Sunfield's Professional Development Centre

TRAINING COURSES for families of children/adults with special needs

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To book a place on any of the following courses, please phone the Administration Manager on 01562 883183 or email 'Professional development & training courses' using our website enquiry form.

2009

Date	Ref.	Title	Cost per family member
21 Feb	PDC/088	An introduction to Signalong workshop Led by: Linda Hardy, Vicky Gould, Jan Millward - Signalong trainers Timings: Registration: 10.00 - 10.30am Finish: 3.15pm Linda, Vicky & Jan are all registered Signalong trainers who have the responsibility to ensure that the large staff team at Sunfield are fully conversant with signing. Linda is also a Team Leader responsible for a residential house within Sunfield, Vicky is Speech & Language Therapist and Jan is the Transitions Solutions Officer. The course will give you an insight into signing and why we should be using it, as well as giving you hands on training of various signs and putting these into practice. THIS COURSE WILL BENEFIT YOU BY: giving you an understanding of why Signing is so useful for anyone with Learning Difficulties, giving you the skills to be able to start signing. AT THE END OF THIS COURSE THOSE PARTICIPATING WILL HAVE: a better understanding of Signalong and its benefits. TO BOOK A PLACE, PHONE 01562 883183 OR CONTACT US ONLINE	£10.00 (Sunfield parents are exempt)
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28 March	PDC/089	MUMS' DAY - Developing Stories to Support Social Understanding in Children with ASD Led by: Iain Chatwin - Staff Training Advisor Timings: Registration: 9.30 - 10.00am Finish: 3.00pm THIS DAY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR MUMS OF CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS This course will introduce the use of stories to address social understanding difficulties experienced by children with an ASD. Stories are individually written to describe situations, skills or concepts that are creating confusion or difficulty for the child. THIS COURSE WILL BENEFIT YOU BY: presenting methods for assessing the issues that need to be addressed in relation to a child’s social understanding and behaviour identifying the criteria and guidelines that define a good story, and illustrating through examples how to write appropriate stories AT THE END OF THIS COURSE THOSE PARTICIPATING WILL HAVE: an awareness of the nature and role of stories as a social support strategy for people with an ASD an understanding of the criteria and critical elements that define and structure a story knowledge to write stories that appropriately address areas of difficulty in social understanding encountered by individuals TO BOOK A PLACE, PHONE 01562 883183 OR CONTACT US ONLINE	£10.00 (Sunfield parents are exempt)
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20 June	PDC/090	DADS' DAY - Behaviour Management Led by: Nick Logan - Consultant Educational Psychologist Timings: Registration: 10.00 - 10.30am Finish: 3.00pm THIS DAY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR DADS OF CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Nick is both Head of Psychology and Therapies, plus the Assessment and Outreach Department for Sunfield. He has strategic responsibility for challenging behaviour across the organisation. He is an Honorary National Adviser for the Downs Syndrome Association, and a member of the Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group. THE COURSE WILL COVER: developments in Challenging Behaviour at Sunfield – an overview the Dos and Don’ts of managing behaviour Assessment Factors (Short – Long Term) Positive Interventions: Behaviour Recovery Intensive Interaction & Behaviour Planning and Monitoring AT THE END OF THIS COURSE THOSE PARTICIPATING WILL HAVE: an update on Sunfield’s approaches to challenging behaviour identified some causes and reasons an overview of assessment techniques and strategies TO BOOK A PLACE, PHONE 01562 883183 OR CONTACT US ONLINE	£10.00 (Sunfield parents are exempt)
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26 Sept	PDC/091	What is ADHD? Led by: Nick Logan - Consultant Educational Psychologist Timings: Registration: 10.00 - 10.30am Finish: 3.00pm Nick is both Head of Psychology and Therapies, plus the Assessment and Outreach Department for Sunfield. He has strategic responsibility for challenging behaviour across the organisation. THE COURSE WILL COVER: a description of the condition theory on possible causes diagnostic factors associated mental health problems practical interventions AT THE END OF THIS COURSE THOSE PARTICIPATING WILL HAVE: an increased understanding of the disorder an increased understanding of how ADHD affects children and adults an increased understanding of how to support a person with ADHD an increased understanding of how ADHD can be overlooked TO BOOK A PLACE, PHONE 01562 883183 OR CONTACT US ONLINE	£10.00 (Sunfield parents are exempt)
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24 Oct	PDC/092	Understanding the Power of Play Timings: Registration: 9.30 - 10.00am Finish: 3.30pm Led by: Emma Taylor & Kellyanne Thornton - Play Therapists Emma Taylor and Kellyanne Thornton have worked closely with children and young people with intellectual disabilities for eight years in the Psychology and Therapies Department at Sunfield. Both graduated from university with a degree in Psychology. While employed as psychology assistants for Sunfield they became particularly interested in the role and power of play interventions in the developing child with learning disabilities and ASD. They are now qualified play therapists under Play Therapy UK. THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO: heighten awareness that non-directive and directive play can be valuable tools for children with learning difficulties and ASD provide you with the opportunity to acquire basic understanding of the principles and practice of interactive play intervention and play therapy provide you with play opportunities to re-discover the powerful nature of play COURSE MEMBERS SHOULD EXPECT: to work in a warm and supportive atmosphere to share play experiences through group work to be involved in a range of practical activities that may create mess to play and have fun THIS COURSE WILL BENEFIT YOU BY: re-awakening your inner child through play exploration, enabling you to truly understand and appreciate the influence and impact of play for children giving you ideas and confidence to go out and play AT THE END OF THIS COURSE THOSE PARTICIPATING WILL HAVE: an understanding of the Power of Play through their own experience and reflections shared throughout the day TO BOOK A PLACE, PHONE 01562 883183 OR CONTACT US ONLINE	£10.00 (Sunfield parents are exempt)
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21 Nov	PDC/093	Seamless Assessment Transition Led by: Andrew Cooksey - Independent Consultant Timings: Registration: 10.45 - 11.00am Finish: 3.00pm Andrew is an independent consultant and trainer who works across the UK giving information, advice and training to families and professionals. Andrew will talk about Community Care Assessments and include his own personal experiences of this process with his son. THE COURSE WILL COVER: Section 17 Assessments Transition Planning Eligibility Criteria Community Care Assessments Person Centred Plans Service Planning - Young Adults TO BOOK A PLACE, PHONE 01562 883183 OR CONTACT US ONLINE	£10.00 (Sunfield parents are exempt)
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If you would like further information about the courses we offer, or have suggestions for courses you would like to attend, please contact the administration manager for the centre.

Sunfield, Woodman Lane, Clent, near Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 9PB Tel: 01562 882253
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