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Training for Professionals

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Specialist knowledge and expert advice
in understanding and managing ADHD

We provide a range of tailored training packages, providing clear, practical approaches to the management of ADHD.

  • This will suit learners from education, health, youth justice and other agencies working with children and young people
  • Our aim is to help learners to see ADHD from the perspective of those who live with and care for those with ADHD
  • Our training is based around the SEAL Programme (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) and evidence-based knowledge in the field of ADHD.

Our objectives match:

  • Every Child Matters
  • National Service Framework for Children, Young People & Maternity Services
  • Key Performance Indicators of Liverpool Children’s Services
  • Joint Area Review Indicators.

Our credentials:

  • We have the respect and support of all relevant professionals, including Community Paediatricians, Children’s Services, Connexions, Youth Justice and the Emergency Services
  • Inclusion Award from Liverpool City Council for Innovative Practice
  • Commendation as a model of good practice by DFES inspectors from Liverpool Children's Fund
  • Stakeholders in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • Use of a holistic, person centred, `team around the child' model
  • Featured in the Times Educational Supplement

The range of training packages includes:

  • education
  • parents
  • social care
  • community
  • health
  • regeneration
  • out of school, leisure and play
  • youth justice
  • Connexions
  • emergency services

For example, our whole school training is for all those involved with children and young people in the educational environment - headteachers and teachers, classroom and play assistants, midday supervisors and specialist educational support, NICOs and SENCOs.

We also provide a range of training suited to the higher education environment.

We offer a range of Transition workshops at key stages from pre-school through to further education and employment.

Our training is provided by our accredited trainers, from our fully equipped Training Room at our Toxteth base, or from your own preferred venue.

What people are saying about our training:

  • "The whole course was wonderful. Extremely useful to help work with families experiencing these difficulties. Presented in an excellent manner, engaging all kinds of thought and feelings, helping to appreciate the life, feelings and experiences of the child with ADHD." - Teacher
  • "Both the trainers were good, with a great deal of knowledge and experience to share. The practical activities and ideas were very useful." - Agency worker

For further information, or to arrange a course, please call us on 0151 709 4239 or click here to email us.

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