Services
At HeadStart Training we can offer you three different types of services:
Training Events and Workshops
Whether it is a single, short workshop, a full day of training or a series of workshops or training events over a number of weeks we can offer you a package that meets your needs. A number of topic areas/ issues relevant to children, to their development and to the work of parents and practitioners in supporting them, can be considered. Therefore, the following list is not exhaustive:
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Awareness raising sessions covering developmental conditions such as Autism, ADHD, Dyspraxia.
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Children’s social and emotional development.
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Children’s behaviour in education.
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Positive parenting.
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Creating a dyslexia friendly setting.
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Creating an emotionally literate setting.
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Children’s early language and literacy development.
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Preparing children for nursery and primary school education.
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Using Restorative Interventions.
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Peer support.
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Thinking Skills.
Workshop and training events can focus us on specific age ranges as appropriate.
Cost quotations will generally include: preparation time, delivery of the course, any written materials requested, travel expenses incurred.
Project Work
We can support you to review current practice and set up and embed new systems and initiatives. For example, in addition to the areas already mentioned above, you may wish to look at the following in your organisation:
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Effectively supporting children with a range of additional needs.
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Maximising your use of parent support to support learning and address social and emotional development.
Cost quotations will generally include: time in the setting, preparation of any materials to carry out the project itself, preparation of written material to document the project and its findings, follow up activities and travel expenses.
Development of Literature
If you would like to seek and use the views of a number of people, including children and parents/ carers, to reflect upon and further develop policy and practice then we can help.
If you would like to develop information for children, for parents, for staff members and for other people who link in to your organisation then we can support you to do that too.