities and Their Impact on Inclusion, Adaptive Martial Arts Training & Coaching and Promoting Inclusivity including Management of a Club’s SEN Register and managing Individual Learning Plans (ILPs).
Course Content
This award can be accessed online. Each lesson or module typically contains specialist text-based content and can also include videography, imagery or other exclusive content.
This course is inclusive within membership for;
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Gold Instructors
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Silver Instructors
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Bronze
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Assistant Instructors
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Volunteers
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1
Introduction to BMABA SENCO Training
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2
Understanding Disabilities
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3
The Importance of Inclusion In Martial Arts
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4
Physical Disabilities
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5
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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6
Sensory Disabilities
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7
Chronic Illnesses
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Mental Health Conditions
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Assessing and Individualising Training
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10
Teaching Techniques and Communication
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11
Modifying Exercises and Techniques
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12
Adapting Syllabus & Gradings
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13
Creating an Inclusive Dojo Culture
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14
Creating Proper Club Level Policies & Website Visibility
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15
Collaborating with Parents and Caregivers
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16
Confirming The SENCO Boundaries & Process Flow
A Clean, Modern Classroom You Can Access 24/7, When Your Schedule Allows
Our courses are accessible 24/7 via our MyBMABA website or app, so you can login and do what you can, when you can. Your progress is saved, and on completion you’ll be able to instantly access verified certification.
Upskill You & Your Team With Industry Leading Qualifications & Courses
From essentials like coaching qualifications, safeguarding and first aid through to specialist such as SENCO and Trauma informed, through to club management, finance and marketing. Access a growing library of expertly written, award-winning content.
100% Online. 100% At Your Ready.
Long before it ever became acceptable to complete online training (namely during COVID!) we were pioneering making courses and qualifications as accessible to all via our exclusive MyBMABA. Take all of our courses and qualifications with you, and complete them – even on the commute, if needs be.
Dozens of Specialists Courses. One Low Membership Price.
We don't make our instructors spend a small fortune on a fluffed up course to raise revenue. Instead we invest in expert courses created by some of the best minds in martial arts, and we make them accessible to instructors, assistants and volunteers inclusive with memberships wherever possible.
Completed Courses
Questions & Answers
About Our Courses & Qualifications
All Silver and Gold members receive completely free access to all current and future courses. If you’re a Bronze member, we’ll provide free access to our SENCO, Induction, Level 1 and Level 1 instructor qualifications. We also make a range of qualifications inclusive in assistant and volunteer memberships.
The ambition is to make content and qualifications available at no extra cost. If you opt for our only membership not to include all courses as standard (Bronze) you can access any course on a pay as you go basis for the low fee of typically £9.99.
All of our courses and delivered 100% online. Many include several hours of videography – be it webinars or video lessons, and all also include comprehensive text. There’s no requirement to travel anywhere to conduct courses.
Our ever-growing catalogue of qualifications covers everything from Instructor Qualification to SEN, First aid to Safeguarding, Club Management to Web Design and so much more.
We often work with specialist partners to gain topic-specific knowledge. This could be leading charities or other companies.
The rest of our content is produced in house our team of industry experts. From our dedicated safeguarding team to our own industry insurance experts – we’ll share as much specialist insight as we can with our clubs.
It depends what you mean by recognised. BMABA is a household name in martial arts, and our courses are served not just through BMABA memberships but also via exclusive partner relationships with NGBs given the level of engagement and quality content. We then have other courses recognised by specialist in-sector charities or bodies, and our Club Colours award is recognised by Sport England’s Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts (SCiMA).
We also work to structure courses for CPD approval, have all core qualifications approved by our insurer and to date aren’t aware of any external provider turning down our awards.
We’ve even had our Safer Recruitment Training accepted by OFSTED inspectors!
Led By Industry GIANTS
We regularly bring in experts like our own CEO & Founder, Giovanni (Men’s Health Coach of the Year and Multi-Award Winning Social Entrepreneur) as just one example among many as to how we build qualifications and trainings founded upon credible, industry-leading insights and expertise.
