Universal Offer
Universal Offer Autumn 2024
The Universal Offer outlines all training and advice available to families and professionals. The Universal Offer is updated every term; some sessions have deadlines for booking, so please check all available months as early as possible.
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| Day | Date | Time | Event | Audience | Area of Need | Location/Format | Description | How to Book | Providing Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 4 September 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social and communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Thursday | 5 September 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Friday | 6 September 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | |
| Monday | 9 September 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and Carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Monday | 9 September 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Tuesday | 10 September 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and Carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 10 September 2024 | From 7.00pm | Understanding and supporting ADHD | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Tuesday | 10 September 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | AET Making Sense of Autism Part 1 | School staff | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | The AET accredited training aims to develop an understanding of how autism affects pupils in schools, identify ways to recognise individual strengths and differences, develop skills in identifying barriers, and understand what reasonable adjustments can be made to support an autistic pupil. This session is delivered in two parts, attendees will have a certificate on completion of both parts. . | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Tuesday | 10 September 2024 | 4.00pm to 5:30pm | AET - Making Sense of Autism module | Anyone | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Teams | Autism Education Trust Module on understanding autism | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Wednesday | 2 October 2024 | 4.00pm to 5:30 pm | AET - Good autism practice in Early Years | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assitants | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Teams | AET module on what good practice for children with autism looks like in settings and schools in Eys | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Wednesday | 11 September 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Parent Phone Line | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Bookable telephone call | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 11 September 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Wednesday | 11 September 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Drop-in | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Talk with the Autism Team and other parents/carers | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Thursday | 12 September 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Thursday | 12 September 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 13 September 2024 | 12.30 to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | |
| Monday | 16 September 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Monday | 16 September 2024 | 1.30pm to 3.00pm | TA Support Group - Visuals | Primary and secondary teaching assistants | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person - West Offices | Workshop run by and for TAs | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Monday | 16 September 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Using visual supports to aid language development | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | This practical session will look at how visual supports can be used to aid language development both at home and in settings. Strategies will be shared for supporting both speaking and non-speaking young children. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Monday | 16 September 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Tuesday | 17 September 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 17 September 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Complex Needs Course Day 1 | Teacher and teaching assistant | Cognition and Learning | in person Venue to be confirmed | complex learning needs in mainstream | To book use WDU £250 per pair (Teacher and TA) for CYC schools; £300 per pair for non-CYC maintained schools, including academies & independent schools | Educational Psychology |
| Wednesday | 18 September 2024 | 10.00am to 11.00am | Parent Topic Talks - Early Years | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 18 September 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Topic Talks - Early Years | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 18 September 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Wednesday | 18 September 2024 | 3.30pm to 5.00pm | AET - Good Autism Practice Part 1 | School staff | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Autism Education Trust training | via MYLO | Autism Team |
| Thursday | 19 September 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Thursday | 19 September 2024 | From 1.00pm | Understanding diet and nutrition | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Thursday | 19 September 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 20 September 2024 | 12.30 to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 23 September 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Tuesday | 24 September 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 24 September 2024 | 4.00pm to 5.00pm | DHST training for secondary schools | All secondary staff | Deafness | Teams | Deaf friendly teaching strategies, creating good acoustic environments, using technology to support deaf learners. | email [email protected] | DHST |
| Tuesday | 24 September 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | AET Making Sense of Autism Part 2 | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | The AET accredited training aims to develop an understanding of how autism affects pupils in schools, identify ways to recognise individual strengths and differences, develop skills in identifying barriers, and understand what reasonable adjustments can be made to support an autistic pupil. This session is delivered in two parts, attendees will have a certificate on completion of both parts. . | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Wednesday | 25 September 2024 | 9.00am to 3.30pm | EP Telephone Supportline | Parent carers and professioansl | All areas of need relating to learning and wellbeing | Bookable Telephone call | Telephone advice and support - one-off confidential consultation of up to 30 mins | [email protected] | Educational Psychology Team |
| Wednesday | 25 September 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Parent Phone Line | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Bookable telephone call | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 25 September 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Drop-in | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Talk with the Autism Team and other parents/carers | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 25 September 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Wednesday | 25 September 2024 | 3.30pm to 5.00pm | AET - Good Autism Practice Part 2 | School staff | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Autism Education Trust training | via MYLO | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 25 September 2024 | 4.00pm to 5.30pm | Understanding and implementing the graduated approach for children with SEND | New SENCOs and ECTs | Graduated Approach from MSP to EHCP | Teams | Implementation and guidance for using plan, do, assess, review cycles for children with SEND. | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Thursday | 26 September 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Friday | 27th September 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 30 September 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Thursday | 26 September 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 30 September 2024 | From 1.00pm | Understanding your child’s early development (age 7 and under) | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Tuesday | 1 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 1 October 2024 | 9.25am to 10.25am | ERP in Action | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Cognition and Learning - Specific Learning Difficulties | ERP St Oswald's Primary | Observation of personal literacy programme | [email protected] | St Oswalds ERP Outreach |
| Tuesday | 1 October 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Demand Avoidance Training | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | Everyone experiences ‘demand avoidance’ (resistance to doing something that is requested or expected of you) sometimes. However, here we use demand avoidance to mean the characteristic of a persistent and marked resistance to the demands of everyday life, which may include essential demands such as eating and sleeping as well as expected demands such as going to school or work. This training will focus on direct and indirect demands and how to support pupils who are triggered by their use. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Wednesday | 2 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.00am | Parent Topic Talks - Masking | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 2 October 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Topic Talks - Masking | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 2 October 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Wednesday | 2 October 2024 | 4.00pm to 5.30pm | AET - Good autism practice in Early Years | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Teams | AET module on what good practice for children with autism looks like in settings and schools in Eys | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Thursday | 3 October 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Thursday | 3 October 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 4 October 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 7 October 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Monday | 7 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 8 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 8 October 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Autism Champions - New Champions | New Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Induction for new Autism Champions | Invitation Only | |
| Tuesday | 8 October 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Supporting Slow Transitions back to School (EBSA) | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | This training session will focus on how to support children to return to school who are currently EBSA (Emotionally Based School Avoiders). We will look at some theory behind this as well as strategies and techniques that have been used in the ERP. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Wednesday | 9 October 2024 | 1.00pm to 4.00pm | DHST training for primary schools | All primary staff | Deafness | West Offices | Deaf friendly teaching strategies, creating good acoustic environments, using technology to support deaf learners. | email [email protected] | DHST |
| Wednesday | 9 October 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Parent Phone Line | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Bookable telephone call | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 9 October 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Drop-in | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Talk with the Autism Team and other parents/carers | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 9 October 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. | This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Thursday | 10 October 2024 | 9.25am to 10.25am | ERP in Action | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Cognition and Learning - Specific Learning Difficulties | ERP St Oswald's Primary | Observation of personal literacy programme | [email protected] | St Oswalds ERP Outreach |
| Thursday | 10 October 2024 | From 10.00am | Understanding and supporting emotional self-regulation | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Thursday | 10 October 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 11 October 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 14 October 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Monday | 14 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 15 October 2024 | 9.00am to 3.30pm | Portage Workshop Training | Early Years Practitioners and SENCOs | Early Years SEND | In Person | Hob Moor Children Centre | Booking required - If you want more details contact Shahenaz on [email protected] | Portage |
| Tuesday | 15 October 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | AET Transitions in schools | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | This AET module aims to provide you with the knowledge, skills and understanding to plan successful transitions for autistic pupils. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Tuesday | 15 October 2024 | 4.00pm to 5.00pm | Dylexia Friendly Classroom | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Cognition and Learning - Specific Learning Difficulties | ERP St Oswald's Primary | Training | [email protected] | St Oswalds ERP Outreach |
| Wednesday | 16 October 2024 | 9.00am to 3.30pm | Portage Workshop Triaining | Early Years Practitioners and SENCOs | Early Years SEND | In Person | Hob Moor Children Centre | Booking required - If you want more details contact Shahenaz on [email protected] | Portage |
| Wednesday | 16 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.00 am | Parent Topic Talks - 5 Point Scale | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 16 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.00am | Parent Topic Talks - 5 Point Scale | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 16 October 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. | This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Thursday | 17 October 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 18 October 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 21 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 22 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 22 October 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Understanding and Supporting Children with DLD | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | This training session will focus on understanding Developmental Language Disorder, how it may present in the classroom and the difficulties children may face. It will look at strategies to support and how to help children to manage the demands of the classroom. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Tuesday | 22 October 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Complex Needs Course Day 2 | Teacher and teaching assistant | Cognition and Learning | in person Venue to be confirmed | complex learning needs in mainstream | To book use WDU £250 per pair (Teacher and TA) for CYC schools; £300 per pair for non-CYC maintained schools, including academies & independent schools | Educational Psychology |
| Wednesday | 23 October 2024 | 9.00am to 3.30pm | EP Telephone Supportline | Parent carers and professionals | All areas of need relating to learning and wellbeing | Bookable Telephone call | Telephone advice and support - one-off confidential consultation of up to 30 mins | [email protected] | Educational Psychology Team |
| Wednesday | 23 October 2024 | From 7.00pm | Understanding and supporting sensory integration | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Wednesday | 23 October 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Parent Phone Line | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Bookable telephone call | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 23 October 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Drop-in | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Talk with the Autism Team and other parents/carers | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 23 October 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. | This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Friday | 25 October 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 28 October 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Celebration/Social | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | Westfield Childrens Centre, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No need to book | Portage Team |
| Friday | 1 November 2024 | 12.30 to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 4 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Monday | 4 November 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Supporting children with social communication differences, including Gestalt language development | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | When we think about the best ways to support neurodiverse children in the classroom and at home, the term Gestalt Language Processing is becoming more popular, but what does this mean? Join this session to learn more about how to support children with social communication differences, including those who use echolalia to communicate. . |
Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Tuesday | 5 November 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Complex Needs Course Day 3 | Teacher and teaching assistant | Cognition and Learning | in person Venue to be confirmed | complex learning needs in mainstream | To book use WDU £250 per pair (Teacher and TA) for CYC schools; £300 per pair for non-CYC maintained schools, including academies & independent schools | Educational Psychology |
| Tuesday | 5 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Wednesday | 6 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Topic Talks - Autism & Adolescence | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 6 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Topic Talks - Autism & Adolescence | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 6 November 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. | This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Thursday | 7 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Friday | 8 November 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 11 November 2024 | 3.15pm to 4.30pm | Nursery Practitioners Support Group - Toileting | Nursery Practitioners | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Support group run by autism specialist Tas | email [email protected] | |
| Monday | 11 November 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Monday | 11 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and Carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 12 November 2024 | From 10.00am | Understanding and supporting ADHD | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Tuesday | 12 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 12 November 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Haxby Road Drop in | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Haxby Road ERP and at the Lakeside classrooms | Drop in session for advice on how to meet need in a mainstream setting. For ERP and non-ERP pupils. Please let us know if you would like to attend and at what time. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Tuesday | 12 November 2024 | 4.00pm to 5.30pm | AET - Understanding Anxiety, Early Years module | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Teams | AET module on understanding signs of anxiety in young children with autism in early years | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Wednesday | 13 November 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Parent Phone Line | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs | Bookable telephone call | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 13 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Drop-in | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Talk with the Autism Team and other parents/carers | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 13 November 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
TThis group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Thursday | 14 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Thursday | 14 November 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 15th November 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 18 November 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Monday | 18 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 19 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 19 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 3.00pm | Primary and Secondary Autism Meeting | Primary and secondary Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Autism Champions Meeting | Invitation Only | |
| Tuesday | 19 November 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Using Emotion Coaching in the classroom | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | This session will look at what Emotion Coaching is, and how to use it effectively inside the classroom to support children’s regulation and teach children to understand their emotions. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Wednesday | 20 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.00am | Parent Topic Talks - Comic Strip Conversations | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 20 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Topic Talks - Comic Strip Conversations | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 20 November 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Thursday | 21 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Thursday | 21 November 2024 | From 7.00pm | Understanding and supporting sensory integration | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Thursday | 21 November 2024 | 2:00pm to 4:30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 22 November 2024 | 12.30 to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | email [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 25 November 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Monday | 25 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 26 November 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 26 November 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Visual supports (EYFS and pre verbal children) | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | This session will look at the visual supports we can use to scaffold language development for children in the EYFS or who are pre verbal. There will also be ideas and suggestions as to how to scaffold and develop engagement in interactions. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Tuesday | 26 November 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Complex Needs Course Day 4 | Teacher and teaching assitant | Cognition and Learning | in person Venue to be confirmed | complex learning needs in mainstream | To book use WDU £250 per pair (Teacher and TA) for CYC schools; £300 per pair for non-CYC maintained schools, including academies & independent schools | Educational Psychology |
| Wednesday | 27 November 2024 | 9.00 am- 3.30 pm | EP Telephone Supportline | Parent carers and professionals | All areas of need relating to learning and wellbeing | Bookable Telephone call | Telephone advice and support - one-off confidential consultation of up to 30 mins | [email protected] | Educational Psychology Team |
| Wednesday | 27 November 2024 | From 1.00pm | Understanding diet and nutrition | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Wednesday | 27 November 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Parent Phone Line | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Bookable telephone call | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 27 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Drop-in | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Talk with the Autism Team and other parents/carers | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 27 November 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Thursday | 28 November 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Thursday | 28 November 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 29 November 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 2 December 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Monday | 2 December 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 3 December 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Wednesday | 4 December 2024 | From 1.00pm | Understanding and supporting emotional self-regulation | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Wednesday | 4 December 2024 | 10.00am to 11.00am | Parent Topic Talks - Coping with Christmas | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 4 December 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Parent Topic Talks - Coping with Christmas | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Topic talk with time for questions and group discussions | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 4 December 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Wednesday | 4 December 2024 | 4.00pm to 5.30pm | AET - Toileting in the EYS | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Autism and physical needs | Teams | AET module on supporting children in Eys with toileting. | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Thursday | 5 December 2024 | 1.30pm to 2.30pm | Portage Music Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Westfield Primary School, Askham Lane, Acomb, York, YO24 3HP. | The York Portage team are offering to run a 5-week course of music sessions for children receiving support from the York Portage Service. | By invitation only | Portage |
| Thursday | 5 December 2024 | 3.30pm to 5.00pm | AET - Making Sense of Autism | Nursery, preschool and school staff | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Online - Microsoft TEAMS | Autism Education Trust training | via MYLO | Autism Team |
| Thursday | 5 December 2024 | 2.00pm to 4.30pm | Telephone or TEAMS call | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone or Microsoft TEAMS | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Friday | 6 December 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 9 December 2024 | 8.30am to 11.30am | Open Phone-in | SENCos and Autism Champions | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Telephone call | Telephone advice and support | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Monday | 9 December 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Den at Westfield Primary School, Askham Ln, Acomb YO24 3HP | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 10 December 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Little Stars Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In Person | The Willows room at The Avenues Children's Centre, Tang Hall, YO31 0UT | No booking required. For more information, please email [email protected] or text 07936 366002 | Portage |
| Tuesday | 10 December 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Autism and anger management | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | The difficulties that autistic people experience in everyday life - due, for example, to communication and sensory differences may lead to feelings of frustration and anger. This training gives some practical ways in which you can help, including preventing and managing anger and helping pupils to manage their feelings. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Wednesday | 11 December 2024 | From 1.00pm | Understanding your child’s early development (age 7 and under) | Parents and carers | Neurodiversity | Virtual Zoom | York’s Neurodiversity Programme has commissioned the ADHD Foundation is hosting live support sessions in 2024 to help you understand and support your child's unique needs. These live, 90-minutes sessions are available exclusively online, not recorded, and tailored for parents/carers of children in York schools. They cover ADHD, emotional regulation, sensory integration, diet/nutrition, and child development |
Neurodiversity Programme | ADHD Foundation |
| Wednesday | 11 December 2024 | 9.00am to 12.00pm | Parent Phone Line | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Bookable telephone call | Telephone advice and support | email [email protected] | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 11 December 2024 | 1:30pm to 2:30pm | Parent Drop-in | Parents and carers | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
In person at YIKS Autism Hub, Clifton Children's Centre | Talk with the Autism Team and other parents/carers | No need to book | Autism Team |
| Wednesday | 11 December 2024 | 1.15pm to 2.30pm | Social Communication Portage Group | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Sessions will model strategies through play to support children with social & communication differences. |
This group is open to families who are Post Portage, receiving Portage or are on the Portage waiting list. Email : [email protected] or [email protected] |
Portage |
| Friday | 13 December 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Monday | 16 December 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Drop in session for TAs/Teachers/Parents for advice around Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) with SaLT Laura Cookson | Parents and carers | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | Drop in session for advice on how to support children / your child with SLCN. Please let us know if you would like to attend and at what time. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Monday | 16 December 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Drop in session for TAs/Teachers/Parents for advice around Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) with SaLT Laura Cookson | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | Drop in session for advice on how to support children / your child with SLCN. Please let us know if you would like to attend and at what time. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Monday | 16 December 2024 | 3.30pm to 4.30pm | Drop in session for TAs/Teachers/Parents for advice around Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) with SaLT Laura Cookson | Parents and carers | Communication and Interaction Needs | Virtual | Drop in session for advice on how to support children / your child with SLCN. Please let us know if you would like to attend and at what time. | Please email [email protected] to book your place | Haxby Road ERP |
| Wednesday | 18 December 2024 | 9.00am to 3.30pm | EP Telephone Supportline | Parents carers and professionals | All areas of need relating to learning and wellbeing | Bookable Telephone call | Telephone advice and support - one-off confidential consultation of up to 30 mins | [email protected] | Educational Psychology Team |
| Wednesday | 18 December 2024 | 10.00am to 11.30am | Portage Celebration/Social | Parents and carers of pre-school children | Early Years SEND | In person Knavesmire Childrens Centre, Trafalgar Street YO23 1HY | Drop in session - celebrate and get together with other families | No need to book | Portage Team |
| Friday | 20 December 2024 | 12.30pm to 3.30pm | SENCO EY support line | EY workers and SENCOs | Early years and KS1 SEND | telephone call | advice line for practitioners | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Wednesday | 2 October 2024 | 4.00pm to 5:30pm | AET - Good autism practice in Early Years | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Autism and Social Communication Needs |
Teams | AET module on what good practice for children with autism looks like in settings and schools in Eys | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Wednesday | 4 December 2024 | 4.00pm to 5.30pm | AET - Toileting in the EYS | SENCOs, teachers and teaching assistants | Autism and physical needs | Teams | AET module on supporting children in Eys with toileting. | [email protected] | St Paul's EY Team |
| Date and time to suit child or young person and host | Wheelchair skills | Wheelchair users and staff who support them | Physical and Health Needs | 1:1 session at CYP school/setting | Basic wheelchair skills to promote independence | email: [email protected] | Physical and Health Needs Team |