Support and training options
Early years training and consultancy
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Advisory - Schemas - Exploratory play of toddlers
This half day training course will ensure all learners have a greater knowledge and understanding of Schemas and how children’s schematic play impacts on their learning and development.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Professional Options – Under twos course - Let’s Delve for Treasure!
Explore and understand the principles behind Treasure Baskets.
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Ahoy there! Navigating the reading journey
This half day course will explore the many elements which go together to help children to not only read, but to do so with understanding and enjoyment.
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E-learning course - Allergy Awareness Food Hygiene
The Food Information Regulations changed in December 2014, with implications for childcare providers. Settings that provide snacks and meals to children must be able to detail the ingredients in every food dish.
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E-learning course - Food Hygiene
The food hygiene training course is split into chapters, each focusing on a different area of food hygiene. Each chapter has a short video and a quick test on each so you can check your progress.
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Behaviour – It’s not about the Label
The 2021 Inclusion Conference will focus on the theme of behaviour including areas such as; anxiety, sensory diets, self esteem and speech and language.
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Downloadable training packages for leaders/managers - British Values: Playing fair
The aim of the session is to encourage the whole team to explore and discuss the new aspect of British Values that will part of the new inspection framework from September 2015.
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Bespoke Business Support
We will assist you in scrutinising existing polices, procedures and practice to help identify areas for improvement through challenge and reflection on practice
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Budget Support and cash flow forecasting
We will help you to navigate the process of using the SfYC sector specific forecasting templates to produce a detailed forecast for your business
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support following Ofsted Inspection - Leadership and Management
We will help you to reflect on your policies, procedures, practice and business processes and identify areas for improvement
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Setting up a new or changing childcare provider on your premises
We will provide advice and guidance on setting up a new or changing childcare provider on your premises
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Out of School
We will support you with guidance on scrutinising existing policies, procedures, practice and business processes, and identifying areas for improvement
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Committee Support for PVI Early Years and Childcare providers
We will provide your committee with specific advice and guidance to develop professional and effective governance for Early Years and Childcare provision
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - fsted readiness support (PVI only) Leadership and Management
This is a bespoke service providing in depth advice and guidance and support around being prepared and ready for your OFSTED inspection
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Safeguarding health check
We will support you with guidance on scrutinising existing policies, procedures and practice, and identifying areas for improvement
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Self Evaluation – Leadership and Management
This bespoke offer will provide in-depth advice and guidance around self evaluation
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Childcare Development and Business Officer Team - Support - Staff Recruitment
We will help you to develop an effective recruitment and selection process for your organisation
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Creating Culturally Inclusive Communities Within Early Years Education
The course will promote awareness of and celebrate diversity within our own communities and in the wider world
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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS3/ITERS-3)
This course will promote awareness of and celebrate diversity within our own communities and in the wider world
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E-learning - Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-3 / ITERS-3)
Do you want to improve your learning environment? Is improving the role of the adult on your development plan? Do you need a tool to help with self-assessment? ERS training covers all this and more.
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Early Talk Boost training
Early Talk Boost is a language program from ICAN which aims to support children aged 3 to 4 who have delayed language development
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E-learning - Elklan speech and language support for 3 to 5 year olds
Elklan's evidence based speech and language support for 3 to 5s is a highly successful, externally accredited training course.
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EMTAS Team - Support - Dual-language story telling/ Persona doll session
These sessions support the engagement of ethnic minority children including Travellers by raising self esteem
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EMTAS Team - Support - Observation, assessment, planning and feedback to help staff identify ways to become a more inclusive setting
An EMTAS specialist member of staff will make a visit to review current provision and give bespoke advice on how to develop a more inclusive setting
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EMTAS Team - Support - Event aimed at supporting parents
These events, akin to a coffee morning, are a successful way of engaging with ethnic minority parents including Travellers
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EMTAS Team - Support - Yearly subscription to the EMTAS resource library plus EMTAS language phone lines and Traveller phone line
Access to resources including Persona Dolls, dual-language books, talking dictionaries and dual-language stories and the EMTAS phone lines
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Early Years Advisory Team - Support - Action Planning
This support visit will focus on developing the action plan for the Early Years Foundation Stage
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Early Years Advisory Team - Support - Focus on any area of Learning Support
This support visit can focus on any area that is required by the setting
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Early Years Advisory Team – 2 hours Support - Focus on any area of Learning
This 2 hour support visit can focus on any area that is required by the setting
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Early Years Advisory Team - Support - ECERS/ITERS/FCCERS audits and support
We will provide you with an evaluation against an international scale that celebrates strengths and identifies improvements using the Environment Rating Scales
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Early Years Advisory Team - Support - EYFSP Moderation Visits and Support
We will examine how well the principles of good early years assessment are embedded in practice and the robustness of Early Learning Goal (ELG) judgements
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Early Years Advisory Team - Support - Overview 'health check' of the provision for the EYFS
This support visit will focus on an overview of provision and practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage
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Early Years Advisory Team - Support - Recruiting and/or interviewing EYFS staff - Schools only
We can provide support with all aspects of the recruitment process, including writing job descriptions, short listing and interviewing
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Early Years Advisory Team - Support - EY Tracking and data support
We will review your current system and process for tracking children’s progress and how well it meets good practice
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E-learning - Supporting 0-2 year olds in the EYFS
The aim of this course is to further develop practitioners’ knowledge and understanding of high quality provision for babies and toddlers aged 0 to 2 years
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E-learning - Food hygiene level 3 for employed nursery cooks
A course for nursery cooks, chefs, supervisors or managers who want to develop their knowledge of food safety and management.
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E-learning - Health and safety
This course meets the criteria laid down for the Level 2 award in Health & Safety in the Workplace. It is recognised by environmental health officers and is updated by the organisation that provides the training when new legislation is brought in.
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Inclusion - Attachment - Thursday 12th November 2020
This course enables practitioners to reflect on the effectiveness of their environment and practice in enabling individual children's emotional and developmental needs to be met
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Inclusion - New Level two: Good Autism practice webinar
This level two course will provide you with a solid understanding of autism combined with practical strategies and resource
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Inclusion - New Level one: Making Sense of Autism - Autism Education Trust (AET) - Monday 5th October 2020
Basic awareness training for all those engaging with children in early years settings
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Inclusion - Play, Chat, Interact! (an updated version of “The Communication Tree” training) - Thursday 4 June 2020 or Tuesday 2 February 2021
This course takes delegates through the process of how communication skills develop and the vital role that adults play in this
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Inclusion - New Stress Free Target Setting - Tuesday 17th November 2020
This course is designed to support practitioners to write appropriate targets and targeted plans/individual education plans for children with or without additional needs
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Inclusion Team - Support - Meeting the additional needs of individual or groups of children
Learn how to identify and then meet children's individual needs, find their learning styles and follow their interests both in group and as individuals
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Inclusion Team - Support - Empowering SENCo’s
An opportunity to look at how a SENCo can be empowered, giving them the competence to ensure that outcomes are improved for all children with SEND in your setting
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Inclusion Team - Support - Implementing support strategies
Makaton signs and symbols, visual timetables, Social Stories, behaviour plans and other strategies are included in this half day session
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Inclusion Team - Support - Inclusion Classroom Profile (ICP)
You will be scored against the Inclusion Classroom Profile (ICP) which celebrates strengths and helps to identify possible improvements to your inclusive early years provision
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Inclusion Team - Support - Implementing the SEND Code of Practice
An opportunity to look more closely at the 2014 SEND Code of Practice 0-25 yrs statutory guidance document.
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InclusionTeam - Support - Developing and Implementing a SEND policy
This half day session looks at developing your SEND policy so that it reflects the ethos of your setting as well as the latest government legislation
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Inclusion Team - Support - Tracking progress and identifying next steps
An opportunity to look closely at ways of tracking the progress of children with additional needs in the early years
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Inclusion - Understanding Behaviour course - Tuesday 20th October 2020
This course is designed to help you understand why children display certain behaviours and provide you with strategies to support/analyse their behaviour
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Language Box Training, What next? - Tuesday 3rd November 2020
This training is aimed at the practitioner leading (or planning to lead) language box sessions for children with a speech and language delay
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LFSP Bitesize training package - eLearning course
A programme of six short bitesize pre-recorded sessions have been created in partnership with the Leading Foundation Stage Practitioners.
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E-learning course - Let’s look at maths – number
The let's look at... maths: number course looks at how to support the development stages of children in the early years in practical fun ways.
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E-learning course - Let’s look at maths – shape, space and measure
The let's look at... maths: shape, space and measure course looks at how to support the development stages of children in the early years in practical fun ways.
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E-learning course - Let’s look at schemas
The aim of the course is to provide an overview and understanding of schemas in young children.
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Downloadable training - Packages for Leaders/Managers - Managing poor behaviour
The aim of this course is to help you identify what you consider to be challenging behaviour, possible causes, appropriate behaviour management strategies and to provide sample templates for recording your concerns.
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Downloadable training - Packages for Leaders/Managers - They keep mixing up the sand and water!: planning the environment for 2
The aim of this hour long session is to give the whole team an opportunity to challenge their thinking about how the environment that has been designed with the threes in mind can work for the younger children.
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Developing Positive Relationships with Parents - Friday 9th October 2020
This half day basic course is designed to promote positive relationships between parents and early years practitioners
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RADE Team - Support - Yearly subscription to the Rights and Diversity Education Centre (RADE) training
Training and support for practitioners will develop good practice around cultural diversity, race equality and Rights Respecting education
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RADE Team - Support - Yearly subscription to the Rights and Diversity Education Centre (RADE)
Annual subscription to the centre enables the setting to borrow up to 60 resources for use to include themed boxes, books, teaching packs, DVDs, textiles and clothes
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Downloadable training - Packages for Leaders/Managers - Jack built a tower of 7 blocks. So what?: Recording quality information and using the child’s voice
The aim of this session is to encourage the whole team to think about what their observation and assessment approach is doing to improve practice. This session will encourage the answer to the question: So what?
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Elearning - Safer Environments eLearning course
This E-learning course is designed to support all early years staff and contains a wealth of information, scenarios and online resources.
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Elearning - Safer Recruitment Elearning course
This E-learning course has been designed to support staff who are involved in the recruitment process.
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Downloadable training - Packages for Leaders/Managers - But I can’t unfriend my friend! The social networking dilemma in early years
The aim of this hour-long session is to help the team consider the pros and cons of social media, and its implications for safeguarding, boundaries and professionalism.
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Elearning - Staff Supervision Elearning course
This E-learning course is for those new to providing supervision in childcare settings.
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E-learning course - Supporting children's health and wellbeing through a healthy, balanced and nutritious diet
This online course aims to develop a practitioner's knowledge and understanding of healthy, balanced and nutritious foods and drinks.
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E-learning course - Time to Talk – An introduction to communication development
This E-learning session looks at enhancing your understanding of how communication develops.
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Downloadable training packages for leaders/managers - Toy Box Talk™ for childminders
Toy Box Talk™ for childminders gives you a clear framework for your own or your assistant's personal development, plus information and ideas that you may wish to use.
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What is Attachment? - Wednesday 8th July or Tuesday 29th September 2020
This course introduces the key concepts of attachment theory and enables practitioners to reflect on the effectiveness of their environment in meeting children's emotional and developmental needs
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E-learning - Supporting 2 year olds in the EYFS
This course begins by sharing valuable information around the Government’s plans to introduce a new targeted entitlement for two year olds to access free early education
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Ahoy there! Navigating the writing journey
This half day course will explores the early stages of writing and practical ideas to encourage children to want to communicate through their mark making and to apply early phonic skills.
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Awe and wonder of babies
This half day course will explores the early stages of writing and practical ideas to encourage children to want to communicate through their mark making and to apply early phonic skills.
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Early Years Advisory Team - The role of the adult and supporting interactions (Early Years Foundation Stage)
This training looks the different types of roles the adult takes when supporting children and promoting positive and sustained interactions.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Creating effective learning environments (Early Years Foundation Stage)
From outstanding continuous provision to enhancements and personalised learning this training unpicks elements to creating your own effective learning environment.
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Exploring Cultural Capital
This half day course will help you to demystifying cultural capital.
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Early Talk Boost Intervention Pack
The Intervention pack includes all the essential materials, resources and manuals.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Talk Boost Key Stage 1
Talk Boost Key Stage 1 is an evidence based targeted intervention from ICAN for 4-7 year old children with delayed language development, including children in Reception classes.
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EMTAS Team - Training - Top tips for supporting EAL and Traveller Children, including engaging parents
This course will give practitioners an understanding of a range of strategies appropriate for supporting children who speak or who are learning English as an additional language and children of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritages and their parents.
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EMTAS Team - Training - Working with families from ethnic minority backgrounds and cultures
This session will raise awareness of cultural sensitivities staff may encounter when working with families and carers from ethnic minority backgrounds.
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Inclusion - New Level four: Leading Good Autism Practice
For those in roles of leadership, who train others and who are able to influence whole setting development in responding effectively to the needs of autistic children.
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Inclusion - New Level one: Making Sense of Autism
Basic awareness training for all those engaging with children in early years settings. This includes teaching and support staff, office and ancillary staff, caterers, caretakers, Childminders, social workers, transport staff and governors and committee members.
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Inclusion - New Level three: Extending and Enhancing Good Autism practice
A solid understanding of autism combined with practical strategies and resources for all practitioners working directly with children with social communication needs and autism in early years settings.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Makaton Beginner Course
The Beginners Workshop provides a practical introduction to the Makaton Language Programme.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Makaton Follow Up Course
The Follow-Up Workshop helps you to improve and develop your signing and symbol skills and how to use them effectively every day.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Makaton follow up taster session
This Follow Up Taster session is offered to a whole staff team at least 4 months following an Initial Taster training.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Makaton Foundation Course
The Foundation Workshop provides a detailed introduction to Makaton and combines a practical approach with theory and technical information.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Makaton initial taster session
This is a Makaton training opportunity for whole staff teams in their own environments provided by our Hampshire Makaton tutor team.
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Inclusion - New Level two: Good Autism practice
A solid understanding of autism combined with practical strategies and resources for all practitioners working directly with children with social communication needs and autism in early years settings.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Understanding Sensory Seeking Behaviours
This half day training is designed to help delegates become more aware of the effects of sensory processing issues.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Developing
This training promotes positive relationships between parents and practitioners.
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Language Box Training, What next?
This half day training is aimed at the practitioner leading (or planning to lead) language box sessions for children with a speech and language delay.
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Services for Young Children Professional Options - Additional Hours
Additional hours follow up sessions
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Services for Young Children Professional Options - Summary Report
Use this option if you forgot to request a report at the time of your original purchase, or if you subsequently require a summary report following a training or support session
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Early Years advisory team – New Adventures in Maths
A look at developing a rich maths curriculum through first hand experiences in the EYFS.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Connect, Reflect and Grow (CRG) Training Programme
Connect, Reflect and Grow is an intervention where practitioners are guided to reflect on video clips of their own successful interactions with children in their care.
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Inclusion Team - Training - Attachment Training Course
This course introduces the key concepts of attachment theory and emotional attachment.
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Inclusion - Understanding Behaviour course
This half day course is designed to help you understand why children display certain behaviours.
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Play, Chat, Interact! (an updated version of “The Communication Tree” training)
This half day course take delegates through the process of how communication skills develop and the vital role that adults play in this.
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Inclusion - Play, Chat, Interact! (an updated version of “The Communication Tree” training)
This half day training aims to provide you with a basic understanding of speech and language development.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Early Talk Boost
Early Talk Boost is a highly evidence based language program from ICAN.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Fit to Write
This half day training looks at writing first and foremost as a physical skill and explores how children need to be fit to write to become successful writers
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Early Years Advisory Team - Observation, assessment and planning (Early Years Foundation Stage)
This training looks at the cycle of observation, assessment and planning and how is circles around the unique child with their own interests, needs and stage of development.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Outdoor learning (Early Years Foundation Stage)
This training looks at the importance and value of learning outdoors.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Professional Options – Under twos course - Come and explore Heuristic play
This course will explore children's natural curiosity to discover the world around them.
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Early Years Advisory Team - 'The sky’s the limit!’ - Challenge in EYFS
This half day training will develop practitioners understanding of how ‘Treasure Baskets’ and ‘Heuristic Play’ can be used as an educational tool to support and encourage learning for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
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Early Years Advisory Team - Delivery of the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage)
This training course is an overview of the delivery of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
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Developing children's resilience (Early Years Foundation Stage)
An opportunity for practitioners to understand that resilience is what young children need in order to cope with the challenges they face daily at home and within the setting.
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Early Years Advisory Team & Inclusion - The World of Exploration and Heuristic Play for children with Special Needs
This half day training will develop practitioners understanding of how ‘Treasure Baskets’ and ‘Heuristic Play’ can be used as an educational tool to support and encourage learning for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
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Supporting children’s speech sound development – A bitesize introduction
This bitesize training will give you some initial top tips and ideas of how you can support speech sound development within your settings and schools.
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Supporting children’s attention and Listening skills – A bitesize introduction
This bitesize training will give you some initial top tips of how you can support children’s attention and listening within your settings and schools as well as providing you with example activities to develop attention.
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SfYC Moodle access
Access to the SfYC interactive Moodle site which contains a wealth of information, resources and training.
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Language Box Training, What next? - Monday 14 December 2020
This training is aimed at the practitioner leading (or planning to lead) language box sessions for children with a speech and language delay.
