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Leading excellence in inclusive practice for children and young people with physical and mental health needs, enabling every child to learn, achieve and thrive through access to the right support at the right time

Training Offer

At Wandsworth Hospital Schools and Tuition Services , we are committed to supporting schools and other partners through a specific CPD programme for teaching staff and a bespoke training offer for individual schools on request. We are a member of the National Association for Hospital Education and work in collaboration with a number of national and international hospital school on new initiatives and evidence based practice in hospital education and medical pupil referral units. Please see our offer for the coming year below and do get in contact to commission training as required.

 

Mental health in school

 

Eating disorders: an overview, reintegration and support in schools (1 hour)

  • Audience: Teachers, SENCO’s, TA’s, Mental Health Leads
  • Description: Training on raising awareness of eating disorders to school staff, to boost staff confidence in supporting our students with eating disorders within the school setting, including school wide strategies to promote mentally healthy schools

Mental Health in Schools: recognising and responding (90 mins)

  • Audience: Teachers, SENCO’s, TA’s, Mental Health Leads, Teachers
  • Description: An introduction to mental health, strategies to support mental health within the classroom and schoolwide approaches to promoting mentally healthy schools

Supporting young people with anxiety in school (1 hour)

  • Audience: Teachers, SENCO’s, TA’s, Mental Health Leads
  • Description: Training on raising awareness of anxiety to school staff, to boost staff confidence in supporting our students with anxiety within the school setting, including school wide strategies to promote mentally healthy schools

Supporting young people with AEN(SEN) & mental health in schools ( 1 hour)

  • Audience: Teachers, SENCO’s, TA’s, Mental Health Leads
  • Description: Training on identification, support and effective adaptive teaching for students with co-morbid additional educational needs and mental health presentations in school

 

 

Emotionally based school avoidance

 

Supporting our students presenting with EBSA back into school ( 90 -120 mins)

  • Audience: Teachers, SENCO’s, TA’s, Mental Health Leads
  • Description: Training on identification, provision and proformas in supporting school return and meeting the ongoing needs of individual students presenting as EBSA

Positive practice in addressing EBSA: embedding whole school school systems and practices that engender attendance, engagement and positive wellbeing ( 5 x 60 minute sessions or one full day) – £180 / Full day in school, including bespoke consultancy offer- £800 per school

  • Audience: Senior leaders, Headteachers, Teachers, SENCO’s, Mental Health Leads
  • Description: Taught sessions and facilitated workshops reviewing policy and practice on addressing student attendance, engagement and wellbeing. This includes approaches to: leadership and culture, relationships and communication, curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, environment, student voice and autonomy, neurodiversity, parents and families

 

 

Medical and mental health essentials for schools

 

Meeting the needs of children with medical and mental health needs in schools (1 hour) – £49

  • Audience: Teachers, SENCO’s, TA’s, Mental Health Leads
  • Description: Training on legal duty, effective provision and proformas in supporting students with medical or mental health needs in school or returning to school after a period of illness

All sessions over one hour are a mix of presentations and workshops, supporting you to turn theory into practice in your setting. For aspects of this offer we have incorporated advice and materials from our partners at Wandsworth Schools and Community Psychology Service