Training

We provide training to various organisations including schools and respite centres. We can deliver to all staff or groups.

We also offer training for parents and carers to empower them to know their rights and understand the SEND systems.

Courses for anyone

Supporting Children with SEND

  • The importance of using visual communication
  • Promoting resilience
  • Tips for low level behaviour
  • Emotion coaching to support Social Emotional and Mental Health needs
  • Supporting mental health and well-being

SEND Specific

  • Brain injuries
  • Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD)
  • Down’s Syndrome
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder/Condition (ASD/C)
  • Attachment and trauma

Courses for Schools

Whole School

  • Implications of the national SEND system for your school
  • Strategic development of SEND provision and practice
  • Developing a framework for improving outcomes for pupils with SEND
  • Promoting inclusion as a school-wide ethos
  • Quality First Teaching
  • The importance of early identification of SEND
  • The graduated approach to SEND provision

Senior Leaders including SENCos

  • The role of the SENCo / Inclusion Coordinator
  • Supporting SENCos new in post
  • Provision planning
  • How to monitor and evaluate the impact of SEND provision in your school
  • Supporting staff well-being – a whole school approach

SENCos

  • Securing funding for children with significant needs
  • Deploying teaching assistants effectively
  • Writing EHCP requests
  • Working effectively with parents and carers

Teachers & ECTs

  • Meeting the needs of pupils with SEND in your classroom
  • SEND for Early Career Teachers
  • Provision planning
  • How to monitor and evaluate the impact of SEND provision in your classroom

Governors & Trustees

  • Preparing governors to meet their responsibilities towards SEND
  • The role of the SENCo / Inclusion Coordinator

Courses for Parents and Carers

SEND Processes

  • The Assess Plan Do Review cycle
  • The EHCP process
  • Getting the best out of Annual Reviews

Supporting Your Child

  • Low Arousal approach
  • School-based anxiety and school refusal
  • Mental health and well-being

Bespoke training is available on request!

If you’d like to combine packages or would like other options, our consultants would be pleased to discuss this further with you.