An Overview of the Inclusion of Young People with Down Syndrome in Post Primary Mainstream Settings

Aims:

To highlight some of the benefits of inclusion for young people with Down syndrome in post primary mainstream settings. To provide an overview of supporting inclusion for young people with down syndrome in post primary mainstream settings. To highlight some of the characteristic difficulties young people with down syndrome have in relation to learning. To provide practical classroom strategies that can be implemented in order to overcome barriers to learning for young people with Down syndrome.

Course Details:

This is an online training video which participants can view in their own time.

The link to access the course will be provided in your confirmation email.

Early Years Literacy for Children with Down Syndrome

AIMS:

To provide strategies to support language development in children with Down syndrome in the Early Years; To provide an understanding of the specific challenges children with Down syndrome face in learning to read; To provide strategies to begin to overcome these specific challenges; To introduce the Match/Select/Name approach to reading.

Course Details:

This course will be available to access online throughout the school year.

Early Years Numeracy for Children with Down Syndrome

AIMS:

To provide an overview of the difficulties children with Down syndrome may face in the development of numeracy skills. To provide classroom strategies that may help develop early numeracy skills through play. To introduce ways that multi-sensory maths resources can be used to support children with Down syndrome in the preschool setting.

Course Details:

This course will be available to access online throughout the school year.

Overview of the Effective Inclusion of Pupils with Down Syndrome

AIMS:

To provide an overview of the developmental profile of children and young people with Down syndrome To provide an overview of the learning profile of children with Down Syndrome To highlight ways of adapting good practice regarding inclusion. To provide teaching and learning strategies to support children with Down Syndrome within primary educational settings

Course Details:

This course will be available to access online throughout the school year.

Promoting Positive Behaviour in Children with Down Syndrome

AIMS:

To provide an overview of factors which impact behaviour and functions of challenging behaviour. To provide an overview of the behavioural traits/challenges of children with Down Syndrome. To provide an understanding of how to analyse and address behaviour using an ABC (Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence) approach. To provide evidence based strategies to implement within a school setting to promote positive behaviour for children with Down Syndrome.

Course Details:

This course will be available to access online throughout the school year.

Sensory Integration for Children with Down Syndrome

AIMS:

To provide an overview of Sensory Integration/Processing. To provide an overview of how Sensory Integration/Processing affects children with Down Syndrome and how this might present within a school setting. To provide an understanding of specific sensory integration difficulties and the associated challenges. To provide a range of evidence based strategies that can be implemented to help reduce the impact of sensory processing difficulties for children with Down Syndrome.

Course Details:

This course will be available to access online throughout the school year.

Supporting Communication Difficulties In Children With Down Syndrome

AIMS:

To provide an overview of characteristic difficulties affecting language development in children with Down Syndrome. To explore the impact these characteristic difficulties have on communication. To provide evidence based strategies to implement within a school/early years setting to support language and communication difficulties in children with Down Syndrome. To provide an overview of signing systems and to explore the benefits of signing with children with Down Syndrome.

Course Details:

This course will be available to access online throughout the school year.

Language and Communication for Pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties

Aims: 

A session tailored to your individual setting needs with a focus on highlighting how speech and language develops and how it can be impacted by a diagnosis of severe learning difficulties.

Course Content:

This session has been specifically developed to support the following -

Cover a range of strategies to support children with language and communication difficulties, Explain what speech and language difficulties are, and how they may present in children with SLD, Provide setting staff with possible strategies and interventions which can help to support attention and listening. Course Duration: A 40 Minute Session Target Audience All staff supporting pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties Location: Delivered by SENIS SLD Service

An overview of the Effective Inclusion of Pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties in Mainstream

Aims: 

A session tailored to your individual setting needs with a focus on highlighting how to gain an understanding of the profile of children and young people with severe learning difficulties, and strategies to support effective inclusion in mainstream settings.

Course Content:

This session has been specifically developed to support the following;

How we define severe learning difficulties and how it affects children and young people The importance of inclusion and the impact that effective inclusion has on the school, with reference to relevant legislation To give an overview of the barriers children with severe learning difficulties face, and strategies to overcome these across different curriculum areas Course Duration: A 40 Minute training video which particpants can view in their own time. The link to access the course will be provided in your confirmation email. Target Audience All staff supporting pupils with a severe learning difficulty in mainstream settings (including SPiMS) Location: Delivered by SENIS SLD Service

Promoting Positive Behaviour for Pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties

Aims: 

A session tailored to give an overview of factors which impact behaviour in children and young people with severe learning difficulties (SLD) and appropriate strategies to support them.

Course Content:

This session has been specifically developed to support the following;

To gain an understanding of how our behaviour and relationships impact the behaviour of our pupils with SLD To gain an overview of factors which impact behaviour, and the function of challenging behaviour in children and young people with SLD To gain an understanding of how to analyse and address behaviour using ABC (Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence) To gain knowledge of preventative strategies to implement within a school setting to promote positive behaviour for pupils Course Duration: A 40 Minute Session Target Audience All staff supporting pupils with severe learning difficulties Location: Delivered by SENIS SLD Service

Facilitating Inclusion for Pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties in Key Stage 2

AIMS:

• Provide an overview of the profile of a child with Moderate Learning Difficulties.

• Support participants with identifying targets for KS2 pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties.

• Support participants with target-setting for KS2 pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties.

• Discuss Numeracy, Literacy and Behaviour strategies to support pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties in KS2 mainstream classrooms.

• Highlight good practice in order to achieve inclusive classroom environments for children with Moderate Learning Difficulties.

Course Details:

The training is divided into approximately four 30-minute pre-recorded videos and participants can view each session in their own time.

Please ensure to sign up with your correct email address to receive the link for the training.

Facilitating Inclusion for Pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties in Key Stage 1

AIMS:

This course aims to:

• Provide an overview of the profile of a child with Moderate Learning Difficulties in KS1;

• Discuss the importance of skills such as; Memory and Attention and Listening in KS1;

• Discuss Literacy and Numeracy barriers to a pupil with Moderate Learning Difficulties in KS 1;

• Discuss social interaction and best practice in supporting pupils with these skills;

• Support participants with target-setting for KS1 pupils in Literacy and Numeracy;

• Evaluate the use of Assessments for pupils in KS1.

Course Details:

The training is approximately a 30 minute training persentation which participants can view in their own time.

Facilitating Inclusion for Pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties in Post Primary

AIMS:

• Provide an overview of the profile of a child with Moderate Learning Difficulties.

• Discuss barriers to learning for pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties. • Support participants with identifying targets and target-setting for pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties.

• Discuss strategies and examples of effectively differentiated Numeracy and Literacy activities.

• Discuss strategies to develop and support memory skills.

• Discuss strategies to promote social inclusion and emotional well-being.

• Highlight good practice in order to achieve inclusive classroom environments for pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties in mainstream Post-primary settings.

Course Details:

The training is divided into approximately four 30-minute pre-recorded videos and participants can view each session in their own time.

Numeracy Toolkit to support pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties

AIMS:

This course aims to:

- What is metacognition​
- What research tells us about using manipulatives ​
- What are some of the manipulatives which can be in a numeracy toolkit, and ​how can they be of use