This is an introductory course for all staff and volunteers working directly with children in schools. This course will explain what child sexual exploitation is and some of the ways in which children may be exploited. We will think about why some children may be more vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and consider the signs and symptoms you may notice if a child is being sexually exploited. We will learn about the responsibilities of school and college staff in relation to child sexual exploitation and talk about what you should do if you think a child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, this type of abuse.

This is an introductory course for all staff and volunteers working directly with children in schools. This course will explain what child criminal exploitation is and some of the ways in which children may be exploited. We will think about why some children may be more vulnerable to child criminal exploitation and consider the signs and symptoms you may notice if a child is being exploited in this way. We will learn about the responsibilities of school and college staff in relation to child criminal exploitation and talk about what you should do if you think a child is suffering, or is at risk of suffering, this type of abuse.

This course aims to support secondary non-specialists to deliver RSHE with confidence and skill.   

This is an introductory course for all staff and volunteers working directly with children in schools. This course will explain what early help is and what it means to provide early help. We will think about which children may be in need of early help and why some children with additional vulnerabilities may be more in need of help than others. We will learn about the responsibilities of school and college staff in relation to early help and talk about what you should do if you think a child would benefit from early help.

This course will explore a range of strategies to help embed a strong emphasis of phonics within your setting. It will encompass the techniques and ideas previously explored within ‘Getting Started with Phonics’ and ‘Continuing with phonics’. The course will also support you with assessing pupils’ phonetic progress and preparation for the phonics screening in Year 1.

This course explores Gender incongruence as one example of the ways that the language we use to talk about gender and sexuality has changed. 

At some point in everyone’s life they will have difficulties sleeping, in this course we consider some practical ideas that research has shown will improve sleep.

Laying a clear foundation to understanding gender diversity through the interlinking areas of gender identity and expression. This course goes on to offer insight into how we may use words to describe our gender, not just to raise awareness but to normalise the language around gender diversity. 

In this course we look at 'coming out', or the decision that some people take to share with those around them their gender identity or sexual orientation.

In this course we look at the allergy spectrum and concentrate on the severe allergic reaction – Anaphylaxis. We consider the most common allergens, what happens during a severe allergic reaction and how to treat someone having in Anaphylactic shock. We give a brief demonstration of how to administer emergency medication – an Adrenalin Auto-injector Device (AAI) and what to do in a crisis. We explore good practice in schools, who is responsible for what and address a few things to think about

This course is aimed at parents, carers, teaching assistants and teachers seeking some additional guidance in some of the key features of IT for learning.  The course is designed to teach you some of the basics on how to use the key features of IT to help you support young people and their remote learning. We will consider things like how to communicate online, how to submit a child’s work online and much more.

This course covers how to respond if a student makes a disclosure regarding their gender, sexual or romantic orientation, as well as the actions that we can and cannot take .

There can be sense of bewilderment around all the different terms and names given to the diverse range of genders and sexualities. This course offers insight into the language that we use to describe ourselves and others.  

You will understand how to support colleagues who may be peri-menopausal or menopausal and consider the potential impact on their mental health during this time.

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This course will provide you with an introduction to health and wellbeing, specifically mental wellbeing. You can use it as a standalone course or an overview to help cement your knowledge before considering our more indepth course. For example, the Spot and Support or Meeting the Needs pathways.

This course will guide you through the basics of evidence-based measures. We will consider some examples to help you shape your own planning prior to implementing evidence-based measures in your setting.

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Date: July 6, 2022 - 1:30 pm UK time

Session Takeaways:

1. Ways to tweak practice to better support children who may have experienced trauma
2. Consider what a trauma inclusive environment looks like in EYFS
3. Ways to enhance relationships which help children to regulate emotionally

 

Speaker: Judith Staff

Judith is a teacher, trainer and consultant. Judith teaches part-time, and also delivers a trauma-informed, violence awareness/prevention programme for children aged 2-6 years.  The programme, funded by the West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit, supports children growing up in areas with high rates of violent crime.

Suitable for: All staff from education settings working with children 3-8 years

Format: 60-minute zoom webinar; 45 minutes presentation 15 minutes Q&A