Training for parents
Parents will need to attend both the sensory preferences and the sensory self-regulation training.
Sensory training spring term 2024
Understanding your child’s sensory preferences:
Our understanding sensory preferences information session is for parents and carers who would like to know more about their child’s sensory development. They focus on sensory development for younger children, thinking about how this can influence an older child’s sensory likes and dislikes. It offers practical advice and strategies that you can try at home with your child
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Supporting your child’s sensory self-regulation development:
Our supporting your child’s self-regulation information session is for parents and carers who would like to learn more about helping their child to self-regulate. Sensory regulating activities can help children focus and organise the sensory information around them. The session offers practical advice and strategies that you can try at home with your child.
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Motor skills development training
Supporting your child’s motor skills development:
This session is for parents or carers of children aged between 4-8 years old who would like to understand more about their child’s motor development and how to support this. The session will share information about the typical ages when children develop different motor skills. It will explain how to breakdown an activity such as pulling on a jumper into simple steps to help your child complete this independently. You will also get advice on activities and simple things you can do at home to support your child’s motor development.
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Moving and Handling
This training session is specifically for parents who have children at home with physical and/or neurological impairments where the child is unable to move without adult physical assistance. This includes access to toileting and therapeutic equipment. These sessions are not suitable for those seeking advice on general back care or how to ensure physical safety of children demonstrating challenging behaviour.
Training for schools
School staff can attend either 1 or both of the sensory sessions.
Sensory training spring term 2024
School understanding children’s sensory preferences:
Our understanding sensory preferences information session is for teachers, assistants and special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs) who would like to know more about children’s sensory development. The focus is on sensory development, how sensory preferences are established and the influence on a child’s sensory likes and dislikes. Sessions consider the impact of sensory preferences on everyday activities for children and offer practical advice and strategies that you can implement in your setting
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School supporting children’s sensory self-regulation development:
Our supporting children’s self-regulation information session is for teachers, assistants and SENCOs who would like to learn more about helping children in their setting to self-regulate. Sensory regulating activities can help children focus and organise their responses to sensory information around them. The session offers practical advice and strategies that you can implement in your educational setting
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Moving and handling training for education settings
Moving and handling training:
This course is specifically for teachers, LSAs and SENCOs who support a child with a physical and neurological impairment where the child is unable to move without physical assistance. This includes activities where the carer is carrying out any lifting, pushing and pulling tasks. This is not suitable for children with only behavioural difficulties.
Autumn 2023
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Spring 2024
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(Please can attendees book their own place. They are required to complete a workbook prior to attending the training and will need to follow a link that will be e-mailed to them individually.)
Smart moves training for education settings for Autumn 2023 - January 2024
Online smart moves training:
This smart moves training will provide an introduction to implementing a motor skills development programme in school for children with co-ordination difficulties and related developmental disorders. Smart moves is being successfully used within many Hertfordshire schools already.
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