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Completing high needs funding requests (Element 3) - VAT Exempt
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 for Children with Vision Impairment in Mainstream Settings VAT Exempt
Time: 10.00am - 3.00pm
Dates: Wednesday 8th October 2025
Cost: £50
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
This course will help you to understand the impact of vision impairment on primary and secondary students and understand how to implement support strategies in the classroom including technology. You will also gain the knowledge on how to better support and prepare VI students for their KS4 exams.
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.
£50.00
Making PE Lessons and Sports Accessible for a Child or Young Person with a Vision Impairment - VAT EXEMPT
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.
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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 - VAT EXEMPT
Date: Thursday 28th November 2024 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
Supporting Students with Hearing Loss & Effective Inclusion in Mainstream Schools (VAT Exempt)
Dates: -
- 1st Option - Wednesday 24th September 2025 - 9.00am - 4.00pm
or
- 2nd Option - Thursday 16th October 2025 - 9.00am - 4.00pm
Who is this course for: Teachers, TAs, SENDCos
Fee: £50 per session
Venue:
G.1 The Hall
New Parks House
Pindar Road,
Leicester. LE3 9RN
This course will build your understanding of different types of hearing loss and managing equipment – there will be ‘hands on workshops’. You will also explore effective deaf awareness strategies to help support students’ language, learning & communication in the classroom, and school to prepare them for adulthood.
Course Outcomes:
- Gain a better understanding of different types of hearing loss and equipment and how it affects the child you support.
- Have a better understanding of deafness and its implications in the classroom and the wider school.
£50.00
An Introduction to Sign Language (VAT Exempt)
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.