SEND Support Service - Courses for parents and carers
We offer a range of virtual and face-to-face courses and workshops to help parents understand and support their child's Special Educational Need (SEN). These occur from September to July each year.
Book
You can start booking courses for 2024/25 from Friday 23 August 2024.
Courses and workshops
What the course will include
It will cover how to:
- evaluate behaviours
- teach your child to better understand what anger is
- strategies to communicate emotions
- teach relaxation techniques
Virtual
- Part 1 - Thursday 14 November 2024 - 6pm to 8pm
- Part 2 - Thursday 21 November 2024 - 6pm to 8pm
Face to face
- Tuesday 13 May 2025 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
What the course will include
The course aims to improve your confidence in recognising and managing your child’s anxiety at home.
We will help you to:
- identify triggers
- consider a variety of strategies
Face to face
- Tuesday 15 October 2024 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Virtual
- Part 1 - Thursday 24 April 2025 - 6pm to 8pm
- Part 2 - Thursday 1 May 2025 - 6pm to 8pm
What the course will include
The course aims to help you:
- understand more about difficulties surrounding food and autism
- explore strategies and visual resources to support overcoming food and eating difficulties
Face to face
- Tuesday 14 January 2025 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Virtual
- Part 1 - Monday 7 July 2025 - 6pm to 8pm
- Part 2 - Monday 14 July 2025 - 6pm to 8pm
What the course will include
The course is designed to help you:
- gain a basic understanding of sensory processing
- consider how sensory processing relates to your child
- understand some sensory supporting strategies
Face to face
- Monday 16 September 2024 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Virtual
- Part 1 - Tuesday 4 February 2025 - 6pm to 8pm
- Part 2 - Tuesday 11 February 2025 - 6pm to 8pm
This 6 week workshop is for parents and carers of children with social communication difficulties and autism.
You must attend all 6 sessions to get the best out of this workshop.
Sessions will enable you to develop a range of support strategies for your child.
Virtual
6 sessions over 6 weeks
- Wednesday 18 September 2024 - 10am to 12pm
- Wednesday 25 September 2024 - 10am to 12pm
- Wednesday 2 October 2024 - 10am to 12pm
- Wednesday 9 October 2024 - 10am to 12pm
- Wednesday 16 October 2024 - 10am to 12pm
- Wednesday 23 October 2024 - 10am to 12pm
6 sessions over 6 weeks
- Tuesday 25 February 2025 - 10am to 12pm
- Tuesday 4 March 2025 - 10am to 12pm
- Tuesday 11 March 2025 - 10am to 12pm
- Tuesday 18 March 2025 - 10am to 12pm
- Tuesday 25 March 2025 - 10am to 12pm
- Tuesday 1 April 2025 - 10am to 12pm
What the course will include
The course will cover:
- the sequencing of toileting
- strategies to try and bridge the child's gaps or sticking points (including sensory)
- show ways to move the sequence on from the child's starting point
Face to face
- Monday 2 December 2024 - 9:30am to 11:30am
Virtual
- Thursday 12 June 2025 - 10am to 12pm
What the course will include
The course will cover:
- contrasts in autism presentation between boys and girls
- considering girls autistic behaviours
- exploring strategies for techniques and support
Virtual
- Thursday 12 December 2024 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
- Monday 19 May 2025 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
What the course will include
Topics include:
- physical changes
- personal care
- examples of visual supports to aid understanding
Face to face
- Wednesday 13 November 2024
- Thursday 13 February 2025
- Tuesday 20 May 2025
- Monday 14 July 2025
Time slots available
- 9:30am to 10:30am
- 10:30am to 11:30am
- 11:30am to 12:30pm
- 1pm to 2pm
- 2pm to 3pm
- 3pm to 4pm
This includes the attendees of the Butterflies, Ladybirds and Penguins SEND groups.
What the course will include:
- four virtual presentations
- a live Speech and Language Therapy session
- opportunity to ask an Early Years Portage worker any questions
Virtual
The virtual presentations are a new way for us as a team to support families. Once you have received the presentations, you can listen to the slides at a time convenient for you.
Presentations will be emailed to you via egress, this is a time limited email. If the email is not opened for 30 days, the presentation will be unavailable to view and you will need to wait until the next course date to sign up again.
If no dates are showing or bookings have closed, email us at [email protected], providing the course or workshop title and your contact details.
We will add you to a waiting list and contact you with details of the next available sessions.
All courses and workshops will be arranged subject to demand. If there are insufficient numbers to make any course viable, the event may be cancelled, and you will be informed in advance of the start date.
Last updated 14 October 2024