This workshop has been created to allow you to explore what causes the behaviour of the person you care for that you find difficult to manage or hard to change. You will have the opportunity to analyse their behaviour, learn how to understand its function, and develop a support plan specific to them, which can be used to support their personal difficulties with communication and help you to teach them alternative and more appropriate behaviours to communicate and help to develop their confidence and self-esteem.

Wednesday 27th November

7.00-8.30pm

Online via Zoom

This workshop will teach you the approach of “Teaching Reading to Teach Talking”, the effectiveness of using the “Whole Word Approach” and how you can use this to help your child to learn to read.

Wednesday 30th October

7.00-8.30pm

Online via Zoom

Bookings for this event have now closed.

This workshop will support you to teach your child basic numeracy principles, understand the relationship between language and numeracy, and learn how to create real everyday situations to help your child to realise the real purpose of numbers and, how these can be linked to developing their life skills which will help them gain greater independence and confidence in daily life situations.

Wednesday 25th September

7 – 8.30pm

Online via Zoom

This workshop has been tailored specifically for parents and carers of children under 5 and will focus on learning and development from birth through the early years up to school age. We will discuss health and development, specific learning profile and professional early years support available, and also explore successful strategies that you can use to support your child’s everyday development and learning.

Wednesday 28th August

7.00-8.30pm

Online via Zoom

This block of six sessions for babies up to 1-year-old and family members/carers will run from Wednesday 4th September to Wednesday 9th October inclusive.

The sessions take place online via Zoom and run from 10am – 10.30am.

To book please complete the form linked below. Please note you only need to book once for the whole block, please only book this course once to allow as many families as possible to benefit from this introduction to Makaton.