COURSES FOR NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023
Training Courses | Dates | Outcomes | Cost |
Understanding & Supporting Children whose Behaviour is Challenging*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as a recording |
Fri 10th November
2023
1:00pm – 4:00pm |
You will gain:
– An understanding of why some children demonstrate behaviour that is challenging. – How to support children with their behaviour challenges – An ability to recognise how behaviour can escalate – Strategies to be able to de-escalate challenging behaviours
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£50
per person 10% reduction for schools booking two or more places |
Understanding and Supporting Sensory Processing Needs in a Mainstream Setting
*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as a recording |
Fri 24th November 2023
1:00pm – 4:00pm
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You will gain:
● Understanding of sensory processing and difficulties that impact on learning ● Knowledge of why some children have sensory needs ● Strategies for addressing the needs of children with sensory processing difficulties in the classroom. ● Knowledge of additional interventions to address sensory needs for individual children |
£50
per person 10% reduction for schools booking two or more places |
Understanding and Supporting Children whose Learning is Affected by Dyspraxia*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as a recording |
Fri 8th December
2023
1pm – 4pm |
You will gain:
· An understanding of what dyspraxia is and how it might affect learners · An ability to recognise learners who have dyspraxia · Strategies to support learners with dyspraxia so they can reach their full potential
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£50
per person 10% reduction for schools booking two or more places |
COURSES FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023
Planning Your Year as SENCo
Delivered over 3 sessions: Thursday 13th, 21st, 28th September, 3:30pm to 5:30pm. £80 per person.
You will gain:
- An understanding of how to write an effective SEN Action Plan for 2023/24
- A clear understanding of the SEN Code of Practice 2015 and your responsibilities as a SENCo including OfSTED expectations.
- An initial understanding of the changes to come following the publication of the SEND & AP Improvement Plan: Right Support. Right Place, Right Time.
- Templates for the Assess, Plan, Do, Review cycle
- Strategies for planning interventions and measuring their impact
- Ideas for effective monitoring of progress
An Introduction to the Role of Teaching Assistant – Primary and Secondary mainstrem.
Delivered over 5 sessions: Monday 11th, 18th, 25th September, 2nd, 9th October, 1:30pm to 3:30pm. £125 per person (multiple booking discount available – please contact for a quote).
You will gain:
- A knowledge of initial strategies for supporting learning in the classroom
- The importance of relationship-building
- An understanding of how to support children with specific learning needs
- An understanding and strategies to support behaviours that challenge in the classroom
- How to run effective small group or 1:1 interventions successfully.
COURSES FOR SPRING TERM 2023
Online Course | Dates | Outcomes | Cost |
*New for 2023*An Introduction to the Role of a Teaching Assistant in Mainstream Schools(This is a four-part course)This course can be accessed via the live zoom sessions on the dates or as recordings(or a mixture of both) |
Fri 13th January 2023 Fri 20th January 2023
Fri 27th January 2023
Fri 3rd February 2023
1.30pm – 3.30pm
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You will gain:
· A knowledge of initial strategies for supporting learning in the classroom · The importance of relationship-building · An understanding of how to support children with specific learning needs · An understanding and strategies to support behaviours that challenge in the classroom · How to run effective small group or 1:1 interventions successfully. |
£100 per Person
10% reduction for schools booking two places. For more than two places contact us for to negotiate further discount. |
*New for 2023*Administrating and Organising Access Arrangements Testing for GCSEs
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Wed 1st February 2023
3:30pm – 5:00pm |
You will gain:
· A clear understanding of how to identify students that require Access Arrangements · Knowledge of how to gather evidence of ‘normal way of working.’ · Knowledge of JCQ requirements regarding access arrangements testing and requests · An understanding of communicating with parents
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£25 per Person . |
Understanding and Supporting Learners with Autism.
*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as a recording |
Thurs 2nd March 2023
12:30pm – 4:30pm |
You will gain:
Ø A greater understanding of Autism as a spectrum of conditions. Ø Increased awareness of the behaviours and their causes, associated with Autism, (including PDA) Ø Knowledge of how Autism often presents differently in girls Ø Strategies for addressing and supporting the needs, and harnessing the strengths of learners with Autism Spectrum Conditions in the classroom.
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£60 per person 10% reduction for schools booking two or more places |
Meeting SEND Statutory Requirements and Preparing for OfSTED(2-part course)Please note: if you have completed the Planning Your Year as SENCo training with us, the content of this course is very similar*This course can be accessed via the live zoom sessions on the dates or as recordings(or a mixture of both) |
Thurs 16th March 2023
and
Thurs 23rd March 2023
3:15pm – 5:15pm
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You will gain:
● A clear understanding of the SEN Code of Practice ● An understanding of how to meet the SEND requirements of the new Education Inspection Framework. ● Knowledge of national data and how to analyse your setting data and information to inform provision ● An Action Plan to ensure Ofsted readiness
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£60 total per person 10% reduction for schools booking two or more places |
*New for 2023*Developing the Use of ICT & Other Technology for Children with Learning Differences*This course can be accessed via the live zoom session on the date or as a recording |
Fri 28th April 2023
1:00pm – 4:00pm |
You will gain:
· Knowledge of the use of Accessibility Tools · An understanding of the effective use of alternative recording methods · An understanding of how to develop a whole-school approach to using ICT to support learning differences.
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£45 per person 10% reduction for schools booking two or more places |
Courses can be booked by phone or by email. Contact details available on Contact Page