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AAA - Autism Action Award
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Affirming autism
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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AuDHD
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Autistic demand avoidance
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Autistic girls
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Environmental support for autistic learners
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Hearing autistic pupil and parent views
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Masking
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Social support
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Understanding and supporting regulation
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Affirming autism for early years
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Autism and the hidden senses: building interception and regulation in early years practice
Learn how interoceptive differences can impact behaviour, communication, and emotional regulation in autistic children.
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Early years and non-speaking
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's autism and social communication team. Email them for more details.
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Practical strategies to support autism and social communication
A course for all Early Years education settings, as well as wrap around providers and Reception teachers, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Comic strip conversations workshop
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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SALIS - Supporting Autistic Learners in School
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Social stories workshop
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Understanding sensory needs and provision
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Anxiety and autism
A course for all schools and settings, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Down's Syndrome: Bespoke training
A bespoke course for staff in education settings. Delivered by the early years settings advisory team. Email the team to find out more.
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Early years SEND toileting for reception staff and SENCOs
The council's Early Years Settings Advisory team offers this course in-person to school staff only. Contact the team via Services for Education to find out more.
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Early years SEND transitions for schools
The council's Early Years Settings Advisory team offers this course in-person to school staff only. Contact the team via Services for Education to find out more.
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Early years SEND transitions for settings
The council's Early Years Settings Advisory team offers this course in-person to school staff only. Contact the team via Services for Education to find out more.
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SEND Basic Awareness (Levels 1 and 2)
Available to all. Free training from the Council for Disabled Children for all staff including non-clinical managers and staff working in healthcare services. Level 1 takes 60 minutes and Level 2 takes 90 minutes. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Ordinarily Available Inclusive Practice (OAIP) guidance
Available to all online. Recorded online training presentations aimed mainly at school and college staff in West Sussex. However, parents and others can find out about OAIP and how settings are expected to use the guidance to make mainstream leaming more inclusive.
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Ordinarily Available Provision: Thresholds and expectations of schools and settings from the Council for Disabled Children
Available to all online. This free training from the Council for Disabled Children is aimed at senior leaders with a role to play in the SEND system. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required
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Physical and sensory support assistant training
The council's Sensory Support team offers this course for staff in schools. Contact them by email to find out more.
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Precision teaching
The council's Learning Behaviour Advisory team offers these courses for staff in settings and schools. There are specific courses for early years settings and schools. Contact them by email to find out more.
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Why use visuals in the reception classroom?
A course for schools and settings staff only, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Information, Advice and Support: An introduction to social care from the Council for Disabled Children
Available to all online. These free training lessons are aimed at SENDIAS staff but will also be helpful to anyone who works with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Social care and SEND
Available to all. Free, 90 minute, training course aimed atEarly Help practitioners; social workers (in all teams); Team managers, anyone involved in providing social care advice and information for Education, Health and Care needs assessments. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Information, advice and support: An introduction to mental health from the Council for Disabled Children
Available to all. These free training lessons from the Council for Disabled Children are aimed at SENDIAS staff. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Information, advice and support: Care Education and Treatment Reviews (CETR) and Dynamic Support Registers (DSRs) from the Council for Disabled Children
Available to all. These free training lessons are aimed at SENDIAS staff but will also be helpful to anyone who works with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families and who may be involved in the CETR and DSR processes. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Emotional literacy support assistant training
The council's Educational Psychology team offers this 6-day course in-person to school staff only. Contact them by email to find out more.
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Emotionally-based school avoidance or non-attendance
The council's Educational Psychology team offers this 6-day course in-person to school staff only. Contact them by email to find out more.
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Delivering quality annual reviews from the Council for Disabled Children
Available to all. This free, 90 minute training course is for adults with a role to play in the Annual Review process; senior leaders, parent carers, practitioners, SEN teams, education teams. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Health advice: Option 1(for health colleagues new to SEND or who may occasionally give advice for EHCPs) from the Council for Disabled Children
Available to all. These free training courses are aimed at adults with a role to play in the EHCP process. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Health advice: Option 2 (for health colleagues who regularly give advice for EHCPs, already have a clear understanding of the purpose of an EHCP)
Available to all. These free training courses from the Council for Disabled Children are aimed at adults with a role to play in the EHCP process. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Health Advice: Option 3 (for health colleagues who have a strategic role in the EHCP process)
Available to all. These free training courses from the Council for Disabled Children are aimed at adults with a role to play in the EHCP process. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Holistic outcomes in EHCPs from the Council from Disabled Children
Available to all. These free 7 x 30 minute training courses from the Council for Disabled Children are aimed at adults with a role to play in the EHCP process. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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CAMHS in the EHCP process from the Council for Disabled Children
Available to all. These free, 4 x 45 minute training courses are for adults with a role to play in the EHCP process. Log into the Council for Disabled Children eLearning. Account required.
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Expert parent programme from the Council for Disabled Children
Available to all. This is a free, online set of lessons offered by the Council for Disabled Children. You will need to register for an account.
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Reaching families training schedule for parent carers
Reaching Families delivers training workshops and courses designed to inform and empower parent-carers in West Sussex. Most training is delivered online via Zoom. See below for latest workshops and courses, all of which are free. You do not need to be a member to attend.
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Working with young carers and their families
Available to practitioners only. This free, 30 minute training presentation is for staff who wish to understand the characteristics that define a carer, including both young and adult carers. Learn how to identify somebody who might be a carer and how you can help them find support. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Mental Capacity Act (introduction)
Available to WSCC staff only. This MS Teams 3 hour webinar will support you in providing day-to-day care and support to people over the age of 16-years old and to be aware of your duties and responsibilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Supporting people who have a learning disability
For practitioners only. A free, 45-55 minute training module for anyone working in Adult Social Care Services. This module will enable you to develop your knowledge, skills, and confidence when supporting people who have a learning disability. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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SEND awareness for managers and leaders in children’s services
For practitioners only. This free 90 minute webinar is a ‘whistle-stop guide’ to SEND in Children’s Social Care and Early Help for Managers and Leaders with a key focus on supporting your staff in supervision. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Sensory loss awareness
This introductory workshop will assist you to explore how you can support customers who have visual impairments, as well as customers who are hard-of-hearing and deaf, using person-centre practice to support and empower them in their day-to-day lives.
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Sensory awareness
Explore what a sensory impairment is, what it is like to live with one and how to provide services and support to people with sensory impairments.
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Supporting those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
This is a course for practitioners only. This free training module (45 minutes) will give you information and advice, so that you are empowered to support families. It will also signpost you to further help if needed. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Epilepsy awareness and rescue medication (Buccal Midazolam)
For WSCC, NHS and education staff. Develop a better understanding of epilepsy so that you can provide more informed and effective support to the people you care for. This learning is 3 hours, face to face. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Epilepsy awareness
Develop a better understanding of epilepsy so that you can provide more informed and effective support to the people you care for. This online learning will typically take around 20 minutes. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Professional training and support programme for early years, wraparound and holiday club providers
Available to practitioners only. Find out about training and networking opportunities to support continued professional development. Courses are designed to support settings caring for children aged from birth to 5 years and also providers who offer wraparound care and holiday club provision.
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Makaton Foundation Level 1 (for early years and primary schools)
The aim of this course is to provide you with a detailed introduction to Makaton Foundation Level 1. It combines a practical approach with theory and technical information, as well as an experiential introduction to communication disability.
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Understanding autism spectrum condition (ASC) and social communication needs
A 25 min online course for practitioners - this course is not available to parent carers. For anyone who works with children who have an ASC. It will support you in developing an awareness of what an ASC is and the impact it can have on children/young people and how they experience the world around them. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Understanding autism: Exploring sensory awareness
A face-to-face course for practitioners - this course is not available to parent carers. Many children and adults with autistic spectrum conditions experience diminished or heightened sensitivity to sensory stimuli. This course explores the main sensory processes and the impact on individuals who may have sensory processing differences. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Autism – Intermediate 1
A course for practitioners - this course is not available to parent carers. This one-day, in-person, course is an introduction to autism and will equip participants with the knowledge and skills to work positively with autistic children and adults. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Autism – Intermediate 2
A course for practitioners - this course is not available to parent carers. This one-day course is for staff providing day to day support and care to people on the autistic spectrum. This course is delivered by Lived Experience Training. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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'Lunch and learn series'
Choose from the menu of ‘lunch and learn’ webinars. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway. This is for WSCC Children Services staff only.
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ADHD and girls – 1.5 hours
Follows 'ADHD: Understanding and Supporting'. This course focuses on the presentation of ADHD in girls, the impact on them and how we can support. The training is suitable for primary and secondary teaching and support staff and is run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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ADHD: understanding and supporting (early years and primary) – 2 hours
The session considers pupils with a diagnosis of ADHD and pupils presenting with characteristics of ADHD. The session covers key information including characteristics of ADHD and strategies. The training is suitable for teaching and support staff and is run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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ADHD: understanding and supporting (secondary) – 2 hours
The session considers pupils with a diagnosis of ADHD and pupils presenting with characteristics of ADHD. The session covers key information including characteristics of ADHD and strategies. The training is suitable for teaching and support staff and is run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Carers (all ages)
Available to WSCC staff only. This free, 30 minute training presentation is for staff who wish to understand the characteristics that define a carer, including both young and adult carers. Learn how to identify somebody who might be a carer and how you can help them find support. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Creating autism friendly environments in early years
A course for schools and settings staff only, offered by the council's Autism and Social Communication team. Email them for more details.
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Down syndrome – 2 hours
Training can be offered on inclusion and Down syndrome, including myths and facts about Down syndrome, the language and learning profile of young people with Down syndrome, strategies and approaches to support learning and inclusion. This training is suitable for whole school staff, teachers, and teaching assistants. Further training is available specifically for supporting pupils with Down syndrome in reading, mathematics and social and emotional development.
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Dyslexia: understanding and supporting – 1.5 hours
An introduction to the dyslexic profile and the impact on the development of literacy skills. Strategies are introduced and a focus on developing inclusive, ‘dyslexia friendly’ practice at both whole class level and for the individual. Suitable for all teaching and support staff and run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Equality Act 2010
Available to WSCC staff only. A free recorded training presentaion of 35-45 minutes. Learn about the Equality Act 2010, the public sector equality duty and what this legislation means for service planning and how you go about your work. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Gathering pupil views – 1.5 hours
This session looks at the importance of gathering pupil views. A range of strategies will be identified to plan ways to incorporate these views into your school provision. Suitable for teaching and support staff.
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Introduction to executive functioning – 3 hours
This course develops an understanding of what executive functioning skills are and what they help us do. We consider who may have difficulties with executive functioning. How we can help them understand their own executive functioning skills using a strengths-based approach and consider adaptations and strategies to support them. The training is suitable for primary and secondary teaching and support staff and is run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory Team.
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Learning disability awareness
Free 30-40 minute online course from WSCC. Learn about common learning disabilities, the difficulties people with them can face, how the law protects them and how to make the way you communicate more accessible. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Makaton taster
The taster course provides an opportunity to learn about Makaton and practice some useful signs and symbols. Makaton is a communication tool with speech, signs, and symbols to enable people with communication difficulties to communicate. It supports the development of essential skills such as attention, listening, comprehension, memory and expressive speech and language. For settings, Out of School, Reception and Key Stage 1. If you do not fall into these categories but would like to attend, email us.
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Maths anxiety - 1.5 hours
An introduction to maths anxiety, who it impacts, how it impacts learners and some strategies to support them. Suitable for all teaching and support staff, this training could be delivered to SENCo locality groups and maths departments and it is run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Oliver McGowan mandatory training on learning disability and autism
Available to WSCC staff only. A 90-120 minute course for social and healthcare workers. Learn how to provide safe, compassionate and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Peer support group and discreet circle of friends (Pikas) - 2 hours
The Learning and Behaviour Advisory Team visit schools and settings to explain Pikas and set up a group with SENCO or Learning Mentor. Setting then uses the intervention with other pupils as needed.
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Planning positive transitions – 3 hours
Training considers all aspects of transitions, from moving between schools and settings to the small daily transitions that make up the school day. Time is given to allow colleagues to audit transitions in their schools, consider how these may be reduced and to create an action plan. Suitable for teaching and support staff and run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Pre-teaching - 1.5 hours
The session explains what pre-teaching is, the different reasons why it might be used and different ways to do it. It further explores using pre teaching to support vocabulary. Suitable for teaching and support staff and run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Reframing language - 1 hour
This training examines the language we use to describe young people's behaviour and to develop an understanding of the impact that deficit language can have. Suitable for teaching and support staff and run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory Team.
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SEND Code of Practice
Available to WSCC staff only. This free 60 min online training module will give you information about the SEND Code of Practice and includes links to a number of useful sites for information. The aim of this course is to make you aware of changes in regulation relating to Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) for children. Contact via the WSCC Learning and Development Gateway.
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Specific difficulties with numeracy (including dyscalculia): an introduction - 2 hours
This session is a brief introduction to consider the dyscalculic profile and the impact on the development of numeracy skills. Strategies are discussed in brief. Suitable for all teaching and support staff and run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Specific learning difficulties in maths (including dyscalculia): understanding and supporting – 3 hours
A detailed consideration of the possible strengths and difficulties of the dyscalculic profile and the impact in the classroom. The focus is on developing inclusive, practice at both whole class level and for the individual. Suitable for teachers – and support staff attending alongside teachers but not as a separate group. Run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Supporting engagement, inclusion and independence in the classroom: 3 hours
Using the research of the Education Endowment Foundation, this session explores the effective deployment of TAs in supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs. The session will look at developing independence in pupils, the types of support which TAs offer and the effective use of questioning to develop pupils’ knowledge and understanding. This training session is aimed at Teaching Assistants and run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Trusted health advice and guidance for parents from the NHS
Available to all online. NHS advice on pregnancy, babies and supporting your toddler's development. Now you can also find out about childcare and education support.
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Understanding and responding to behaviour – 3 hours
Develops an understanding of behaviours that challenge while reflecting on how these impact on ourselves and others. The focus is on reflecting why these behaviours may be happening and developing strategies to support. We have packages suitable for Nursery staff, Primary staff and Secondary staff. This course is run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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Working memory: understanding and supporting - 1.5 hours
Develops an understanding of how working memory interacts with learning, brief consideration of checklists and assessments and an overview of strategies for supporting working memory. Suitable for all teaching and support staff and run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team.
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AuDHD: An Introduction to understanding and supporting – 2 hours
The session explores pupils with a dual diagnosis or presenting with characteristics of autism and ADHD. We explore shared characteristics and differences, and strategies to support. This training does not replace the separate 'Understanding and Supporting ADHD' and 'Affirming Autism' training. The training is suitable for primary and secondary teaching and support staff and is run by the Learning and Behaviour Advisory team with the Autism and Social Communication team.
