We have announced our training sessions taking place in 2023/2024
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Online training is available at:
EDSA-Webinar with Gillian Bird-Education: social inclusion and curriculum access
Down’s Syndrome Association— Online trainining
Topics include:
DSA update on COVID-19 and people who have Down’s syndrome
Sharing Positive Support Online Session
Well-being Wednesday for Parents/Carers
Parent/Carer Meeting: Down’s Syndrome with Complex Needs including Autism Spectrum Condition
Early Years and Primary Education
Supporting Early Development: From Birth to 4 years
Supporting Behaviour Positively: Children 3 to 11 years
Secondary Education
Supporting Early Development: From Birth to 4 years
Secondary Education
Supporting behaviour positively for young people from 11 to 18 years
Planning for a good life
Supporting adults who have Down’s syndrome
Ageing and dementia
Guest researcher webinars
Puberty and Adolescence
Dementia and Down’s syndrome
Supporting Adults who have Down’s Syndrome
Personal Budgets and Self-Directed Support
IPSEA (Independent Provider of Special Education Advice) Virtual training sessions https://www.ipsea.org.uk/Pages/Category/online-training
Bradford Down Syndrome Training and Support Service: Online training courses to help with the education and development of children with Down syndrome delivered by Dr Wendy Uttley
https://www.downsyndromebradford.com/training
BDSTSS are delivering 'bitesize' online sessions. Each session is one hour long and costs £5 for family members and £10 for professionals. Courses are:
- Including children with Down syndrome - an introduction (5 sessions)
- Signing and children with Down syndrome (4 sessions)
- Teaching basic number skills to children with Down syndrome using the Numicon approach, including time and money (3 sessions)
- The inclusion of children with Down syndrome - expectations of behaviour (4 sessions)
- Let's make it visual - using visual resources to develop the language, communication and literacy skills of children with Down syndrome (2sessions)
- ME, my body, my friends, my life - SRE and Down syndrome (5 sessions)
- Reading, Language Intervention for children with Down syndrome (6 sessions)
Online courses from Down Syndrome Education International
https://learning.down-syndrome.org/?_ga=2.45716774.381116606.1595774150-3826317.1595774150
IT (Inclusive Teaching) Matters—online Makaton training
https://inclusiveteachingmatters.com/training/
PACT online training videos - the following recordings of the online advice sessions held in June 2020 are available again to watch online. These recordings will be available for free for the foreseeable future, and you can share them with others who may find them useful.
You can access the sessions by clicking on the links below.
Session 1: Supporting Literacy Development, Dr Kelly Burgoyne https://youtu.be/cEQKslCFlbY
Session 2: Promoting Language Learning, Rebecca Baxter https://youtu.be/jzPaviGPTJU
Session 3: Preschool Intervention: Early Language and Communication, Professor Vesna Stojanovik - please note that we are no longer able to provide access to this recording
Session 4: Developing Number and Maths Skills, Dr Jo Van Herwegen https://youtu.be/9UObfb881TI
Please note that these videos are Unlisted which means that you can only access the videos using the above links. We hope these recordings are a useful resource for you, and provide some practical ideas and strategies you can try. If you have questions about the recordings, please email Kelly.Burgoyne@manchester.ac.uk
