Current Training Offer for a Range of …...Current Training Offer for a Range of Neurodevelopmental Conditions in St.Helens 2017/18 This booklet provides a comprehensive, but not

Current Training Offer for a Range of Neurodevelopmental Conditions in St.Helens 2017/18

This booklet provides a comprehensive, but not exhaustive, menu of training available from St.Helens Council, Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, NHS St Helens CCG, North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, ADDvanced Solutions and a range of online providers.

This will be updated on an annual basis. Please go to the Local Offer website www.sthelens.gov.uk/sen for the latest version.

Contents PageFor Professionals Page 1

For Parents and Carers Page 6

General Page 14

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For ProfessionalsName of the Training Details About the Training Trainer’s Contact Details Costs & Accreditation

Sunflower Professionals Sensory Training Programme - for settings or schools

Awareness Raising Training on Neurodevelopmental Conditions

Makaton Training Beginners

FREE training on supporting children with sensory processing problems.

Do you have children in your setting/school experiencing some of the following sensory difficulties that you struggle to help them with?

Disruptive or fidgety in class, silent and/or insular, aggressive to others and self, generally anxious and upset, fear and anxiety at meal times or breaks, overly loud or repetitive, difficulty making/staying friends with peers.

The training is an adapted version of our renowned and innovative Sunflower Parent Sensory Training Programme

This full day’s training is for any worker who comes into contact with or works with families with a child living with a neurodevelopmental condition including Autism Spectrum Disorder/Condition, ADHD and sensory processing difficulties.

The training aims to:

Improve understanding of neurodevelopmental conditions, how they present and often overlap, and develop skills and confidence to better support families living with neurodevelopmental conditions

Course available for professionals who currently work in a St.Helens setting supporting children with their speech, language and communication needs.

North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Occupational Therapy Team

If you are interested in us delivering free training, please contact us for more information and a preliminary booking form [email protected]

In the subject box please use the title Sunflower Professionals Sensory Training Programme

ADDvanced Solutions Community Network website: www.addvancedsolutions.co.uk

Please email us at [email protected]

Ring on: 01744 582172

Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy

Alexandra Business Park, Prescot Road, St.HelensWA10 3TP. 01744 646548

Free

Free

Free training

£28-50 for manuals available for professionals to purchase

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Name of the Training Details About the Training Trainer’s Contact Details Costs & Accreditation

Social Communication

Active Listening

Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)

School aged Language Difficulties

Narrative Therapy for schools

Course for teachers and teaching assistants. This course covers an overview of what is social communication and strategies to support pupils. KS1 and KS2.

Delivered as a twilight session.

Course for professionals, teachers and teaching assistants to address the needs of a child presenting with difficulties in listening to and understanding spoken language.


Course for teachers and teaching assistants working with children with Autism Spectrum conditions and other disorders. The course will provide an overview of types of AAC such as AAC devices, PECS and communication books as well as other visual support systems that can be used in the classroom.


This course is for teachers and teaching assistants working with children with language difficulties such as limited vocabulary.


This course is for teachers and teaching assistants working with children with difficulties in narrative skills such as retelling stories and sequencing skills.



Alexandra Business Park, Prescot Road, St.Helens WA10 3TP. 01744 646548


Alexandra Business Park, Prescot Road, St.Helens WA10 3TP. 01744 646548


Alexandra Business Park, Prescot Road, St.Helens WA10 3TP. 01744 646548(available from January 2017)





Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

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Supporting Pupils with ADHD for schools

ASD Training aimed at teachers and support staff working in Reception classes

An Introduction to ASD for nursery staff and those working with children under the age of 5

The Twilight Sessions for all primary and secondary school staff

Understanding Autism for schools

An introductory training course to develop a basic understanding of ADHD and the issues it can raise when working with children and young people in primary and secondary schools.

Sessions are delivered monthly on topics such as• What is Autism?• Strategies to support• Managing behaviour in ASD children

Monthly 2 hour twilight sessions

Aimed at a mixed audience of nursery staff from private providers and school nurseries

Each session focuses on ASD in under 5 year olds and understanding their sensory needs

Monthly 1 hour workshops on a range of topics related to autism & school aimed at education staff and other interested professionals

This training is a broad overview of autism, diagnosis, behaviour and successful strategies. It will give attendees a greater understanding of autism spectrum disorder, tell tale signs and how best to make reasonable adjustments for the child or young person.

This can be delivered at a staff meeting or on an INSET day.

Schools can access consultation services or training from the Behaviour Improvement Team through an email request to [email protected]

Delivered by trainers based within the St.Helens Children’s Disability Service at The Bridge Centre.

To find out more contact 01744 673131

Delivered by trainers based with St.Helens Children’s Disability Service at The Bridge Centre.

To find out more call 01744 673131

Delivered by specialist teachers from the Language, Autism and Social Communication Service

To find out more call: 01744 673135


To find out more email:[email protected] ring 01744 673135

Free

Free

Free

Free

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Writing Social Stories™For schools and parents/carers

A range of bespoke targeted trainingFor schools & other professionals

Department of Education - E-LearningFor teachers, especially SENCOs

Social Stories™ were developed by Carol Gray and are used throughout the world to support children with autism and social communication difficulties understand the world they live in. This training will provide you with the basic understanding of Social Stories™ and the means to write them. You will get an opportunity to have a go with colleagues. Parents and carers are welcome too.

These include What is TEACCH?, Comic Strip Conversations, person centred planning for young people with ASD - KS3/4 and beyond, an introduction to The Incredible 5 Point Scale, positive transition for children with ASD and much more.

Further information available in the school’s training booklet, updated regularly.

Advanced training materials for teaching pupils with SEND

These materials consist of 5 specialist modules and a resource library for teaching pupils with SEND in mainstream schools.

The advanced needs training materials are designed to support teachers in mainstream schools who want to gain specialist skills for teaching pupils with:• autism spectrum disorders• dyslexia or specific learning difficulties• speech, language and communication needs• behavioural, emotional and social difficulties• moderate learning difficulties





Log on to:http://www.advanced-training.org.uk/for e-learning modules

Free

Free

Free

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Inclusion Development Programme - E-Learningfor all school staff

The Educational Psychology Serviceprovides a range of bespoke training regarding neurodevelopmental conditions, along with many other topics.

A suite of materials aimed to support teachers, teaching assistants & trainee teachers to increase their knowledge and skills in working with children & young people with a range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Modules include videos, resources and reflection tools

The focus of the training can be specifically designed to meet the need of the group requesting training and may relate to such topics as:• The impact of neurodevelopmental conditions

upon learning,• Supporting neurodevelopmental conditions in

the classroom,• Supporting the emotional wellbeing of young

people with neurodevelopmental conditions and• Attachment profiles and how to differentiate

these from neurodevelopmental conditions.

Log on to:http://www.idponline.org.uk/for e-learning modules

St.Helens Educational Psychology Service

People’s Services, Atlas House Tel: 01744 671124 / 671120

Alternatively please email: [email protected] with requests and enquiries

Free

From April 2017, The Educational Psychology Service will be operating via a part-traded model of service delivery.

As such, any training can be agreed and commissioned via the school/setting’s link Psychologist. There is also likely to be a range of training events available to book onto throughout the year, which will be advertised in due course.

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For Parents and CarersName of the Training Details About the Training Trainer’s Contact Details Costs & Accreditation

Sunflower Parent Sensory Training Programme

Community Network Groups

Neurodevelopmental Conditions Family Learning Programme

FREE training on supporting children with sensory processing problems.

We aim for you to understand sensory behaviours and how to spot them, for you to feel supported and learn from other parent/carers, to provide a training environment with no distractions, for you to have a toolkit of strategies to support your child, to create a sensory diet to use at home and school.

It consists of three weekly sessions (one morning, once a week for three weeks), which also includes your child receiving a school/ nursery visit from the therapist in between week two and three of the sessions.

Open access, community based, no need to book. Themed solution focused sessions are delivered in term time and provide an opportunity to share learning and experience and gain tools, confidence and knowledge to better recognise, understand and meet the needs of your child living with a neurodevelopmental condition.

A 6 week programme for parents/carers and supporters to gain knowledge, skills and strategies to better recognise, understand and meet the needs of their child living with a neurodevelopmental condition and the needs of the family as a whole.

North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Occupational Therapy Team

A referral form needs to be completed by a professional who knows your child e.g. GP, school nurse, SENCO at school

To find out more please contact [email protected]

Check our calendar on the website www.addvancedsolutions.co.uk Tel: 01744 582172

Parents and carers can join our Facebook page by searching for: ADDvanced Solutions Community Network CIC.

To find out more and book a place, please contact [email protected] or check our website www.addvancedsolutions.co.uk Tel: 01744 582172

Free

Free

Free

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Neurodevelopmental Conditions Family Awareness Raising Training

Youth Connect 5

One day awareness raising training for parents/carers and supporters to gain knowledge, skills and strategies to better recognise, understand and meet the needs of their child living with a neurodevelopmental condition and the needs of the family as a whole. Particularly suitable for those who cannot access our Family Learning Programme and also for extended family and supporters.

A free 5 week course for parents and carers of children in year 6 upwards. Youth Connect 5 gives parents and carers the knowledge, skills and understanding to help their children develop strong emotional wellbeing. Parents and carers will learn about resilience techniques that will strengthen their child’s ability to deal with adversity, threats or even significant sources of stress.

To find out more and book a place, please contact [email protected] or check our website www.addvancedsolutions.co.uk Tel: 01744 582172

There are a variety of trainers within St.Helens who can deliver Youth Connect 5 for further details please contact the Healthy Living Team on 0300 300 0103 or email [email protected]

Free

The programme is FREE to parents and carers

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NAS EarlyBird Training The programme aims to support parents in the period between diagnosis and school placement, empowering and helping them facilitate their child’s social communication and appropriate behaviour in their natural environment. It also helps parents to establish good practice in handling their child at an early age, so as to pre-empt the development of inappropriate behaviours

It will help you understand your child’s autism, get yourself into your child’s world, make contact, and find ways to develop interaction and communication; it will help you to learn how to analyse and understand your child’s behaviours and how to use structure, so you can pre-empt and cope with problem behaviours.

We work with six families at a time. Two places are allocated to each family. The programme lasts for three months and combines group training sessions with individual home visits, when video feedback is used to help parents apply what they’ve learnt. Parents will have a weekly commitment of a two and a half hour training session or home visit, and to ongoing work with their child at home.


To find out more contact 01744 673131

Free

NAS EarlyBird book is available to purchase

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NAS EarlyBird Plus Training

EarlyBird Plus is for parents whose child has received a later diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder and is aged over four and under nine.

The programme addresses the needs of both home and school settings by ideally training parents/carers together with a professional who is working regularly with their child, the aim being that a child will be given consistent support. We work to build both parents’ and professionals’ confidence and encourage them to problem solve together. Parents are, of course, able to attend the programme without a supporting professional if their school are unable to release a staff member

EarlyBird Plus uses the established EarlyBird framework of teaching about autism before considering how to develop communication or manage behaviour.

The programme consists of eight group sessions, and two home visit weeks. A follow-up session is held three months after the programme.

We work with between three and six teams (parents and a local professional) at a time. Two places are allocated to each family with a third available for their local professional or another supporting adult.

Delivered by licensed trainers based within the Language, Autism and Social Communication Service

To find out more email: [email protected] or ring 01744 673135

Free

NAS EarlyBird book is available to purchase

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NAS Understanding Autism

Understanding Autism is a one-day seminar from Autism Seminars for Families which provides information and advice to parents and carers of children who have received a recent diagnosis of autism.

The seminar helps families to:• develop an understanding of autism• discuss experiences of getting a diagnosis• identify how autism can affect families• explore practical ideas for developing

communication strategies• clarify the support that families may be entitled

to and ways to access this.



Free

A book is available to purchase

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Barnardo’s Cygnet Programme

Pathway of Care

This programme is designed for parents and carers of children and young people aged 7-18 with an autistic spectrum disorder. The programme is designed to:• increase parents’/carers’ understanding of

autistic spectrum conditions• help parents/carers develop their knowledge

on how a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world and what drives their behaviour

• guide parents/carers through practical strategies they can use with children

• direct parents/carers to relevant ASD resources• give parents/carers the opportunity to meet with

other parents who have had similar experiences and to gain support and learn from each other

The Cygnet programme is delivered over 6 weeks and each training session is 3 hours long. The programme covers a number of topics:• Autism & diagnosis• Communication• Sensory issues• Understanding behaviour• Managing behaviour• Choice of topic decided by parents/carers• Supporting siblings• Puberty and sexual health

2 hour workshops for parents/carers of early years children related to the strengths and difficulties of their child and what approaches work at home




Ring: 01744 673131

Free

Free

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The Sunshine Group

Makaton Training Beginners

Triple P Positive Parenting Programme

Fortnightly parent support group which focuses on relevant issues, introduced by parents/carers and led by parents/carers. A range of topics are covered and discussions are facilitated by Language, Autism, and Social Communication (LASC) staff

Course available for parents whose child is known to the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service and needs Makaton to support their speech, language and communication needs.

Parenting Support available in St.Helens:

Triple P groups:• 0-12 years• 13-16 years• Stepping Stones (for parents of children with

a disability, development delay and conduct disorder)

These groups focus on strategies for increasing desirable behaviour, strategies for managing problem behaviour as well as improving the emotional wellbeing of parents and children.

Also available:• Triple P tip sheets• Triple P workshops (2 hours)

Each course consists of 8 x 2 1/2 hour sessions (6 classroom based and 2 telephone sessions). Please note attendance on all 8 sessions is essential

Delivered by Senior Learning Support Assistants from the Language, Autism and Social Communication Service




Contact Early Help on

Tel: 01744 676543

Free

Free training

£28-50 for manuals available for parents to purchase.

Free

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Hanen - More than words More than words is a programme that provides parents with young children with ASD or social communication difficulties with practical tools and powerful strategies to help their children communicate and interact during every day routines and activities.

Each training course would accommodate up to 8 families and would run over a total of 13 sessions. 8 sessions are teaching sessions for parents only with 3 video feedback sessions. Parents would be required to attend an initial orientation session followed by a pre-programme consultation before starting the course.

This course would be offered to parents with children receiving input from the Speech and Language Therapy Service.

Paediatric Speech and Language TherapyAlexandra Business ParkPrescot RoadSt.HelensWA10 3TP

01744 646548

The course is free

Parents can purchase the “more than words” manual to accompany the course at a cost of approximately £45, however this is not essential.

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GeneralName of the Training Details About the Training Trainer’s Contact Details Costs & Accreditation

National Autistic Society online training for professionals

University of Birmingham

Our online training modules have been uniquely developed and delivered by people on the autism spectrum.

Find out more about each module:• Understanding autism• Autism and communication• Autism and sensory experience• Autism, stress and anxiety• Autism: supporting families• Autism, sport and physical activity• Autism and the police service• Safeguarding children on the autism spectrum• Managing money

All of our online training modules are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (the leading CPD accreditation institution) as conforming to continuing professional development principles.

Learners will receive a certificate of completion which can be used as verifiable documentary evidence when submitting CPD recording forms.

Autism (Adults) MEd/BPhil/Postgraduate Diploma/ Postgraduate Certificate/Advanced Certificate

Autism (Children) MEd/BPhil/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate/Advanced Certificate

Autism Spectrum (Webautism) University Certificate

Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties MEd/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate/Advanced Certificate

http://www.autism.org.uk/professionals/training-consultancy/online.aspx

Contact us

By email: [email protected]

By phone: 0141 285 7117 Option 1, then Option 1 again.

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/distance/edu/autism-adults.aspx

Each module costs £20

Contact the University

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Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)

The Knowledge Network

Autism Awareness Resource Pack for General Practice In May 2016, resource packs to support GPs and their teams to make their surgeries more visibly friendly for patients with an autism spectrum disorder were sent to every GP practice in England. The packs support GP practices to meet the commitments of the RCGP Autism Patient Charter.

Autism Awareness Workshop Cascade Training In May 2016, RCGP faculties hosted a series of autism awareness workshops. The below presentations were used at the events, and are intended to be used by GPs and practice staff in their own surgeries.• Autism and General Practice: Why is diagnosis

so important? [PowerPoint]• Connect to Autism: Building autism-friendly

communities [PowerPoint]

The framework details the knowledge and skills required at different levels within the health and social care workforce to achieve key outcomes for people with an autism spectrum disorder, their families and carers. The framework applies to those in generic services through to those working in specialist ASD services. Following the publication of the framework, the training plan outlines the training needed to fulfil the requirements of the training framework by (i) identifying currently available training; (ii) identifying gaps in training provision; and (iii) guiding the development of appropriate training.

http://www.rcgp.org.uk/clinical-and-research/clinical-resources/autistic-spectrum-disorder.aspx

The NHS Education for Scotland Autism Training Framework: Optimising Outcomes

Free

Free

Contact CentreWesley HouseCorporation StreetSt.HelensWA10 1HF

Tel: 01744 676789Minicom: 01744 671671➜ www.sthelens.gov.uk/contactus

Please contact us to request translation of Council information into Braille, audio tape or a foreign language.

[email protected]

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