These are a selection of current training courses we can offer. Please contact us if you can not see what you want and we can explore whether we are able to offer a training course to meet your needs.

ADHD Awareness:

ADHD isn’t about a “naughty child” or “ineffective parenting”. Understand the signs and symptoms of this medical condition. Look at strategies to enable them to manage learning and play more effectively.

ASD Awareness:

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a life long condition that can have an impact in a variety of ways. It is important to acknowledge that every child/young person with ASD is an unique individual, however there are similarities in approaches that can be taken to support them. This training course will look at the traditional triad of impairment as well as reflecting the latest research around the some of the difficulties these pupils will face, as well as the more  positive aspects that frequently get overlooked and include strategies for success.

Anti-bullying Support: 

Looks at the different types of identified bullying and ways to create a school environment which promotes equality and mutual respect. This can include working in schools to support policy development, ensuring staff and pupils are aware of processes and procedures in place to support young people.

Circle of Friends:

This is a proven intervention to support young people who are struggling to make friends/maintain behaviours. The training will equip staff with the skills to  run both set up circles and then the weekly check ins. This training for adults can be followed up by our staff coming into model both the set up and weekly meetings.

Comic Strip Conversations/ Incredible Five Point Scales/Social Stories:

All three of these strategies are brilliant for supporting young people to consider, and change their patterns of behaviour with support from a key adult. This training will give staff some time to look at all three of these, and start to explore ways to use them with young people.

Cyber-bullying:

This training will look at some of the experiences of young people, signs and indicators that pupils may be experiencing online bullying, as well as ways that we can support them to move forward.

Developing a  creative curriculum:

Meeting curriculum requirements can mean that learning (and teaching) becomes routine and uninspiring. Rediscover the spark using a range of images, short films, video clips, puppets etc to ignite your and your students’ imaginations.

Positive Behaviour Management:

This course covers setting up routines and rules, rewards and consequences as well as exploring the most effective language to use with young people. This can be tailored to the age range of the children taught.

Restorative Approaches:

An introduction to Restorative Approaches and how to set up this ethos within your setting. Restorative Approaches are about enabling children, young people and adults to think about their actions, feelings and emotions and how they impact others. The aim of the meetings would be to enable two people in conflict to find a route to move forward together.

Supporting play:

Playtimes can be a considerable challenge in school. This training will focus on enabling staff to manage groups of children engaging in outside play, using appropriate language, using non equipment games to support play, de-escalating situations between students.

Supporting writing skills:

From speaking and listening, to reading and writing skills this training course will look at ways of using drama, visual media, books and other stimuli to support children as they develop the range of skills they need to be literate. These can be used with children learning English as an additional language.

Using behaviour logs:

Children’s behaviour can often be linked to other factors such as a lesson, a teacher, a time of day. Using behaviour logs can enable you to identify when things get tricky and what you can do to overcome those difficulties. Follow up session available for staff to share completed logs and devise strategies to move forwards.

Using visual timetables, task boards and frames:

Most of us benefit from timetables and structures to enable us to be successful – whether it’s a diary, a phone or a calendar. A visual timetable is a way of creating structure so that children know what is happening through the day. Task boards and frames can be used to support a child/young person to develop a plan to enable them to work on and complete activities more successfully.

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