Get the best available guidance to support you in addressing the issue of disruptive behaviour, ensuring a greater focus on vulnerable children and supporting them in achieving academic success.
This short online course will give you the best available guidance to support you in making a positive difference to young people through pastoral care, addressing the issue of disruptive behaviour, with a focus on the pastoral role and legal elements, behavioural support, engaging with parents and supporting mental health.
COVID-19 has caused immense disruption for most children, especially for those who come from unstable families. At a time of heightened stress and tension, the pastoral and safeguarding leads and the whole school needs to ensure a greater focus on vulnerable children and supporting them in achieving academic success.
This fully online course is delivered via our specialist learning platform – you will be able to access training videos, written materials, downloadable templates, examples and tools, and a test at the end to check your learning.
Designed for flexible learning it means you can work at your own pace and in your own time, and with a year’s access you can keep going back to refresh your knowledge.
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After completing this course you will:
- Know how to recognise SEN causes for misbehaving.
- Be skilled in de-escalation techniques for tackling disruptive behaviour.
- Have learnt about ways of supporting pupils outside of the classroom.
- Be able to input a school wide approach to tackling behaviour.
Agenda
- Learning 1
- Why do pupils misbehave?
- Learning 2
- Recognising SEN causes for misbehaving
- Learning 3
- De-escalation techniques
- Learning 4
- Supporting from outside the classroom
- Learning 5
- Supporting a school wide approach
Speakers
Samantha Garner
Samantha Garner is a well-established consultant and trainer in the world of SEN, Access Arrangements and Mental Health. Originally a music teacher, she has worked in the SEN arena for over 15 years and spent time in a large secondary school where she set up a specialist behaviour unit. After this time she qualified as a CBT therapist and child and adolescent counsellor. Sam has trained and consulted in the whole spectrum of educational establishments from PRUs to very prestigious private schools. She is a published author of several mental health support programmes and regularly writes for SEN magazines.