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An Introduction to Down’s Syndrome in the Early Years
Who is this course for:
Early years teachers and teaching assistants
Course Outcomes:
- Gain an overview of Down syndrome.
- Understand that there is a specific profile of strengths and difficulties inherent in Down syndrome.
- Learn strategies to support children with Down syndrome.
- Reflect on and review their practice with colleagues and identify areas for development.
£150.00
Early Years Good Autism Practice and Using the Progression Framework Autism Education Trust (AET)
Who is this course for:
Early years teachers and teaching assistants.
Course Outcomes:
- Gain knowledge and understand about the four areas of developmental difference experienced by children with autism.
- Be able to recognise the strengths and needs of individual children with autism.
- Understand the importance of building positive relationships with and around the child.
- Understand how to adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of the Individual.
- Understand how to make the environment more accessible to children with autism.
- Develop practical strategies and techniques in promoting effective teaching and learning.
- Be familiar with the progression framework and be able to use it to measure progress and identify learning priorities for children.
£300.00
English as an Additional Language (EAL) and (SEN)
Who is this course for:
Early years teachers and teaching assistants
Course Outcomes:
- Acquire knowledge of how children learn an additional language.
- Learn a range of strategies to support the acquisition of EAL.
- Be able to identify if a child who is learning EAL has special educational needs.
- Learn how to support young children who have EAL and SEN.
- Reflect on and review their own practice and identify areas for development.
£150.00
Fun Time for Children Who Have Speech, Language and Communication Needs
Who is this course for:
Early Years teachers and teaching assistants.
Course Outcomes:
Participants will:
- recall the key elements of the Fun Time programme and the Communication Mountain model.
- be able to plan and deliver effective Fun Time sessions for children who have SLCN.
- learn strategies and adapt games to promote children’s listening and attention skills, understanding, vocabulary and expressive language skills.
- be able to assess and monitor children’s language development.
- reflect on and review their practice and identify areas for development.
£75.00
Get Going with Communication (2 full day sessions)
Who is this course for:
Early Years teachers and teaching assistants.
Participants will:
- be familiar with different models of communication and understand the processes involved in communicating.
- revisit typical development of speech, language and communication skills.
- be aware of a range of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).
- recognise the importance of attachment and positive relationships in promoting children’s development.
- learn and practise strategies to develop children’s language.
- reflect on and review their own practice and identify areas for development.
£300.00
Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-being in the Early Years
Who is this course for:
Early years teachers and teaching assistants
Course Outcomes:
- Be aware of the 1,001 critical days and the impact of interaction and experience on early brain development
- Consider factors that influence a child’s mental health
- Learn strategies and techniques to support children’s emotional well-being and resilience
- Reflect on and review their own practice and identify areas for development.
£75.00
Understanding and Supporting Young Children who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs
Who is this course for:
Early years teachers and teaching assistants
Course Outcomes:
- Acquire knowledge of the attachment process and understand how early trauma can have an impact on this.
- Consider several different behaviour models and explore how these can be helpful in understanding behaviour and developing strategies to manage it.
- Know how to write and implement a Positive Behaviour Plan.
- Reflect on and review their own practice and identify areas for development.