Start your Makaton journey!

Makaton Level 1 training introduces the core sign and symbols used to support speech, understanding and communication.

Ideal for beginners, this practical and interactive course helps you to build the skills to use Makaton in your setting creating more inclusive and supportive interactions for everyone. This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Build confidence, connection and understanding – one sign at a time!

Enhance Vocabulary for Every Learner!

Word Aware equips educators with practical strategies to develop children’s vocabulary across the curriculum. Discover fun, engaging approaches to teach words explicitly and systematically – supporting all learners, including those with language difficulties, to become confident and successful communicators.

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Prepare Young People for the Workplace!

Talk for Work training helps professionals support young people to develop the communication skills they need for employment and independence.

Learn practical strategies and structured activities to build confidence, teamwork, and effective workplace communication – empowering every young person in mainstream school to succeed beyond the classroom.

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

This full-day course provides an in-depth exploration of sensory systems and sensory processing differences, with a focus on understanding how these impact learning, behaviour, and emotional regulation.

Participants will gain practical strategies to support students in the classroom, including techniques to enhance engagement, self-regulation, and participation. The course will also link sensory support with interactive activities from the Zones of Regulation and Interoception curriculum, to help students manage emotions and develop self-awareness.

Through discussion, practical activities, and real-life examples, participants will leave equipped with tools to create a supportive, sensory-informed learning environment. This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments.

Empower students with Communication skills for Life and Work!

This Talk for Work training supports special school staff to help young people develop the communication and interaction skills needed for the workplace and everyday life. Through practical strategies and structured activities, staff learn how to build students’ confidence, teamwork and independence -preparing them for successful transitions beyond school.

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Take Your Makaton skills to the Next Level!

Makaton Level 2 builds on the signs and symbols from Level 1, helping you to develop greater confidence and fluency in using Makaton to support communication.

Learn additional vocabulary and explore how to use Makaton in everyday situations to create inclusive, supportive communication environments for all.

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

This training explores how to identify, understand and support children at the earliest stages of communication. Learn practical strategies to develop attention, interaction and early language skills and gain confidence in using our Emerging Outcomes Framework to track progress and plan next steps for learners.

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Boost Communication and Confidence for KS2 learners!

Talk Boost KS2 is an evidence-based intervention designed to help 7-10 year olds with delayed language skills catch up with their peers. This practical training equips school staff with the tools and strategies to deliver fun, engaging sessions that build pupils’ speaking, listening and understanding – supporting learning and confidence across the curriculum.

This session is for 2 staff from the same school. The price includes lunch & refreshments for both attendees, and all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

This training explores how to support children at Language & Conversational Partner stages, using our Emerging Outcomes Framework to track progress and plan next steps for learners. Explore interventions and strategies to support sentence building and conversational skills. Learn how to support children to express themselves effectively, build positive interactions and develop emotional resilience.   

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Handwriting Challenges and Practical Strategies for Success

This workshop will explore the key skills that support handwriting development, with an emphasis on physical and visual-perceptual abilities. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with adaptive equipment, practical resources, and multi-sensory activities designed to enhance handwriting skills. Suitable for all staff, with the option to focus specifically on teaching assistants. -1.5 hours

Motor Coordination Difficulties: Effects on Classroom Participation and Strategies for Support

This workshop will provide an overview of motor coordination difficulties, including DCD/Dyspraxia and their links with ADHD and ASC, and explore the impact on classroom participation. Participants will learn strategies to support skill development and implement learning techniques such as Goal-Plan-Do-Check and backward chaining to promote skill acquisition. The session will include practical, hands-on activities. -1.5 hours

Understanding Sensory Behaviours: Practical Classroom Strategies

This workshop will provide an overview of sensory processing and observable behaviours that may indicate a sensory need. We will discuss environmental adaptations that be put in place and explore in-class sensory strategies to support self-regulation. Suitable for Senco’s, Teachers and Support Staff. -1.5 hours

Sensory Circuits

This workshop explores the rationale behind sensory circuits and provides guidance on how to set up and run them as part of the school routine. Participants will engage in interactive brainstorming and practice activities using resources commonly found in schools. Suitable for teaching assistants and staff who may be running sensory circuits. -1.5 hours

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments.

This practical training shows you how to use Colourful Semantics—a structured approach to teaching sentence building—and WellComm activities, designed to develop early communication skills, so you can support children’s speech and language in fun, meaningful ways. 

Give children the tools to communicate confidently! 

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments.

Develop attention and listening skills in the classroom! This practical training introduces the evidence-based ‘Teaching Children How to Listen’ intervention by Jacqui Woodcock and Liz Spooner. You’ll learn how to engage children in fun, structured activities, model good listening behaviour, and create an environment that encourages active listening.

Focusing on the importance of listening, this course shows how strong listening skills support learning, social interactions, and emotional development—helping children follow instructions, participate in conversations, and build positive relationships, even in today’s distraction-filled world. 

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Support every pupil’s language journey! This training guides EYFS educators in using the ‘Word Aware’ approach to teach high-impact vocabulary, model rich language, and embed words in everyday play and routines—laying the foundation for communication, literacy, and lifelong learning.  

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Enhance pupil’s vocabulary in small group settings! Word Aware 3 training provides educators with practical, evidence-based strategies to teach high-impact words explicitly and systematically. Through engaging, interactive activities, you’ll learn how to model rich language, support understanding, and help pupils retain and use new vocabulary. Ideal for small-group teaching, this course strengthens communication, comprehension, and literacy skills, giving children the tools they need to succeed in learning and social interaction. 

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Start your Makaton journey!

Makaton Level 1 training introduces the core sign and symbols used to support speech, understanding and communication.

Ideal for beginners, this practical and interactive course helps you to build the skills to use Makaton in your setting creating more inclusive and supportive interactions for everyone. This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Build confidence, connection and understanding – one sign at a time!

This full-day course provides an in-depth exploration of sensory systems and sensory processing differences, with a focus on understanding how these impact learning, behaviour, and emotional regulation.  

Participants will gain practical strategies to support students in the classroom, including techniques to enhance engagement, self-regulation, and participation. The course will also link sensory support with interactive activities from the Zones of Regulation and Interoception curriculum, to help students manage emotions and develop self-awareness.  

Through discussion, practical activities, and real-life examples, participants will leave equipped with tools to create a supportive, sensory-informed learning environment. This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments.

Take Your Makaton skills to the Next Level!

Makaton Level 2 builds on the signs and symbols from Level 1, helping you to develop greater confidence and fluency in using Makaton to support communication.

Learn additional vocabulary and explore how to use Makaton in everyday situations to create inclusive, supportive communication environments for all.

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments, plus all materials needed to run the intervention in your setting.

Handwriting Challenges and Practical Strategies for Success 

This workshop will explore the key skills that support handwriting development, with an emphasis on physical and visual-perceptual abilities. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with adaptive equipment, practical resources, and multi-sensory activities designed to enhance handwriting skills. Suitable for all staff, with the option to focus specifically on teaching assistants. -1.5 hours  

Motor Coordination Difficulties: Effects on Classroom Participation and Strategies for Support 

This workshop will provide an overview of motor coordination difficulties, including DCD/Dyspraxia and their links with ADHD and ASC, and explore the impact on classroom participation. Participants will learn strategies to support skill development and implement learning techniques such as Goal-Plan-Do-Check and backward chaining to promote skill acquisition. The session will include practical, hands-on activities. -1.5 hours  

Understanding Sensory Behaviours: Practical Classroom Strategies 

This workshop will provide an overview of sensory processing and observable behaviours that may indicate a sensory need. We will discuss environmental adaptations that be put in place and explore in-class sensory strategies to support self-regulation. Suitable for Senco’s, Teachers and Support Staff. -1.5 hours 

Sensory Circuits 

This workshop explores the rationale behind sensory circuits and provides guidance on how to set up and run them as part of the school routine. Participants will engage in interactive brainstorming and practice activities using resources commonly found in schools. Suitable for teaching assistants and staff who may be running sensory circuits. -1.5 hours 

This session is for 1 staff member. The price includes lunch & refreshments.