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SEND Training

Programme for all schools staff, allied health and education

professionals and families

September 2014 – July 2015

Westminster Special Schools Training & Outreach Service provides high quality training for teachers, support staff,

other professionals and families towards meeting the needs of pupils with SEND.

Westminster Special Schools Training & Outreach Service, Access & Inclusion Centre

QE2 Jubilee School, Kennet Road, W9 3LG www.qe2cp.westminster.sch.uk

http://www.qe2cp.westminster.sch.uk

Access & Inclusion Centre

Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee School

Kennet Road

London W9 3LG

020 7641 5825

[email protected]

Westminster Access & Inclusion Centre September 2014-July 2015

The Access & Inclusion Centre, based at Queen

Elizabeth II Jubilee School, is a provider of special-

ist training for Westminster, Hammersmith &

Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea school com-

munities; other London Boroughs; and through-

out the UK.

We offer training to school staff and allied educa-

tion and health professionals. A number of our

courses are also offered to parents, families and

carers of children with special educational needs.

All training provided by the Westminster Outreach

Team can also be delivered as bespoke training,

targeting the needs of individual schools or services

The Access & Inclusion Centre specialises in supporting

staff in mainstream schools and services who work with chil-

dren with special educational needs.

All of our courses are held in our purpose-built training

room and are excellent quality and value for money, as evi-

denced by delegate evaluation forms.* All training courses

are delivered by highly qualified national/international

speakers or members of our specialist outreach staff.

We are situated in the City of Westminster in central Lon-

don and easily accessible by public transport.

* 99%of our courses are evaluated as very good or excellent

The insight and impact this will bring to the child I work with. I will be taking on everything ...I can only suggest that I be informed of future training..” Vision Impair-ment in Children, Maurice Sparrow “ Really fantastic training session! Really great for staff to see examples of visuals. Lots of really practical ideas about how to implement strategies systematically!” Us-ing Visuals to Support Learning and Behaviour, Carolyn Gelenter and Laura McClelland “Glad I attended. It made me stop and give time to think-ing about the child and how I can support him in a more focused way”. Supporting Children with a Hearing Loss Emily Corn-ford and Cori Josias

Westminster Access and Inclusion Centre reserve the right to change the dates or cancel courses due to unfore-seen circumstances. Contact: [email protected] To book a place on any of our courses, please complete the booking form on our website: www.qe2cp.westminster.school.uk – training and out-reach. We try to be responsive to the needs of schools and ser-vices, so please look out for additional courses on our web-site throughout the year! www.qe2cp.westminster.school.uk

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The Team

Aileen Thomas – Training and Outreach Manager

[email protected] – 07538 639 094

Lyndsey Rao – Specialist Advisory Teacher for Autism


Laura McClelland - Specialist Advisory Teacher for Autism


Emily Cornford – Specialist Advisory Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing

[email protected] 07944 239 813

Cori Josias – Specialist Advisory Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing

[email protected] - 07960 727488

Julie Beetge – Occupational Therapist

[email protected] - 07944 452 653

Carolyn Gelenter – Language and Communication Needs


Maurice Sparrow – Specialist Advisory Teacher for Visual Impairment


Carla Pereira Administration Officer for Training & Outreach – to book a course:

[email protected] or [email protected] – 020 7641 5825

Westminster Special Schools Training and Outreach is a non-profit service.. We endeavour to keep costs as low as possible while maintaining high-quality outreach and training. All members of the training team are experts in their field and undertake their own continuing professional development to ensure they are always up-to-date with the latest research in education and special educational needs. One day bespoke training for your setting £440 Includes preparation delivery and travel in London zones 1 to 6. Half a day bespoke training for your setting £280 Includes preparation, deliv-ery and travel in London zones 1 to 6. Two twilight sessions £280 Includes preparation, delivery and travel in Lon-don zones 1 to 6 One twilight session £180 Includes preparation, delivery and travel in London zones 1 to 6. Material for handouts etc. will be provided electronically prior to training. It is up to the school or setting if they then wish to provide hard copies for trainees on the day of the training. The Access and Inclusion Training Centre is also available for hire. This purpose-built training facility can be hired as one or two rooms. Each room is equipped with a flip chart, PC, overhead projector, sound system and internet access. Rooms 1&2 together £250 per day or £150 for half a day

Seating 60 Theatre style – very comfortably Cabaret style, 10 tables each seating 6

Individual Rooms £150 per day or £100 for half a day

Seating 30 Theatre style – very comfortably Cabaret style, 5 tables each seating 6

These charges include tea, coffee and biscuits. A buffet-style sandwich lunch can be ordered at the time of booking at a cost of £78per head.









Course Overview Please look on the website during the year

For additional courses

www.qe2cp.westminster.sch.uk

Designated Leads presented by Belinda Riley

17th Sept. 2014,

Level 1 and 2 Safe-guarding, presented by Belinda Riley 15th Jan. 2015, 9.30-15.30

Level 1 Safeguarding incorporating Protec-tive Behaviours pre-sented by Belinda Riley and Carolyn Gelenter. 10th Mar. 2015, 9.30-15.30

iPads in an Inclusive Classroom presented by Isabella Leighio

3d Nov. 2014, 9.30-12.30

TEACCH 3 Day Training– presented by Gary Mesibov

22nd-24th Sept. 2014

Structuring the EY setting to support children with ASD 30th Sept. 2014 9.30-15.30

Robyn Steward: Safety for everyone on the spectrum 5th Nov. 2014, 9.30-13.00

Autism and the Early Years- 3 parts 7th Nov. 2014, 22nd Jan. 2015, 9.30-12.30 16th Mar 2015, 9.30-15.30

E-Safety presented by Isabella Leighio

3rd Nov. 2014, 13.30-

15.30

ASD

And Social Com-

munication

Curriculum &

SEN

Assessing Pupils’ Pro-

gress using PIVATS

23rd October, 13.30-15.30

National Curriculum Update 27th Nov. 2014, 9.30-15.30

Very Special Maths presented by Les Staves 25th February 2015, 9.30-16.00

Grammar for Writing, presented by Debra Myhill 24th Mar. 2015, 9.30-16.00

Safeguarding

PECS 23rd & 24th Mar, 9.30- 16.00

Active learning: En-gaging children in the curriculum through games & activities 17th Apr. 2015, 9.30-15.30

SCERTS presented by Emily Rubin 27th – 29th April 2015, 930-16.00

Head Held High-Building self- esteem , transforming behavior Presented by Tash Alexander 29th Sept. 2014, 10-15.00

Mental

Health

MIND- Mental health Support Skills for Adolescents 7th October 2014 9.30-16.00

Teaching sex & relation-ships and drug & alco-hol education with confi-dence in Primary schools Presented by Jo McKenzie 1th Nov. 2014, 9.30-16.00

Teaching sex & relation-ships and drug & alcohol education with confidence in secondary schools Pre-sented by Jo McKenzie 14th Jan. 2015, 9.30-16.00

Mental Health Work-shop-Assessment Frame-work presented by Barry Carpenter 27th Jan. 2015, 9.30-16.00

Teenage Brain pre-sented by Prof. Amanda Kirby

5th March 2015,

Mindfulness presented by Chris Cullen, Mindfulness in Schools Project

13th Mar. 2015, 9.30-16.00

Challenging Behavior Presented by Dave Hewitt 11th Mar. 2015, 9.30-16.00

Mental

Health

Attachment, Trauma and Resilience– Pre-sented by Kate Cairns 25th Nov. 2014, 9.30-16.00

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Specific

Needs

Dyspraxia– Presented by Cathy Parvin

20th Jan. 2015, 9.30-

15.30

Young Epilepsy Asso-ciation Training

21st April 2015,

9.30-16.00

Brain Architecture and Tuning into 2 yr olds Presented by Julie Ann Revels 5th March 2015, 9.30-15.30

Clicker 6 & Clicker Apps – An introduction Presented by Jordan Butel 17th October 2014, 9.30-12.00

Down’s Syndrome Association Training 10th June 2015, 9.30-16.00

Makaton Makaton Foundation Workshop 13th & 14th Oct. 2014, 9-16.00

Makaton Foundation Workshop 18th & 19th Mar. 2015, 9.30-16.00

Makaton Foundation Workshop 17th & 18th June, 9-16.00

Makaton Parent/Carer Workshop 3rd, 10th & 24th Feb. &3rd Mar. 2015 9.30-13.00

Makaton Parent/carer follow up workshop 2nd , 9th, 16th & 23rd June 2015, TBC

Makaton Update Drop-in Sessions 21st Oct. 2014 13th Jan. 2015 12th May 2015, 10.30-12.30

Makaton Enhance-ment Workshop 29th & 30th June, & 1st July 2015, 9.30-16.00

Makaton for Safe-guarding TBC

Sensory Impair-

ment

Introduction to Audiology 16th Oct. 2014, 9.30-12.30

Supporting children with hearing loss 11th Dec. 2014, 9.30-12.30

Language develop-ment of children with Hearing loss 3rd Mar. 2015, 9.30-12.30

Emergent Literacy- HI 14th May 2015, 9.30-12.30

Developing the use of iPads with Visual Im-paired children Mathew Carr, Blindability 20th November 2014, 9.30-12.30

SLCN Communication & Interaction: Using visuals to create com-munication friendly environment 2nd Oct 2014, 9.30-15.30

Communication & Interaction: Using visuals to create a communication friendly toolkit 9th Oct 2014, 9.30-15.30

Communication & Interaction: Taking vocabulary and making it work th Nov. 2014, 9.30-16.00

Communication & Interaction: If they can’t say it they can’t write it 13th Nov. 2014, 9.30-15.30

Communication & Interaction: Devel-oping questioning skills for teachers 4th Dec. 2014, 9.30-15.30

Communication & Interaction: Develop-ing questioning skills for support staff 8th Jan. 2015, 9.30-15.30

Assesing and Teaching Social Skills Presented by Alex Kelly 28th & 29th Jan. 2015 9.30-16.00

Planning for Chil-dren with SEN & SLCN 5th Mar. 2015, 9.30-15.30

Communication & Interaction: If they can’t say it they can’t write it 12th Mar. 2015, 9.30-15.30

Communication & In-teraction: Practical strategies for developing oracy and literacy 23rd Apr. 2015, 9.30-15.30

Planning for chil-dren with SEN & SLCN 7th May 2015, 9.30-15.30

Communication & Interaction: Devel-oping problem solv-ing skills for chil-dren 14th May 2015, 9.30-15.30

Communication & Interaction: Helping children to solve problems 21st May 2015, 9.30-15.30

Word Aware– Pre-sented by Anna Branagan and Stephen Parsons 23rd Jan 2015, 9.30-16.00

Word Aware-Presented by Anna Branagan and Stephen Parsons 5th June 2015, 9.30-16.00

Working with Chil-dren with Specific Language Impair-ment

SLCN

TEACCH 3 Day Training Presented by Professor Gary Masibov

The primary aim of the TEACCH program is to prepare Autistic people to live or work more effectively at home, at school and in the community. Improved adaptation through the two strategies of im-proving skills by means of education and of modifying the environment to accommodate deficits. Parent collaboration: parents work with professionals as co-therapists for their children so that techniques can be continued at home. Structured teaching: it has been found that children with autism benefit more from a structured educational envi-ronment than from free approaches. Dates: 22nd-24th September 2014, 9:00-16:00 Cost: £450 for all participants including lunch and re-freshments Target Audience: Teachers, parents, learning support staff, SENCO’s, social workers, all professionals working with pupils with Au-tism.

Gary is a distinguished Psychologist and Pro-fessor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina where he spent 35 years on the fac-ulty, the last 19 of which as Director of Divi-sion TEACCH- Treatment and Education of Autism and related Communication Handi-capped Children. Gary Mesibov developed the training module used internationally for organizing classroom programs for students with ASD. He also led the development of a comprehensive assessment tool for adoles-cents and adults in relation to independent living and employment. As well as teaching at the University he was Editor of the major international journal in the field of Autism, The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Professor Masibov continues to lecture, train, teach and mentor worldwide.

Autumn Term: September – December 2015

Training for Designated Leads for Safeguarding

Presented by Belinda Riley

This course will focus on: Comprehensive understanding of the Designated Lead Professional. Understanding of the key legislation and guidance . Supporting schools to be compliant with Ofsted requirements around child protection. Make decisions on the steps the school needs to take to ensure the safety and welfare of young people and children. Understanding of data protection. Making appropriate decisions. Thorough understanding of referral process. Dates: 17th September 2014, 9:30 – 15:30 Cost: £100 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refresh-ments. Target Audience: Newly appointed Designated Lead Professionals within an educational setting and a refresher for experienced Desig-nated Lead Professionals whose training has not lapsed more than 3 years.

“ The support to put theory into practice, all of the strategies were relevant, understanding the need for visuals. Thank you, excellent” Developing communication for pu-pils with ASD Lyndsey Rao and Jennifer Warwick

Heads Held High

New for this year!

Presented by : Tash Alexander founder of Heads Held High, This workshop will focus on: Through interactive and highly motivational work-shops, Tash focuses on areas such as building self esteem, transforming negative attitudes and behav-iour through to helping people discover their unique selling point and passions and interests. The one day course will be a highly motivational and interactive workshop focusing on tools that enable the staff to connect, inspire and motivate their dele-gates. The areas that we will cover will be assertive/non aggressive communication, the power of role play in order to create change, giving a personal touch, engaging the disengaged, thinking out of the box and how to encourage the young delegates to take responsibility of their lives and believe they can create the lives they truly want. The staff will leave with a detailed hand out as well as hopefully feeling motivated and positive. Dates: 29th September 2014, 10.00-15.00 Cost: £75 including buffet lunch and refreshments Target Audience: Children’s services and school staff and teachers working with children and young people.

Tash Alexander, founder of Head Held High is a motivational coach, actress and comedian who has been

working with individuals over the last 6 years encouraging them to become

the best versions of themselves. Her message is to encourage individu-als to not be held back by their past or environment and to take positive ac-tion come what may with their head

held high.


Structuring the EY setting to support learn-ing and positive behavior for children with ASD Presented by Jennifer Warwick This is the third part of a 3 day training on ASD in the EYFS. Dates: 30th September 2014, 9:00-15:30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools.

Target Audience: This course is for nursery practitioners who have at-tended the previous two half day courses.


Communication and Interaction: Using visuals to create a communication friendly environment Presented by Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs

This workshop will focus on: This course is the first days training in a series of courses focus-ing on communication and interaction, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

The use of non-verbal cues to support children’s listening and

speaking. A range of visual supports and resources that can be used with

whole classes, small groups and individuals. Lots of general strategies to support listening and speaking in

the classroom. Date: 2nd October 2014, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensing-ton & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools., or £250 for all 6 days. Target Audience: Suitable for early years, primary and secondary teachers only Not suitable for support staff

MIND : Mental Health and Adolescents Presented by Bernadette Lynch

New for this Year! This workshop will focus on: Mental Health: Support Skills What are the challenges of adolescence: physical, emotional and mental developments, identity, independence, rites of pas-sage, peer pressure, fitting in, achievement, sexuality. · Common mental health problems in adolescents: anxiety, de-pression, psychosis and schizophrenia, addictive behaviour, self-harming behaviours, and suicide. · Focus on self-harm · Focus on eating disorders · Current treatments and professional responses to adolescents in mental and emotional distress. · Tools for engaging with and supporting adolescents with these difficulties: establishing supportive rapport; listening; boundaries; profes-sional duties of car; signposting; supporting referrals; estab-lishing an appropriate institutional culture.

Dates: 7th October 2014, 9.30- 16.00 Cost: £100 for all participants including buffet lunch and refresh-ments Target Audience: Staff who work with children and young people struggling with mental and emotional distress.

Statistics and recent research show that there is increasing incidence and huge concern about a variety of emotional, behavioural and mental health problems experienced by our children and adolescents. Responding appro-priately requires skill and understanding of the challenges of adolescence and the mental health needs of young people during this pe-riod of their lives. This course is aimed at staff who work with young people struggling with their mental health in any relevant con-text: schools, colleges, local authority care, clinical and residential settings, who would like to improve their knowledge and skills in the area of mental health in young people and be able offer effective support to adolescents in mental and emotional distress.


Communication and Interaction: Using visuals to create a communication friendly toolkit Presented by Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs

This workshop will focus on: This course is the first days training in a series of courses focusing on communication and interaction for support staff, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

The use of non-verbal cues to support children’s listening and speaking. A range of visual supports and resources that can used with whole classes. small groups and individuals. Lots of general strategies to support listening an speaking

in the classroom. Dates: 9th October 2014, 9.30 – 4:00 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Ken-sington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools., or £150 for all 4 days. Target Audience: Suitable for early years, primary and secondary support staff Not suitable for teachers.

Makaton Foundation Workshop Presented by Sarah Childs and Evi Typadi

This workshop will focus on: The history design and structure of the ‘Makaton’ core and resource vocabulary. Using the signs and symbols from stages 1, 2, 3, 4 and addi-tional vocabulary. Having knowledge of the different approaches available to develop the communication skills of a range of ‘Makaton’ users.

Dates: 13th & 14th October 2014, 9.30-16.00

This is the first of a course that will be repeated in March and June 2015.

Cost: £120 including ‘Makaton’ manual , buffet lunch and re-freshments.

Target Audience: This course is recommended for people needing to learn and use Makaton to support children with speech, lan-guage and communication needs within an educational context. It will be relevant for those working in a main-stream or special school provisions.

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Special Interest Group (SIG) – Research in Education Facilitated by Carolyn Gelenter

This group, which has been going for a year, will

meet three times in the academic year from Sep-

tember 2014 till July 2015.

This group is for people undertaking or inter-

ested in undertaking action or other research in

educational institutions and settings.

Dates:

15th October 2014, 3.30 – 5.30

26th November, 3.30-5.30

4th March, 3.30-5.30

Cost: Free

Introduction to Audiology Presented by Dr Mohamed Hariri, Anna-Retha Rafferty, Dr Sarah Bower This workshop will focus on: Introduce some basic areas of Audiology. Understand how a child is diagnosed as Hearing Impaired. Understand the support that is offered by Paediat-ric Audiology Services and Teachers of the Deaf. Give practical suggestions as to how to manage a child’s hearing loss within an educational setting. Dates: 16th October 2014, 9.30-12.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £30 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Acad-emies and Free Schools. Target Audience: This course is suitable for anyone working with children who have a hearing loss in a mainstream setting

Clicker 6 and Clicker Apps - An Introduction Presented by Jordan Butel

New for this Year! This course will give the delegate an introductory look into the much loved literacy software Clicker 6 and also the Clicker Apps for iPad. The session will involve learning to customise and differentiate the programme so it can be used for pupils of all ages and abilities. During this training session you will learn how to use the intuitive Clicker 6 Wiz-ards to create differentiated learning resources on any curriculum subject. We will then take a look at our fantastic range of Clicker Apps. Combining Clicker 6 with the apps will enable you to support literacy across the school anywhere, anytime. Each app focuses on one key aspect of Clicker 6 and has a child-friendly, designed-for-touch interface per-fectly suited to learners across the primary age range. Date: 17th October 2014, 9.30 - 12.00 Cost: £30 for all participants including refreshments Target Audience: Primary and secondary teachers working with children and young people with SEN


Assessing Pupils with SEN using PIVATS Presented by Aileen Thomas

This workshop will focus on: Enabling SENCOs, teachers and support staff to confi-dently use P-Levels and PIVATS to assess pupils with SEND in speaking & listening, reading, writing, maths, science and ICT. PIVATS also supports the assessment of pupils’ personal and social development.

Date: 23rd October 2013, 1:30-16:30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £30 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools. Target Audience: Primary and secondary teachers. Support staff attending this training must be accompa-nied by a member of teaching staff

Makaton Update Drop-In Sessions Presented by Elizabeth Lowton

New for this Year! This workshop will focus on: Supporting parents and staff who have been on the Makaton Workshops and who want to refresh their Makaton signs.

Dates: 21st October 2014, 13th January & 12th May 10.30-12.30 Cost: Free

Target Audience: This workshop is open to all parents and professional staff who have attended the Makaton Foundation Workshop.

Is your school Ofsted ready? The provision for and progress of pupils with SEND is a key element in any Ofsted inspec-tion. Outstanding schools have outstanding progress for their pupils with SEND. Aileen Thomas, an Ofsted Inspector who in-spects mainstream schools as well as special schools and special needs units, can carry out a supportive review with members of SLT and further support as necessary.


iPads in an Inclusive Classroom Presented by Isabella Lieghio This workshop will focus on: How to set up your iPads, advanced features and apps. It will explore a range of ways to use iPads to support learning and provide you with practi-cal ideas. Participants will be able to: •Understand the potential of iPads for children with special educational needs. •Understand the basics of setting up and run-ning iPads. •Understand the wide range of apps, and in-crease your confidence in using them. •Develop practical methods for bringing your new learning back into the classroom.

Dates: 3rd November 2014, 9.30-12.30

Cost: £100 for all participants including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: SENCos, teachers & support staff. All participants are required to bring an iPad to the training session

E Safety Presented by Isabella Lieghio This workshop will focus on: Outline key features of outstanding practice with regard to e-safety and safeguarding . Develop an understanding of how safeguarding is evaluated through an Ofsted inspection. Provide key links, resources and training oppor-tunities . Learning Outcomes: Participants will gain an understanding of the e-safety requirements for Ofsted inspections, with a focus on requirements needed to be graded as 'outstanding'. They will look at key e-safety risks and strategies for keeping children safe online, and will be signposted to further information, training and curriculum resources on e-safety.

Dates: 3rd November 2014, 13.30-15.30

Cost: £100 for all participants including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: SENCos, teachers & support staff.

Safety for everyone on the spectrum Presented by Robyn Steward This workshop will focus on: This course aims to give practical strategies for understanding why pupils on the Autism Spec-trum may have difficulties with safety around friendships, sex, drugs and alcohol ; using the internet ; and how autism can affect these diffi-culties. The course looks at understanding intentions, emotions and trust.

Dates: 5th November 2014, 9:30-12:30 Cost: £50 to all participants including refreshments. Target Audience: All school staff who work with children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Robyn Steward is author of “ the inde-pendent woman’s handbook for super safe living on the Autistic Spectrum ( published by Jessica Kingsley Pub-lishers ), BBC Radio 4 made a documentary about her work and life in 2013 and she has had numerous media appearances including the Today Program, BBC Breakfast and the Sunday Times. Robyn has a background of working in a wide range of settings as a mentor and consultant, as well as train-ing professionals for almost 10 years across education health and social care,

Isabella Lieghio advises schools and Early Years settings across London and the South East on the effective and creative use of ICT to support learning and develop-ment. As an Apple Distinguished Educator, Isabella has particular expertise in using Apple technol-ogy to enhance learning across the curriculum.


Communication and Interaction: Taking vocabu-lary and making it work Presented by Margaret Brown, Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs

New this Year!

This workshop will focus on: This course is the second days training in a series of courses focusing on communication and interaction for teachers, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

A rich language is based on using words in different con-texts and with different grammatical structures.

The focus of the course will be on how to use vocabulary to build more complex sentences and communicate more effec-tively using higher level language skills.

Dates: 6th November 2014, 9.30-3.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Ken-sington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools., or £250 for all 6 days. Target Audience: For Teachers only

“A fantastic workshop that gives great practical ideas for discussing issues that are often difficult. It was really useful to have a go at the activities many that seem straightforward are not and raised a lot of ques-tions and helpful discussions.” Sarah Childs and Carolyn Gelenter, Commu-nication Friendly Calssrooms

Autism and the Early Years Presented by Jennifer Warwick This course will focus on: These set of 3 workshops, are aimed at anyone working within an Early Years setting. Participants must attend all 3 workshops. They will cover an Introduction to Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Developing Communication, Struc-tured Teaching Approaches . Dates: 7th Nov. 2014, 9.30-12.30 22nd Jan. 2015, 9.30-12.30 16th Mar. 2015, 9.30-15.30+ Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Ken-sington & Chelsea schools and services. £120 for all 3 workshops for out-of-tri-borough participants, private nurseries, Academies and Free Schools. Target Audience: Any member of staff working within an early years setting.

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Makaton for Safeguarding—TBC Presented by Lisa Morsley & Naomy Francis

New for this Year!

This workshop will focus on: Providing Makaton signs for children and young people who need support in expressing feelings, emotions and other safeguarding issues.

Dates: 10th November 2014, 9.00-16:00—TBC Cost: TBA Target Audience: All support and teaching staff

Teaching Sex and Relationships Education and Drugs and Alcohol Education with confidence in Primary Schools Presented by Jo McKenzie

New for this Year! This workshop will focus on: This training day will equip participants with the key skills and concepts needed to plan and deliver age-appropriate Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) and Drug & Alco-hol Education (DAE) lessons in their school, which meet curriculum requirements and engage all children with the subject in a positive and inspiring way. By the end of the day we hope you will: have practised developing activities for a range of SEN pu-pils using up-to-date, interactive materials be better able to set ground rules, deal with pupils’ ques-tions and address parents’ concerns be more aware of the signs and impact of drug and alco-hol misuse and of safeguarding issues in relation to SRE understand current policy and curriculum requirements for SRE and DAE Dates: 11th November 2014, 9.30-16:00 Cost: £120 for all participants, including buffet lunch and re-freshments. Target Audience: Primary school teaching staff Please note: this course only has 20 places available.

CWP is an award-winning training organisa-tion, which specialises in working with teach-ers and teaching support staff to deliver excel-lent quality sex and relationships education (SRE), and drug and alcohol education (DAE) in schools. CWP's success is based on a thor-ough understanding of what constitutes effec-tive teaching and learning for both teachers and pupils. In our experience, teaching staff want to know how to deliver the school’s cur-riculum sensitively and professionally without causing embarrassment to themselves or their pupils.


Communication and Interaction: If they can’t say it they can’t write it Presented by Margaret Brown, Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs This workshop will teach participants to: This course is the third days training in a series of courses focusing on communication and interaction got teachers, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

Support children to develop skilled speaking in a range of situations such as groups and whole class.

Have lots of ideas to structure opportunities for talk in the classroom.

Identify cross curricular opportunities for specific grammar structures.

Learn how to use spoken language as a means to de-velop grammar.

Dates: 13th November 2014, 9.30-15.30 This course is repeated in March Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, and Academies and Free Schools, or £250 for all 6 days. Target Audience: Primary and Secondary teachers only

Specific Languge Impairment—Implications for Learning—TBC Presented by Sara Clarke and Jude Bellair

This workshop will focus on: Specific Language Impairment effects about 3%

of children nationally. Children with SLI have very specific profiles and benefit from more tar-geted and specialised strategies.

This training will present the theoretical base of SLI and give participants lots of strategies for supporting children.

Dates: 14th November 2014, 9.30-16.00 If this course is confirmed, there will be a re-peated session in June. Cost: TBA Target Audience: For all staff working with children with SLI

Developing the use of iPads with Visual Impaired children: How to maximize the Access Potential– TBC Presented by Mathew Carr of ‘Blindability’

New this Year! This workshop will focus on: iPad accessibility for VI Setting up iPads for the classroom Connecting iPads to the interactive white board Education Apps QR Codes iPad accessories for VI Dates: 20th November 2014, 9.30-15.30 Cost: £100 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: This course is suitable for anyone working with children who have a Visual Impairment in a mainstream setting


Attachment, Trauma & Resilience- Promoting learning for vulnerable children Presented by Kate Cairns Associates

New for this Year!

This workshop will focus on: Understanding trauma. Understand the impact of unregulated stress on brain development and function. Develop skills in promoting recovery from trauma. Managing stress, managing behaviour. Understanding how stress management promotes posi-tive behaviour Develop strategies for enabling yourself and others to manage stress more effectively. Understanding how the physical environment affects be-haviour. Develop skills in creating environments that promote positive behaviour. Implications for practice: Dates: 24th November 2014, 9:30-16:30 Cost: £120 for all participants, including buffet lunch and re-freshments Target Audience: Primary and secondary teachers and support staff. Pastoral care staff, behavior staff, staff working with chil-dren looked after by LAs.

Kate Cairns Associates (KCA) was established in 2011 to bring together the work of Kate Cairns and a group of experienced practitioners and trainers across the UK. They currently provision around 320 training/consultancy events per year. Kate Cairns Associates is an IQ Cen-tre, delivering vocational qualifica-tions to over 13,000 learners . KCA mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by changing the practice of those who work with them, by sharing transformative knowl-edge, encouraging deep reflective practice, and empowering individuals and organisations to make a differ-ence.

National Curriculum update Presented by Aileen Thomas This workshop will focus on: The changes to the new Programme of Study in Eng-land and Wales will have impact on teaching and learn-ing for pupils with SEND. This workshop will highlight the key changes in legislation and responsibilities for staff and focus on changes to assessment procedures. Dates: 27th November 2014, 9.30 – 16.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £30 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools. Target Audience: Teachers, Senior Leadership, and Curriculum Leads.


Supporting Children with hearing loss Presented by Emily Cornford and Cori Josias

This workshop will focus on: Promoting good working practice in the class-room for children with a hearing loss. An insight into what listening is like for a student with a hearing loss. Practical suggestions for differentiating for a

child’s needs in mainstream

Date: 11th December 2014, 9.30-16.00 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Acad-emies. and Free Schools. Target Audience: Anyone involved in working with students with a hearing loss or an interest in the area of deaf edu-cation

Communication and Interaction: Developing questioning skills for teachers Presented by Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs

New for this Year!

This workshop will focus on: This course is the fourth days training in a series of courses focusing on communication and interaction for teachers, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

The workshop will focus on how to use a developmental framework for question asking, based on Blank’s Level Questions. In addition to understanding the impact of our own questions on children’s learning, participants will also gain strategies for supporting children’s ques-tion asking. Research tells us that children who ac-tively participate in their learning do best at school. Question asking is also key to supporting children’s understanding and use of narrative structures.

Dates: 4th December 2014, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies. and Free Schools, or £250 for all 6 days. Target Audience: Teachers only

We are an accredited ICAN licence for Primary Talk and Talk Boost

I CAN is the children’s communication charity, are experts in helping children develop the speech, language and com-munication skills they need to thrive in a 21st century world. Our vision is a world where all children have the communica-tion skills they need to fulfil their poten-tial. Our mission is that no child should be left out or left behind because of a dif-ficulty speaking or understanding.

Spring Term: January – April 2015

Communication and Interaction: Develop-ing questioning skills for support staff Presented by Carolyn Gelenter and Sarah Childs

New for this Year!

This workshop will focus on: This course is the second days training in a series of courses focusing on communication and interaction, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

The workshop will focus on how to use Blank Level Questions to support children’s answers to a range of questions. In addition to understanding the im-pact of our own questions on children’s learning, participants will also gain strategies for supporting children’s question asking. Question asking is also key to supporting children’s understanding and use of narrative structures.

Dates: 8th January 2014, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools, or £150 for all 4 days. . Target Audience: Support staff only

Teaching Sex and Relationships Education and Drugs and Alcohol Education with confidence in Secondary Schools Presented by Jo McKenzie

New for this Year! This workshop will focus on: This training day will equip participants with the key skills and concepts needed to plan and deliver age-appropriate Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) and Drug & Alcohol Education (DAE) lessons in their school, which meet curriculum requirements and en-gage all students with the subject in a positive and inspiring way. By the end of the day we hope you will: Have practised developing activities for a range of SEN pupils using up-to-date, interactive materials; be better able to set ground rules; deal with pupils’ questions ; and address parents’ concerns. Be more aware of the signs and impact of drug and alcohol misuse and of safeguarding issues in relation to SRE. Understand current policy and curriculum require-ments for SRE and DAE. Dates: 14th January 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £120 for all participants including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Secondary school teaching staff, pastoral care teams, behavior support workers, heads of years.

Understanding and Including the Child with Dyspraxia/DCD (Developmental Co-ordination Disorder)

Presented by Cathy Parvin

This workshop will focus on: Aimed at busy mainstream teaching staff, this training session will equip delegates with a good understanding of: Dyspraxia/Developmental Coordination Dis-orde Challenges these children face. Simple classroom /playground support strategies. Sources of further information and support.

Dates: 20h January 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £75 to all participants including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Mainstream teaching staff


Level 1 &2 Safeguarding Presented by Belinda Riley This course will focus on: An understanding of the meaning of ‘safeguarding and child protection’. Understanding the statutory framework. Defining the categories of abuse and ne-glect. An awareness of signs and indicators. Clarity in responding. Recording information. Dates: 15th Jan. 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £120 for all participants including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Any member of staff who requires statu-tory safe-guarding training.

Word Aware Presented by Stephen Parsons & Anna Branagan

This workshop will focus on: Review the evidence about the importance of spo-ken and written vocabulary. Explore word learning theory. Learn a structured approach to teaching vocabu-lary in the classroom.

Dates: 23rd January 2015, 9.30-16.00 repeated again on 5th June 2015, 9.30-16.00 Please note: This course is held in January and re-peated in June Cost: £150 for all participants, including Word Aware Manual, buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: This course is suitable for all who work in schools:, Class teachers (EY to KS3), curriculum co-ordinators, specialist teachers, Deputy/Head teachers, SENCOs, EY practitioners, Speech and Language Therapists and Educational Psycholo-gists.

Vocabulary is important in its own right, but it is also a powerful predictor of reading and academic success. Students with poor vo-cabulary have lower attainment levels. De-spite this it is seldom given the attention it requires within the curriculum. Teachers and Speech and Language Therapists are often aware of the need to develop vocabu-lary, but do not have the framework to work together in a time efficient manner. ‘Word Aware’ is a vocabulary teaching ap-proach that emphasises whole class and whole school learning. It is applicable to all children and emphasises quality first teach-ing. ‘Word Aware’ is based on research as well as classroom experience, so it is effective and practical. It is currently being used suc-cessfully in a number of schools. This is a fast-paced, fun and interactive workshop style day which will leave partici-pants well equipped to start ‘Word Aware’ in their schools or with individuals they work with.

Belinda Riley is an experienced trainer and qualified social worker who has

over 14 years’ experience, specialising in Child Protection and Safeguarding

within Children and Families. She has extensive experience providing expert advice around safeguarding and child protection to a range of professionals

within the Children’s workforce.

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Assessment Framework for Mental Health Presented by Barry Carpentar

New for this year!

This workshop will focus on:

This workshop will present a theoretical framework for a Mental Health Inquiry, which is a teacher based assessment tool for mental health for schools. There will also be a demonstration of the on-line ‘Mental Health Module’ co-written by Barry. There will be opportunities for prac-tical activities, follow up and self-directed professional learning.

Dates: 27th January 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £100 for all participants including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Teachers and allied education and health professionals.

Assesing and Teaching Social Skills Presented by Alex Kelly

This workshop will focus on:

This 2 day course aims to introduce you to all aspects of working on social skills. Alex will cover how to assess social skills, decide where to start and how to develop social skills through different interventions such as using activities, games and stories. She will also talk about the link between social skills, self-esteem and rela-tionship skills and will give practical suggestions for developing skills.

Dates: 28th and 29th January 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £220 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Education / health staff working with children with social skills difficulties.

Barry Carpenter is a world renowned au-thor of over 100 articles on a variety of top-ics in special educational needs and the author of the online materials for the DFE about PMLD.

“In the last decade teachers have consis-tently reported changes in the population of children with special educational needs/disabilities( SEND). The term ‘Complex Needs’ has arisen and is widely used to describe this new generation of children.”

The resources and materials produced as a result of Barry’s work have transformed how we approach special needs in our school.

Alex Kelly is a highly experienced and specialist speech and language therapist with nearly 30 years experience of work-ing with children with social skills diffi-culties. She is the author of the best selling ‘Talkabout’ Resources. Alex is a motivated trainer and her vast experi-ence in the field makes the information enter-taining as well as extremely useful” Jo Fry, Hampshire 2013 “ This training was terrific. I feel motivated, em-powered and confident. I cant wait to get my hands on those groups” Karen Ghazi Torbati, Cardiff, 2013

Am I doing enough? Helping a child with Hearing Loss Reach their Poten-tial Presented by Emily Cornford, Cori Josias and Carline Murphy

This workshop will focus on: This course will cover childrens normal

language development from birth to 5 years of age and the impact a hearing loss has on this process. There will be lots of opportunity to discuss how to support deaf children's language devel-opment in your nursery/classroom.

Date: 3rd February 2015 9.30-16.00 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies. and Free Schools, Target Audience: Anyone involved in working with stu-dents with a hearing loss or an interest in the area of deaf education

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Makaton for parents and Carers Presented by Liz Lowton & Evi Tipadi

This workshop will focus on: This course is recommended for parents/carers and other family members needing to learn and use Makaton to support children with speech, language and communication needs at home.

Dates: 3rd Feb -3rd March 2015, 9.30-13.00 Every Monday for 4 weeks Cost: £30 for all sessions Target Audience: For parents, carers and family members.

Please note: If you require childcare for these ses-

sions, please contact us as early as possible and we

will endeavour to organise places at the nearby

children’s centre.

Planning for Children with SEN and SLCN Presented by Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs

This workshop will focus on: Do you ever struggle to plan curriculum differentia-

tion for children with SEN and SLCN? Would you like help with integrating language and

communication targets into your curriculum plan-ning?

Would you like some ideas that will help you plan activities for support staff to carry out with chil-dren in class?

If your answer is “Yes” to any of the above questions then come along to this course devised and pre-sented by a specialist teacher and a Speech & Lan-guage Therapist.

Dates: 5th February 2015, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants , Academies and Free Schools Target Audience: For teachers and Speech and Language Therapists working in education Not suitable for support staff

Very Special Maths Presented by Les Staves

New for this year!

This workshop will focus on: Teaching and learning of mathematics for pu-pils with severe or profound learning difficul-ties including those on the autistic spectrum. Covers the range from the sensory begin-nings at P1 and 2 up to those who are begin-ning to access the NC – but outside age re-lated expectations. Interprets the mathematics curriculum ap-propriately for very special pupils. Offers many strategy and resource ideas. Has often been described as both knowledgeable and inspirational. Dates: 25th February 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £100 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refreshments Target Audience: For teachers and support staff working with children with SEN in mainstream and special schools.

Les staves has worked

with very special children

since 1973 and was head

teacher of Turnshaws, an

outstanding special school

for children with Severe

or Complex Learning Diffi-

culties in Kirklees, West

Yorkshire.

Since 1999 he has been

working as a consultant to

Special Schools and has

developed a national

reputation for inspirational

training.

He has written materials

and delivered training for

the National Numeracy

Strategy and the Qualifi-

cations and Curriculum

Authority.

For 2009 Les has written

"The EQUALS Guide to

Teaching Mathematics",

which offers comprehen-

sive guidance about inter-

preting the mathematics

curriculum to develop ap-

propriate learning for very

special pupils


Professor Kirby has a chair in develop-mental disorders in education at the University of Wales, Newport. She founded and has run the Dyscovery Cen-tre since 1997, an interdisciplinary centre providing assessment and intervention for children and adults with a range of developmental disorders including Dyspraxia (also known as DCD), ADHD, Dyslexia, Specific Language Impairment, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Behav-ioural issues. Her background as a GP and also working in community paediat-rics and psychiatry has provided a good understanding of developmental disor-ders in both child and adulthood. She is also the parent of an adult with develop-mental disorders so has personal as well as professional experience of living with the difficulties..She leads a research team at the centre and her PhD has focused on the stage of emerging adulthood in DCD. She has lectured internationally and spo-ken to over 30,000 teachers, health pro-fessionals and parents. She is currently patron of the Dyspraxia Association in New Zealand, Advisor to the Dyspraxia Association in Ireland and Medical Advi-sor to the Dyspraxia Foundation in the UK.

The Teenage Brain-What changes and the impact on learning Presented by Professor Amanda Kirby

New for this year!

This workshop will focus on: This session will describe the changes that occur during teen years to the brain and discuss how this and a changing and more demanding envi-ronment impact on behaviour and learning. The session will discuss ways which school can poten-tially take this into consideration at a school, class and individual pupil level and provide some practical advice and tips to assist with self organisation and planning.

Date: 5th March 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £120 for all participants including a buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Allied health and educational professionals, school staff including learning mentors, behavior management teams, pastoral care staff and teachers.

Managing Incidents of Challenging Behav-iour and working towards having less of them

Presented by Dave Hewett

This workshop will focus on: Principles of effective incident management: Working effectively by avoiding needless conflict and

confrontation; Skills for defusing incidents; Staff communications skills-face, voice and body; The stages of an incident -making judgements about

what to do; Factors contributing to the production of challenging

behaviours. Working long-term to help the person to progress and develop. The aftermath of an incident: resolution, record-keeping and evaluation. Psychological preparation for work. Teamwork and supporting each other.

Date: 11th March 2015, 9.30-15.30 Cost: £150 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Staff of all disciplines who work with adults and chil-dren with learning disabilities, including social staff, teachers and assistants, nurses, staff from voluntary organisations, therapists, as well as parents and carers.

Dr Dave Hewett Ph.D is a freelance trainer and consultant for staff working in the field of severe learning difficulties. Previously he was Headteacher of Harperbury Hospital School, Hertford-shire, but has been working nationwide with staff from all professions for over seven years. He has published extensively on ‘Challenging behaviour: Principles and Practices’ and communication, notably the book on Intensive Interaction, ‘Access to Communication’ (with Melanie Nind).


Communication and Interaction: If they can’t say it they can’t write it Presented by Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs This workshop will teach participants to: This course is a repeat of the third day’s train-ing in a series of courses focusing on communi-cation and interaction for teachers, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

Support children to develop skilled speaking in a range of situations such as groups and whole class.

Have lots of ideas to structure opportunities to talk in the classroom.

Identify cross curricular opportunities for spe-cific grammar structures.

Learn how to use spoken language as a means to develop grammar.

Dates: 12th March 2014, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Ful-ham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough partici-pants, Academies and Free Schools, or £250 for all 6 days. Target Audience: Primary and secondary teachers only

Mindfulness Presented by Chris Cullen

This workshop will focus on: This practical workshop will provide an intro-duction to what mindfulness is and some of the research that is supporting its use in various contexts. There will be a particular focus on ways in which mindfulness is being taught to children and young people, in schools and other educational and clinical settings. The workshop is not a training to teach mindful-ness but will provide an overview of work that is currently taking place and also suggestions for professional training in this area.

Date: 13th March 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £100 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Primary and secondary teachers and support staff, and other allied health and education professionals, learning mentors, behaviour support staff, pastoral care staff.

Chris Cullen is a teacher at the Oxford University Mindfulness Centre. He teaches mindfulness courses for MPs and Peers in the Houses of Parliament, for musicians and actors at the Guild-hall School of Music and Drama, and for students at Oxford University. He is co-founder of the Mindfulness in Schools Project, and has a psychother-apy practice in Oxford.

Level 1 and Protective Behaviour

Presented by Belinda Riley

This course will focus on: The meaning of ‘safeguarding’ and ‘child

protection’ The statutory framework within which

educational settings must work to meet their statutory responsibilities around safeguarding

To be able to define the different catego-ries of abuse and neglect, the signs and indicators of abuse and neglect.

To be clear as to how to respond appropri-ately to concerns of possible abuse

the importance of recording information clearly and factually.

Dates: 10th March 2015, 9:30 – 15:30 Cost: £100 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Staff who have direct or indirect contact with children and young people and their parents/carers who are required to contribute to safe-guarding and promoting the welfare of chil-dren and young people but do not necessarily have specific organisational responsibility to intervene in the lives of children and families.


Makaton Foundation Workshop Presented by Sarah Childs and Evi Typadi

This course will focus on: The history design and structure of the ‘Makaton’ core and resource vocabulary. Using the signs and symbols from stages 1, 2, 3, 4 and additional vocabulary. Having knowledge of the different approaches avail-able to develop the communication skills of a range of ‘Makaton’ users.

Dates: 18th & 19th March 2015, 9.30-16.00 This is a repeat of Makaton Foundation Workshop 13th and 14th of October

Cost: £120.00 including ‘Makaton’ manual, buffet lunch and refreshments.

Target Audience: This course is recommended for people needing to learn and use Makaton to support children with speech, language and communication needs within an educational context. It will be relevant for those work-ing in a mainstream or special school provision.

Supporting Writers through explicit attention to Grammar Presented by Debra Myhill

New for this year!

This workshop will focus on: The course will show through practical workshop activities and through presentation how grammar can be a creative and supportive tool for support-ing development in writing. It will look at explicit approaches which make meaningful connections between reading and writing; and which uses talk as a fundamental tool for exploring language choices in writing. It will also look at the needs of those students who struggle with writing.

Date: 230h March 2015, 10-16.00 Cost: £120 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Primary and secondary teachers and support staff

“Thank you, i feel empowered to provide a better service and support to the chil-dren”

Developing Communication for pupils with ASD. Lyndsey Rao and Jennifer Warwick

“More please. Excellent as ever. Thank you very much”

Dyscalculia Miles Ridley

Debra Myhill is the Director of the Cen-tre for Research in Writing and Subject Leader for Secondary English, and her commitment is to bringing together of teaching, teacher education and research so that children and young people‘s ex-perience of learning to be literate enables them to be confident, articulate citizens of the future, able to use language and literature for personal fulfilment and economic well-being.


What could be more valuable than giving your student/child the ability to communi-cate? PECS is a tried-and-tested approach that uses pictures to develop communication skills in children and adults with a wide range of learning difficulties. Easy to access, affordable to implement and scientifically supported as one of the most effective inter-ventions, PECS is an opportunity to open the door to spontaneous communication. This workshop is the basic accredited train-ing in PECS and recommended for parents as well as professionals.

Basic PECS 2 day Workshop (The Picture Exchange Com-munication System)

New for this year!

Presented by Official Pyramid Educational Consultants UK Benefits of PECS training: Increases skills and independence with a functional communication sys-

tem. Reduces inappropriate behaviours by reinforcing requests and positive

communication. Teach your student/child to initiate communication and develop social

communication skills. What you will learn: Everything you need to know to begin successfully implementing PECS. The theoretical background, including how to develop effective educa-

tional environments. A review of visual strategies useful for communication. The six phases of PECS, where to start and when to move on. Strategies for motivating your child/student to communicate. How to move from a single picture exchange to sentences. Training is essential: Learning first-hand will teach you how to move through this structured approach and avoid misunderstandings which can prevent progress.

Dates: 23rd & 24th March 2015, 9.30-16.00

Cost: £250 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refreshments.

Target Audience:

Suitable for anybody living or working with children with low language skills and ASD

Please not: places are limited to 30 participants.

Active Learning-Engaging Children in the Cur-riculum through Games and Activities Presented by Carolyn Gelenter This workshop will focus on: Very practical games and activities and involve learning and playing movement games that support children’s social skills, language and communication skills and physical development. In addition the course will also cover games that can be used to support learning and reinforcing the cur-riculum Dates: 17th April 2015, 9:30-15:30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants and Academies and Free Schools Target Audience: All staff in mainstream primary or secondary schools.

Summer Term: April – July 2015

Young Epilepsy Presented by Young Epilepsy Association

This workshop will focus on: After this training day, delegates will be able to describe the causes of epilepsy, recognise the main types of seizures, un-derstand how to manage seizures and the documentation re-quired and understand the impact of epilepsy on young lives. Delegates will leave with empathy for young people living with epilepsy and be better placed to identify and integrate sup-portive strategies. Topics covered on this training day include:

Epilepsy basics Seizure types Seizure management The wider impact of epilepsy Treatment of epilepsy Impact on learning Learning support strategies

Dates: 21st April 2015, 9.30-15.30 Cost: £75 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refresh-ments. Target Audience: SENCOs, class teachers, support staff, allied health and edu-cation professionals.

This training day is aimed at Educa-tion Professionals and provides an in-sight into managing epilepsy within schools. It is a good introduction to epilepsy for anyone with little or no knowledge of the condition who wants to learn more about it and the impact it can have on learning and behaviour.

Level 1 Safeguarding and teaching protective behaviour Presented by Belinda Riley and Carolyn Gelenter This workshop will focus on: In addition to focusing on statutory framework, defini-tions and awareness, this course will also introduce how to teach children to be aware of situations of pos-sible harm that need adult intervention, and what to do. Dates: 10th March 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £120 for all participants including buffet lunch and refreshments, and a copy of “First Steps To Safety” Target Audience: Any member of staff who needs statutory safe-guarding training, pastoral care staff, learning men-tors.

! In light of current revelations of child abuse, it is more impor-tant than ever that safeguarding includes teaching children “protective behaviour’s “ so that they know how to speak up and seek help independently. All participants of this course will receive a copy of “First Steps to Safety”, a manual for teach-ing protective behaviours for young children 3-7 and older children with SEN.

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Communication and Interaction: Practical strategies for developing Oracy and Literacy Presented by Margaret Brown, Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs

New for this year!

This workshop will focus on: This course is the fifth days training in a series of courses focusing on communication and interaction for teachers, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

This course will equip teachers with a range of practical and fun strategies for structured speaking and listening ac-tivities in class to support and engage children in devel-oping language and literacy skills.

Date: 23rd April 2015, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Ken-sington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools or £250 for all 6 days. Target Audience: Teachers only

Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP is the director of Communication Crossroads. She is a speech-language pathologist specializing in au-tism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and related so-cial learning disabilities. Her publications have focused on early identification of au-tism, contemporary intervention models, and programming guidelines for high func-tioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. She lectures internationally and provides consultations to educational programs serv-ing children and adolescents with autism and related developmental disorders.

SCERTS Presented by Emily Rubin

This workshop will focus on: This 3 day course will introduce the SCERTS model, a compre-hensive, multidisciplinary educational approach designed for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Participants of this course will learn how to determine mean-ingful, purposeful and motivating goals based on a child’s de-velopmental stage, functional needs, and family priorities. Ad-ditionally, participants will learn how to determine essential interpersonal modifications, environmental arrangement, and visual supports.

Learning Outcomes: Identify how the SCERTS scope and sequence of goals can be

used to guide the development of meaningful, functional and evidence-based objectives in social communication and emotional regulation.

Adjust programming related to educational objectives and ap-propriate strategies for enhancing:

Active Engagement Smooth Transitions Conventional Emotional Expressions

Dates: 27th-29th April 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: £450 for all participants, including buffet lunch and refresh-ments. Target Audience: Speech and Language Therapists, teachers, Educational Psy-chologists, Clinical Psychologists.


Planning for Children with SEN and SLCN Presented by Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs

This workshop will focus on: Do you ever struggle to plan curriculum differentiation

for children with SEN and SLCN? Would you like help with integrating language and

communication targets into your curriculum plan-ning?

Would you like some ideas that will help you plan ac-tivities for support staff to carry out with children in class?

If your answer is “Yes” to any of the above questions then come along to this course devised and presented by a Specialist teacher and a Speech & Language Therapist.

Dates: 7th May 2015, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants , Academies and Free Schools Target Audience: For teachers & SaLT’s working in education Not suitable for support staff

This is a repeat course from earlier in the year.

Communication and Interaction: Develop-ing Problem Solving Skills for Children Presented by Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs This workshop will focus on: This course is the sixth days training in a series of courses focusing on communication and in-teraction, that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

Learning games that support social communi-cation skills with a focus on problem solving. A range of visual resources, schemes and verbal strategies. A Theoretical framework of problem solving.

Date: 14th May 2015, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Ful-ham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough partici-pants, Academies and Free Schools or £250 for all 6 days. Target Audience: Teachers only

Emergent Literacy- Hearing Impairment Presented by Emily Cornford and Cori Josias

This workshop will focus on: During early speech and language development, hear-ing impaired children learn skills that are important to the development of literacy (reading and writing). Emergent literacy begins at birth and continues throughout the preschool and early school years. One spoken language skill that is strongly connected to early reading and writing is phonological awareness-the recognition that words are made up of separate speech sounds. Deaf children often experience prob-lems learning to read and write when they enter school. This course covers the development of phonological awareness and the identification of at-risk children as well as exploring practical strategies and activities to accelerate young deaf children’s development of pho-nological awareness at home and in the nursery and reception class. Date: 14th May 2015, 9.30-12.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough , Academies and Free Schools Target Audience: Parents, early years and foundation stage practitio-ners working with deaf children


Support & Practice in Primary Education for Young People with Down’s Syndrome

Presented by The Down’s Syndrome Association

This Course will focus on: Accessing the curriculum This presents the learning profile of children with Down’s syn-drome, identifies the strengths and shows how to adapt the primary curriculum resources to meet individual learning needs.

This session focuses on understanding the language and com-munication profile of individuals with Down’s syndrome from 4 to 11 years including looking at the primary curriculum and strategies that will develop speech skills, using reading to teach language and using signing to support communication skills

Fine motor & writing skills Numeracy and math’s skills Age-appropriate behaviour

Date: 10th June 2015, 9.30-16.00

Cost: £65 for all participants including buffet lunch and refresh-ments

Target Audience: Teaching and support staff, health professionals and parents/carers.

Communication & Interaction: Helping chil-dren to solve problems for Support Staff Presented by Carolyn Gelenter & Sarah Childs

This workshop will focus on: This course is the fourth day’s training in a series of courses focusing on communication and interaction for support staff , that can be attended separately or as a linked series of courses.

Learning games that support social communication skills.

Using games, visual resources and verbal strategies to support problem solving.

Knowing how to use games in the classroom and playground environment.

Date: 21st May 2015, 9.30-15.30 Cost: FREE to Westminster; Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea schools and services. £50 for out-of-tri-borough participants, Academies and Free Schools. Or £150 for all 4 days. Target Audience: Support staff only

Makaton Parent and Carer follow up workshop—TBC Presented by Liz Lowton

This workshop will focus on: The workshop will allow parents and carers to

learn to new signs and practice ones they learnt in the beginners course.

Participants must have attended the Makaton Workshop for Families and Carers.

Dates: TBA Cost: TBA Target Audience: Parents and Carers, family members who have at-tended the Makaton Foundation for parents, carers and family members


Makaton Foundation Workshop Presented by Sarah Childs and Evi Typadi This course will focus on: The history design and structure of the ‘Makaton’ core and resource vocabulary. Using the signs and symbols from stages 1, 2, 3, 4 and additional vocabulary. Having knowledge of the different approaches available to develop the communication skills of a range of ‘Makaton’ users.

Dates: 17th & 18th June 2015, 9.30-16.00 This is a repeat of a Makaton Foundation course run in October 2014 and March 2015

Cost: £120.00 including ‘Makaton’ manual and lunch.

Target Audience: This course is recommended for people needing to learn and use Makaton to support children with speech, lan-guage and communication needs within an educational context. It will be relevant for those working in a main-stream or special school provisions.

Specific Languge Impairment—Implications for Learning—TBC Presented by Sara Clarke and Jude Bellair

New for this year!

This workshop will focus on: Specific Language Impairment, effects about 3% of chil-

dren nationally. Children with SLI have very specific profiles and benefit from more targeted and special-ised strategies.

This training will present the theoretical base of SLI and give participants lots of strategies for supporting chil-dren.

Dates: 19th June 2015, 9.30-16.00 Cost: TBA Target Audience: For all staff working with children with SLI

This is a repeat of a course held in November 2014.

Makaton Enhancement Workshop Presented by Sarah Childs, Rachel Dickens and Yiota London This workshop will focus on:

The history design and structure of the ‘Makaton’ core and resource vocabulary. Using the signs and symbols from stages 1, 2, 3, 4 and additional vocabulary. Having knowledge of the different approaches available to develop the communication skills of a range of ‘Makaton’ users. Dates: 29th & 30th June and 1st July Cost: £150 for all participants, including manuals, buffet lunch and refreshments. Target Audience: Suitable for those who have completed the Makaton Foundation Workshop

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Please note:

Occasionally training is added through the year in response to requests from schools or due to speaker confirmation after the publication of this programme.

Please look out for our termly newsletter, which will include all updates of cancelled courses or new courses added to the pro-gramme.

We try our best to only send out necessary information by email. In addition to the yearly programme, you will also receive a termly newsletter and individual notification of any courses with places still available.

We will send participants a reminder email 1 week prior to the course on which they are booked.

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Please note:

We attempt to ensure all our courses are delivered as planned., however we reserve the right to cancel courses if minimum numbers are not met or if there are other circumstances beyond our control.

We will try to give participants as much notification of cancelled courses as possible..

We look forward to seeing you at the Access and Inclusion Centre for the 2014-2015 academic year.

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