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This two day paediatric first aid course focuses on emergency scenarios that face those looking after young children and infrants, from the Early Years up to age 11.

As this is an active session that may require a small amount of physical participation, you are advised to wear appropriate clothing and not be hindered in any way.

This course will cover:

• The importance of early life experiences
• What is attachment and how is it relevant to learning?
• Attachment styles
• Attachment behaviours in the classroom
• Becoming an attachment aware practitioner

There will be opportunities for questions, small group activities and case study discussions during the session.

Attendees will be provided with a pack of resources to take away from the training.

Facilitator: Hounslow EP Service - Dr Emilia Misheva

This course will cover:

• Understanding what we mean by grief and loss in their broader sense
• Understanding how children's responses to grief may vary
• How can loss and grief manifest themselves in changes in behaviour
• Different strategies and ways of supporting children and young people
• Navigating difficult conversations

Facilitator: Hounslow EP Service - Dr Emilia Misheva

Do you want to find out more about how you can ensure your classrooms are dyslexia friendly?

This course teaches you how to write a social story using the specific structure advocated by Carol Gray.  Each delegate will have the opportunity to write a social story guided by Lynn McCann.

Lynn McCann is the author of "How to support children with ASC in Primary School" and "How to support students with ASC in Secondary School" published by LDA 2017. She also writes regularly for the TES blog, and has published articles in SENCO Magazine, NASEN Connect and Optimus SEND magazine (Autism and SRE and How to write social stories). She has also completed the National Autistic Society Assessor training.

Learn how to set up shared interest- based activities and teach autistic pupils how to be a social detective to develop confidence in their social interactions.

Lynn McCann is the author of "How to support children with ASC in Primary School" and "How to support students with ASC in Secondary School" published by LDA 2017. She also writes regularly for the TES blog, and has published articles in SENCO Magazine, NASEN Connect and Optimus SEND magazine (Autism and SRE and How to write social stories). She has also completed the National Autistic Society Assessor training.

Do you want to find out more about practical strategies to improve learning motivation and self-esteem for pupils with literacy difficulties?

Please note this is a 2 day course, both days must be attended.

This course provides an overview of what is meant by the terms ‘speech’, ‘language’ and ‘communication’ and how these areas develop in adolescence to enable you to identify students in your setting who may have speech, language and communication difficulties. We will look at what difficulties Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students may face and discuss practical strategies and approach that can support students in these areas.

Ideal For:
Any practitioners working with Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students including: teaching assistants, teachers and SENCOs.
This course is particularly useful for staff that are new to a setting or role supporting students or for those who would like to refresh their knowledge of speech, language and communication skills and relevant supportive strategies.

Please note: This course will be run as an online training session via Microsoft Teams. When you book, you will receive information about how to access the training and how the session will be run.

This two day paediatric first aid course focuses on emergency scenarios that face those looking after young children and infrants, from the Early Years up to age 11.

As this is an active session that may require a small amount of physical participation, you are advised to wear appropriate clothing and not be hindered in any way.

This training is based on the topic of Comic Strip Conversations as devised by Carol Gray.  We explain the value of this strategy and the way in which it is used most effectively.

This course is ideal for teachers and support staff in Early Years/Foundation Stage, mainstream, partnership and specialist inclusive learning centres who support children with communication difficulties especially teachers and support staff who are new to SEN.