Monthly Training round up for practitioners

Welcome to the NEW monthly practictioners training round up.
Round up of Training available in June
Tuesday 6th June10am to 3pm |
Early Help ONLINE - Five to Thrive |
Wednesday 7th of June9:30am to 11am |
SALT - ONLINE Helping Children with Unclear Speech: A workshop for parentshttps://childspeechbedfordshire.nhs.uk/training/helping-children-with-unclear-speech-a-workshop-for-parents/ |
Wednesday 7th of June9:30am to 12:30pm |
Autism Bedfordshire – ONLINE Autism & Behaviour for Practitioners cost £55 |
Friday 7th June9.30am to 3pm |
Early Help –ONLINE Teen Brain Matters |
Friday 9th June11am to 12.30pm |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE All about ADHD, including information on ADHD medication |
Friday 9th June,1pm to 2.20pm |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE SEND and Dietetics: Making Mealtimes Manageable |
Monday 12th June9.30am to 12pm |
Early Help –ONLINE Autism and Anxiety |
Monday 12th June 10am to 11:30am |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE Young People’s Transitions to Adults Services -Continuing Care Nursing Team |
Monday 12th June 1pm to 11:30am |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE Supporting Learning with SEND |
Wednesday 14th June10am to 11:30am |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE The Positives of Neurodiversity |
Wednesday 14th June10am to 11:30am |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE Gender Identity Workshop |
Wednesday 14th June6:15pm to 8pm |
Bedford Borough Children’s Services – Active ListeningSteve will introduce us to some powerful changes to support our active listening skills in order for us to coproduce with our families and support supervisions and appraisals.Suitable for All those working in Early Years including keypersons, SEND,schools, headteachers, and governorsTo book email Julie.comber@bedford.gov.uk |
Thursday, 15 June 10am to 11:30am |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE SEND, Neurodiversity and Managing Puberty |
Thursday, 15 June1pm to 2:30pm |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE Oral Health and Children with SEND |
Friday, 15 June1pm to 2:30pm |
SEND Health Week – ONLINE The Reality for Autistic Girls – Looking Beyond the Diagnosis |
Friday 23rd June 9:30am to 12:30pm |
Autism Bedfordshire – ONLINE Autism & Mental Health for Practitioners cost £55
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Friday 23rd June 9:30am to 12:30pm |
Early Help –ONLINE Graded Care Profile 2 Training |
Monday 26th June2pm to 4pm |
SALT – ONLINE Supporting Social Communication in School-Aged Children and Young PeopleSupporting Social Communication in School-Aged Children and Young People - Children's Speech and Language Therapy for Luton and Bedford (childspeechbedfordshire.nhs.uk) |
Tuesday 27th June7pm to 9pm |
ONLINE Neurodiversity in early years - enabling all children to thriveTo sign up visit https://realisetraining.com/neurodiversity_in_early_years/ |
Thursday 29th June 9.30-3.30pm. |
Supporting High Needs Learners in Mainstream Settings one day training.Information: An opportunity to attend a one-day training session - supporting high needs learners in mainstream schools.Audience: SENCo's and teachers who work with children with high needs. Tea and coffee provided, please bring your own lunch.Venue: St Joseph's and St Gregory's Primary school, Biddenham Turn MK40 4AT. PLEASE make sure you put this postcode in as there are two sites.To book on please email schoolimprovement@bedford.gov.ukPlease note this is a repeat of the training on 6th October 2023 held at St Joseph's and St Gregory's Primary school. |
To book
Autism Bedfordshire
visit their training page by clicking here
SEND Health Week visit their page by clicking here
Early Help
The Early Help Workforce development service will be moving to an Online-booking platform in the near future however in the short term, please to ensure that all bookings for training, wherever possible, are booked directly with EHTraining@bedford.gov.uk
All courses offered are free of charge to those Professionals working within the Bedford Borough Locality. There is a £50 charge for professionals outside the BBC Locality or from the Private sector.
Please complete the below form and email to EHTraining@bedford.gov.uk . Confirmation will be sent within 10 days
Attendance at any training event is subject to this application process.
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Non-attendance\cancellations without 48hrs prior notice will result in you/your organisation being charged a £50 fee.
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SEND Social Care Advise and Education and Health Care Plans Drop-in Session

Help is available to complere your Social Care Advise for Education and Health Care Plans
Face to Face in room 650 at Borough Hall or Online via Teams
ID: 353 267 385 204 Passcode: Sryc6Q
Thursday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
27th April
8th June
20th July
31st August
12th October
23rd November
BLMK SEND eLearning for Practitioners
Bedford Borough Council and Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum have worked with partners from across Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes to coproduce a set of 3 eLearning modules where you can learn more about SEND and the Childrens and Families Act 2014.
You can access the training through clicking here . You will need to register as a new user to be able to access the training. For many of the registration questions parents can simply answer N/A.
The below video gives an introduction to what to expect from this eLearning
ONLINE Council for Disabled Children level 1 and 2 SEND basic awareness training (Certificate available)
The Council for Disabiled Children is delighted to announce the launch of their SEND Basic Awareness e-learning course. This freely available, self-guided e-learningwill improve people knowledge and understanding of:
- the Children and Families Act,
- the SEND Code of Practice,
- the Local Offer,
- the graduated approach
Level 1 link - Level 1: SEND Basic Awareness | Council for Disabled Children
Level 2 link - Level 2: SEND Basic Awareness | Council for Disabled Children
ONLINE Sensory Processing Training
Bedfordshire Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service have created a 25 minute online presentation to give more details on Sensory Processing Difficulties (SPD) and what strategies could be used to help children with managing these difficulties. You can view the training and resources by clicking here
You can also find out more regarding Sensory Processing by checking out the "What is Sensory Processing" section of our local offer by clicking here
ONLINE Speech and Language Training
The Children’s Speech and Language Therapy service in Luton and Bedfordshire provide training opportunities for ALL children of ALL ages. Training opportunities are varied and provide staff working in Early Years, Primary and Secondary the skills to work with children at a Universal, Targeted and Specialist level. We are passionate about upskilling the workforce to support ALL children with their Speech, Language and Communication skills. In addition, many of our workshops are available for parents/carers to attend.
For more info click here
Online training from Cambridge Community Services you can watch any time
For sensory challenges (for parents/carers and professionals):
Planning wheels for sensory challenges (for young people, parents/carers and professionals):
ADHD Workshop (for parents/carers and professionals):
Behaviours That May Challenge - Workshop
https://vimeo.com/774725658/a01f0cbba5
ADHD New Diagnosis Workshop
https://vimeo.com/773837668/c985cf66bd
Teenage Sleep Workshop
https://vimeo.com/773826941/c5a7782ad5