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Completing high needs funding requests (Element 3)
Dates - (1 hour: 3.30pm – 4.30pm)
Wednesday 9th October 2024
Wednesday 13th November 2024
Wednesday 12th February 2025
Wednesday 30th April 2025
Who is this course for: SENCOS, Bursars & Senior Leadership who require support applying for high needs funding.
Fee: Free
Venue: Online Via Microsoft Teams
£0.00
Effective Inclusion of a C/YP with a Vision Impairment in Mainstream
Date: Wednesday 9th October 2024 - 10am to 3pm
Who is this course for: Primary and secondary mainstream teachers, TAs, SENDCos.
Cost: £60 per person
Venue:
Training Room G 4
New Parks House
Pindar Road,
Leicester. LE3 9RN
Areas Covered:
•Understanding the definition of visual impairment.
•Understanding the impact of vision impairment on primary and secondary age children and young people.
•Practical advice on classroom support strategies including technology.
•The principle of adapting and modifying resources.
•Preparing for exams.
•Social and emotional inclusion for children and young people with a vision impairment.
Course Outcomes:
•An understanding of different types of vision loss and how this affects the child you support.
•A better understanding of visual impairment and its implications in the classroom.
•Practical Strategies for inclusion including technology.
•Advice on how to modify and adapt resources.
•Support in preparing for Key Stage 4 exams and assessments.
•Strategies and teaching approaches for developing social inclusion.
This course will be delivered by the Vision Support Team.
£60.00
Making PE Lessons and Sports Accessible for a Child or Young Person with a Vision Impairment
Date: Thursday 7th November 2024 - 1pm to 3:30pm.
Who is this course for: All teachers, TAs, SENDCOs in mainstream settings.
Cost: £30 per person.
Venue: Training Room G 4, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester. LE3 9RN
Areas Covered:
•Understanding the impact of vision impairment on a child or young person’s ability to access sports and the PE curriculum.
•Awareness of different sports and team games that are accessible for a child/young person with a vision impairment.
•How to use the S.T.E.P. principle to make PE fully accessible and inclusive for a child/young person with a vision impairment, with examples including:
oWarm-Ups.
oNet and Wall Games.
oStriking and Fielding Skills.
oInvasion Games.
•Explore modified PE equipment.
•Signposting to organisations providing accessible sporting opportunities for children and young people.
Course Outcomes:
•Understand how vision impairment can impact on a child or young person’s ability to access sports and the PE curriculum.
•Increased knowledge of different sports and team games that are accessible for a child/young person with a vision impairment.
•Know how to appropriately plan and differentiate a PE lesson for a child/young person with a vision impairment.
•Know what modified PE equipment is available and where this can be purchased.
•Better understanding of organisations providing accessible sporting opportunities for children and young people.
This course will be delivered by the Vision Support Team.
£30.00
Practical Strategies for Supporting Habilitation Skills for a Child or Young Person with a Vision Impairment
Date: Thursday 28th November 2024 or Thursday 10th April 2025, 1pm to 3:30pm
Who is this course for: All teachers, TAs, SENDCOs in mainstream and specialist settings.
Cost: £30 per person
Venue: Training Room G 4, New Parks House Pindar Road, Leicester. LE3 9RN
Areas Covered:
•Understanding ‘What is habilitation?’
•Understanding the impact of vision impairment on a child or young person’s ability to navigate their environment and carry out independent living tasks.
•Practical advice on a range of habilitation skills:
•Sighted guide
•Familiarisation
•Food preparation and eating
•Dressing
•Money (including coin and note identification)
•Use of technology
Course Outcomes:
•To understand what habilitation is.
•To understand the impact of vision impairment on everyday tasks.
•To learn practical strategies to support mobility, orientation and independent living skills including: sighted guide technique, familiarisation around school, food preparation and eating, dressing and organising what to wear, dressing, money skills and using apps and other technology.
This course will be delivered by the Vision Support Team Habilitation Specialists.
£30.00
Hearing Loss and Managing Audiological equipment.
Dates: -
Wednesday 25th September 2024 8.45 am – 3.30pm or Thursday 10th October 2024, 8.45 am – 3.30pm
Who is this course for: Teachers, TAs, SENDCos
Fee: £80
Venue:
25th September Training Room G 4
10th October Training Room G 1
New Parks House
Pindar Road,
Leicester. LE3 9RN
Areas Covered:
•Understanding different types of hearing loss.
•Implications of hearing loss on language, learning and communication.
•Understanding different types of audiological equipment.
•Managing equipment – ‘hands on workshops’.
•Deaf awareness strategies and how to support inclusion in the classroom
Course Outcomes:
•A better understanding of different types of hearing loss and equipment and how it affects the child you support.
•A better understanding of hearing impairment and its implications in the classroom
•A greater knowledge of how to troubleshoot problems with audiological equipment.
This course will be delivered by the Hearing Support Team.
£80.00
An Introduction to Sign Language
Date: Thursday 7th November 2024, 9.30 am – 12:30 pm
Or can be arranged as a whole school session – price on application.
Who is this course for: All school staff.
Fee: £35
Venue:
Training Room G 3, New Parks House, Pindar Road, Leicester. LE3 9RN
Areas Covered:
•An explanation of the difference/similarities between British Sign Language, Sign Supported English and Makaton.
•To learn some basic signs for practical use in the classroom.
Course Outcomes:
•To have a basic knowledge of everyday signs.
•An increased confidence in using sign language to support CYP in the classroom.
This course will be delivered by the Hearing Support Team.