SEND Support Service - Courses for parents and carers
We offer a range of virtual and face-to-face courses and workshops to help parents who live in West Northamptonshire understand and support their child's Special Educational Need and/or Disabilities (SEND).
Our workshops are available to parents of children 0-19 (unless otherwise specified)
- Virtual workshops are 90 minutes long
- Face to face workshops are 120 minutes long
From September 2023 we have introduced booking deposits, these will be refunded once confirmation of attendance is received, if you need to cancel you will receive a refund as long as it is 24 hours prior to start date of course.
All courses and workshops will be arranged subject to demand. If there are insufficient numbers to make a course viable, the event may be cancelled, and you will be informed in advance of the start date.
Courses and workshops
Type of course
Virtual or face-to-face workshop.
Length of course
2 sessions lasting 90 minutes if virtual, 120 minutes if face to face over 2 weeks.
What the course will include
- To learn about anger and emotions in children and young people with a Special Educational Need and Disability (SEND)
- To learn about the strategies to aid regulation
- To improve your confidence in recognising and managing your child’s emotions
- Practical skills used to track behaviour
Book a place
You can find dates of the next available course and sign up using Eventbrite.
Type of course
Virtual or face-to-face workshop.
Length of course
2 sessions lasting 90 minutes if virtual, 120 minutes if face to face over 2 weeks.
What the course will include
- To learn about anxiety in children and young people with SEND
- To learn about some of the methods for helping to manage their anxiety
- To improve your confidence in recognising and managing your child’s anxiety.
Book a place
You can find dates of the next available course and sign up using Eventbrite.
Type of course
Virtual or face-to-face workshop.
Length of course
2 sessions lasting 90 minutes if virtual, 120 minutes if face to face over 2 weeks.
What the course will include
The workshop aims to help you:
- understand more about difficulties surrounding food and SEND
- explore strategies and visual resources to support overcoming food and eating difficulties
- create bespoke resources to support positive change
Book a place
You can find dates of the next available course and sign up using Eventbrite.
Type of course
Virtual workshop – 90 minutes, 1 session
What the course will include
Topics covered will include:
- physical changes
- personal care
- examples of visual supports to aid understanding
These consultations are not suitable for children or young people.
Book a place
You can find dates of the next available course and sign up using Eventbrite.
Type of course
Virtual or face-to-face workshop.
Length of course
90 minutes if virtual, 120 minutes if face to face.
What the course will include
The workshop is designed to help you:
- gain a basic understanding of sensory processing
- consider how sensory processing relates to you and your child
- understand the formula of sensory circuits and how to set one up
Book a place
You can find dates of the next available course and sign up using Eventbrite.
These 6-week courses are for parents and carers of children with social communication difficulties and/or autism.
Each session is 90 minutes if virtual, 120 minutes if face to face and held once a week for 6 weeks.
Sessions will enable you to develop a range of support strategies for your child.
Reflections course
For parents and carers of children with social and communication difficulties and / or autism aged 7 years and under.
Spectrum course
For parents and carers of children and young people with social communication difficulties and / or autism aged 8 to 19 years.
Book a place
You can sign up for the next available course using Eventbrite.
Type of course
Virtual.
Length of course
90-minute virtual course.
What the course will include
The workshop 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
- We cover the sequence from start to finish, break it down into each step and discuss the barriers that might be encountered related to that step and ways to try and overcome them.
Book a place
You can find dates of the next available course and sign up using Eventbrite.
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 our list and contact you with details of the next available sessions.
Last updated 11 December 2023