Training round up for parents/carers
Following feedback we now provide round up of all training for the next two months available for SEND parents/carers in Bedford Borough.
June and July Training round up
To book training for
Autism Bedfordshire
Visit their training page by clicking here
Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum
Visit their event page on their website by clicking here
British Dyslexia Association
Visit their webinars page by clicking https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/events/category/webinar
Carers in Beds -
Visit their what's on calendar by click here then click on the date and time
Early Help Triple P Training Email Triplep@bedford.gov.uk
SEND Health Week 2024
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Tuesday 4th June 10am to 11am |
Witherslack Group ONLINE Sleep Solutions: Supporting The Sensory Needs of Children
To book visit https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/resources/sleep-solutions-supporting-the-sensory-needs-of-children/
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Tuesday 4th June 7pm to 8:30pm |
ERIC UK ONLINE Talking about bedwetting To book by 12 noon on the 3rd of June please visit https://eric.org.uk/talking-about-bedwetting/.
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Tuesday 4th June 7pm to 9pm |
Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum Sensory Processing and Sleep Delivered by: Nickie Sutton This workshop will look at strategies to help your child with sensory differences sleep better and understand sensory processing around sleep.
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Tuesday 4th June 7pm to 8pm |
British Dyslexia Association Free Webinar - Don’t stop me now! Achieving with Dyslexia in FE/HE This session will offer some top tips in planning, preparing and studying for college and university with dyslexia and neurodiversity. This session will offer some top tips in planning, preparing and studying for college and university with dyslexia and neurodiversity.
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Tuesday 4th June 7pm to 9pm |
Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum Supporting and Empowering the Anxious Child Delivered by: The Contented Child
This workshop will introduce you to the current thinking around children's anxiety and move on to exploring ways to support young people to manage their anxiety with realistic support.
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Monday 10th June 10am to 11:30am |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024 Preparing for Adulthood - Annual Health Checks, Would you like to find out more about Annual Health Checks? Come and join our Local Health Equalities Service to find out more about how Annual Health Checks can benefit you and your child, what you can expect, and how you can access them.
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Monday 10th June 1pm to 2:30pm |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024 How to support your teenager preparing for adulthood and navigating SEND, with the School Nursing Team, This workshop is aimed at parents/carers or professionals who support young people with SEND. Come and join the Bedfordshire and Luton school nursing team to discuss how best to support our young people in preparing them for their next steps as well as navigating their world as a teenager with SEND!
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Tuesday 11th June 10am to 11:30am |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024 Lived Experience of Autism and Mental Health Services, This session will explore Autism from those with lived experience and their journey from receiving their diagnosis. They will be sharing what support they received from mental health services, advice on what was helpful and what could’ve been different to support them better. Come along to hear from the young people who helped to create the Autism training video and hear about other resources in development and the impact they are having
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Tuesday 11th June 1pm to 2:30pm |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024 Gender Identity and Lived Experience Gender Identity and Neurodiversity is a controversial topic. This workshop will share different people’s lived experience, what people and families have found helpful, and how we support young people at CAMHS. Every young person is different and this workshop is about supporting young people and their families.
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Tuesday 11th June 7pm to 9pm
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Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum Accessing the Public Services Toolkit Delivered by: Cerebra This workshop is run by Cerebra which is a charity dedicated to helping families with children with brain conditions discover a better life together. It will be beneficial to parent carers with medically completed children and young people. For more about Cerebra, visit their website at www.cerebra.org.uk
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Wednesday 12th June 10am to 11am |
Witherslack Group ADHD: Managing Attachment & Behaviour To book visit https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/resources/adhd-managing-attachment-and-behaviour/
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Wednesday 12th June 10am to 11:30am |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024 The Positives of Neurodiversity,
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Wednesday 12th June 10am to 1pm |
Autism Bedfordshire
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Wednesday 12th June 1pm to 2:30pm |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024 SEND and Behaviour Workshop,
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Wednesday 12th June 7pm to 8:30pm |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024 Step Away from the Screen
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Wednesday 12th June 7pm to 9pm
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Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum Co-sleeping with your SEND child Delivered by Nickie Sutton Nickie Sutton, specialist sleep practitioner, and trainer will be hosting this workshop where we look at how SEND affects sleep and practical strategies to help.
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Thursday 13th June 10am to 11:30am |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024 Misconceptions and Lived Experience of Tics and Tourettes, 10-11.30am
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Thursday 13th June 1-2.30pm |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024
ADHD in Females and those Assigned Female at Birth, Our understanding of ADHD presenting in those assigned female at birth has massively increased world-wide over the last few years. Due to this, we’ve seen a big increase in those presenting with ADHD symptoms and in turn, parents/ carers and professionals wanting a wider understanding on how you can support a young person with the diagnosis. This workshop gives you an opportunity to hear from young people and those with lived experience, ask questions and understand what is important to them. Non-traditional discussions around making home-life easier, navigating the educational system and support post diagnosis.
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Friday 14th June 10-11.30am |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024
SEND and Dietetics: Making Mealtimes Manageable, |
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Friday 14th June 10am to 12 noon |
Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum Stronger Beginnings drop in sessions signposting families that are just starting in the complex world of SEND or those who have some concerns about their child's development. At the Child Development Centre (CDC) These are drop-in sessions hosted by Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum which aim to strongly signpost families that are just starting in the complex world of SEND or those who have some concerns about their child's development. You can expect a lot of resources, a hot spot to research anything and some SEND practitioners to help answer any questions you have. There’s no need to book. |
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Friday 14th June 1-2.30pm |
SEND Health Focus Week 2024
ADHD and Medication,
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Saturday 15h June 10am to 12 noon |
Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum Stronger Beginnings drop in sessions signposting families that are just starting in the complex world of SEND or those who have some concerns about their child's development. At the Child Development Centre (CDC) These are drop-in sessions hosted by Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum which aim to strongly signpost families that are just starting in the complex world of SEND or those who have some concerns about their child's development. You can expect a lot of resources, a hot spot to research anything and some SEND practitioners to help answer any questions you have. There’s no need to book. |
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Tuesday 18th June 6pm to 9pm
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ONLINE Autism & Demand Avoidance £20 per person |
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Wednesday 19th June 10am to 11:30am |
Witherslack Group supporting young people with speech, language and communication challenges.
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Wednesday 19th June 7pm to 9pm
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Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum Supporting a Child‘s Emotional Regulation Delivered by: The contented child This workshop is designed for parents of school-aged children with difficulties tolerating and expressing their feelings, leading to outbursts and other displays of overwhelming emotion. |
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Wednesday 26th June 7pm to 8:30pm |
Witherslack Group Understanding PDA To book https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/resources/understanding-pathological-demand-avoidance-pda/
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Wednesday 26th June 7pm to 8:30pm |
ERIC UK
Talking about: toileting with additional needs – parent / carer event To book visit https://eric.org.uk/talking-about-toileting-with-additional-needs/
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Wednesday 10th July 10am to 3pm |
Witherslack Group FREE Virtual SEN Conference; Naturing your child’s behaviour and Wellbeing To book visit https://pages.witherslackgroup.co.uk/virtual-conf-summer-24
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BLMK SEND eLearning for Parents and Practitioners
Bedford Borough Council and Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum have worked with partners from across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes to coproduce a set of 3 eLearning modules where you can learn more about SEND and the Childrens and Families Act 2014.
You can access the training through clicking here . You will need to register as a new user to be able to access the training. For many of the registration questions parents can simply answer N/A.
The below video gives an introduction to what to expect from this eLearning
Health Early Support Workshop - Translated versions
Early Support Workshop [dubbed in Bengali]
https://vimeo.com/864441249/b4cd9107ca
Early Support Workshop (original version subtitled in Bengali)
https://vimeo.com/834720559/f22836f3b3
Early Support Workshop [dubbed in Romanian]
https://vimeo.com/880498501/adddc76f17
Early Support Workshop [dubbed in Polish]
https://vimeo.com/880513775/aeabfa3e24
Early Support Workshop [dubbed in Urdu]
https://vimeo.com/881771795/6bbc6acd71
Early Support Workshop [dubbed in Bulgarian]
https://vimeo.com/883008792/847acccb94
Independent Travel Training for young people with SEND aged 14+
Independent Travel Training is the teaching of the skills required to enable an individual with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to start travelling independently and safely to and from school/college or place of work and within their local community with confidence.
Travel Training involves teaching an individual to walk a particular route or travel by public transport, some methods of transport may be more appropriate than others depending on the individual or where they live.
Traveling independently is an important skill to gain as part of preparing for adulthood and developing an individual’s independence, confidence, resilience and self-esteem. It enables easier access to future educational and employment opportunities and a vast range of transferable skills will be developed.’
For more information please visit https://localoffer.bedford.gov.uk/traveltraining
ONLINE Council for Disabled Children level 1 and 2 SEND basic awareness training (Certificate available)
The Council for Disabiled Children is delighted to announce the launch of their SEND Basic Awareness e-learning course. This freely available, self-guided e-learningwill improve people knowledge and understanding of:
- the Children and Families Act,
- the SEND Code of Practice,
- the Local Offer,
- the graduated approach
Level 1 link - Level 1: SEND Basic Awareness | Council for Disabled Children
Level 2 link - Level 2: SEND Basic Awareness | Council for Disabled Children
ONLINE Speech and Language Training
The Children’s Speech and Language Therapy service in Luton and Bedfordshire provide training opportunities for ALL children of ALL ages. Training opportunities are varied and provide staff working in Early Years, Primary and Secondary the skills to work with children at a Universal, Targeted and Specialist level. We are passionate about upskilling the workforce to support ALL children with their Speech, Language and Communication skills. In addition, many of our workshops are available for parents/carers to attend.
For more info click here
Online training from Cambridge Community Services you can watch any time
For sensory challenges (for parents/carers and professionals):
Planning wheels for sensory challenges (for young people, parents/carers and professionals):
ADHD Workshop (for parents/carers and professionals):
Behaviours That May Challenge - Workshop
https://vimeo.com/774725658/a01f0cbba5
ADHD New Diagnosis Workshop
https://vimeo.com/773837668/c985cf66bd
Teenage Sleep Workshop
https://vimeo.com/773826941/c5a7782ad5
The Speech and Language service (SALT) have developed a series of videos which contain information on supporting a child’s communication needs within the home or educational settings.
www.childspeechbedfordshire.nhs.uk/training/videos/
Practitioner training round up page
To view the pactitioners Training Page please visit
https://localoffer.bedford.gov.uk/practitionertraining
Recovery college - FREE Online Prospectus April to August 2024
To download the online prospectus click here.
Bedfordshire and Luton Recovery College is part of the Bedfordshire Mental Health Academy which is a formal partnership with ELFT and the University of Bedfordshire.
The college is open to any adults who live or work in Bedfordshire and Luton.
Our courses and workshops focus on mental health wellbeing and recovery. They are delivered by people with lived experience and professional experience.
We promote a positive student experience based on the principles of recovery and the values of the University of Bedfordshire and ELFT.
- Opportunity
- Choice
- Hope
- The University of Bedfordshire strives to offer transformational educational change for people’s lives
- East London Foundation Trust key values are:
We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive.
All of our courses and workshops are free of charge.
To download the online prospectus click here.
Recording of the SEND Health Week Talks July 2023
Please click here to see the full range of recordings from the SEND Health week talks
Triple P Summer Term Dates April to July 2024
Please click here to view the range of Triple P courses available across the Summer Term 2024