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Access to the Wider Community: Social Opportunities to Build Resilience

Find outings, activities and connections beyond the classroom that help learners with complex needs cope with stress, change and loss.

  • 48 minutes
  • 1 CPD hour
  • Certificate
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On its own: £51 including VAT · 12 months' access

About this course

A learner who is overwhelmed can look calm. Their face goes still and they seem to relax, when really they've switched off. Reading signs like that is the first step. The second is giving them more ways to bounce back.

A lot of that happens in the wider community. You'll find ideas for relaxed and multi-sensory theatre, walks planned around a single sense, accessible nature trails and beaches, and music chosen to bring out a range of feelings, not only happy ones. There's practical help for when a favourite carer moves on, such as a sensory scrapbook to remember them by, and a breathing exercise that uses a strong smell like peppermint.

The presenter is a special school teacher and complementary therapist who lives with anxiety herself, and there's plenty here for your own wellbeing as well.

Modules

15 modules
  1. 1Introduction1 min
  2. 2Things to Look Out For3 min
  3. 3Research4 min
  4. 4Messy Play3 min
  5. 5Relationships3 min
  6. 6Result of Lockdown1 min
  7. 7Change and Depression1 min
  8. 8Music8 min
  9. 9Exercise5 min
  10. 10Stress Hormones2 min
  11. 11Mindfulness3 min
  12. 12Quick Breathing Exercise2 min
  13. 13Nature6 min
  14. 14Senses6 min
  15. 15Story Massage2 min

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