Academic Year 2024/25

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Aspire Outreach Core Training Offer

The Aspire SEMH Outreach team provides comprehensive core training aimed at enhancing understanding and support for individuals dealing with social, emotional, and mental health challenges. The core training offers a holistic approach, addressing various aspects of SEMH to empower educators and professionals in effectively managing these issues.

Key components of the core training include:

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1. Understanding SEMH

To gain insights into the diverse range of social, emotional, and mental health difficulties individuals may encounter. This involves exploring underlying causes, symptoms, and potential impacts on learning and development.

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2. Primary Only - Promoting social interaction and communication through constructive play

    Secondary Only - Construction Crew

Aims to harness the therapeutic benefits of construction activities to address emotional regulation, social interaction, and communication difficulties. Through structured group sessions, participants engage in collaborative building tasks, promoting teamwork, empathy, and problem-solving skills.

 

3. Bonding through Play

Bonding through play training focuses on utilising play-based activities to strengthen the emotional connection between caregivers and children, enhancing attachment, trust, and communication within nurturing relationships.

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4. De-Escalation

De-escalation training equips individuals with techniques to defuse and manage escalating conflicts or crises effectively. Participants learn communication strategies, de-escalation techniques, and conflict resolution skills to promote safety and calm.

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5. Zones of regulation

Zones of Regulation training provides individuals with a framework to understand and manage their emotions. Participants learn to categorize their feelings into different "zones" and develop strategies to regulate their emotional responses, promoting self-awareness, self-regulation, and social skills in various settings.

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6. Sensory Processing and SEMH

Sensory processing with SEMH training explores how sensory issues intersect with social, emotional, and mental health challenges. Participants learn to identify sensory triggers, understand their impact on behaviour, and implement sensory-based interventions to support individuals with SEMH needs in regulating their sensory experiences for improved well-being.

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7. Emotion Coaching

Emotion coaching training teaches individuals how to support emotional development by guiding others through their feelings constructively. Participants learn to validate emotions, empathize, and teach coping skills, fostering emotional intelligence and resilience. This approach enhances relationships and empowers individuals to navigate emotions effectively in various personal and professional contexts.

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8. Understanding ADHD and how to support this in the classroom.

​ADHD training equips educators with knowledge of ADHD symptoms, such as inattention and hyperactivity, and strategies to support students who may experience this. The training aims to foster an inclusive classroom environment that addresses individual needs and enhances student success. Providing idea for strategies and adaptations which can be made.

Tier 2 This is bespoke training to your individual schools needs and may come as a chargeable service.

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9. Understanding masking and how to support this.

Training on understanding masking focuses on recognizing how individuals, particularly those with neurodiverse conditions, conceal their symptoms to fit in socially. It highlights the psychological impact, the need for authentic expression, and creating supportive environments. The goal is to foster awareness and acceptance, reducing the necessity for masking.

 

10. Understanding Pathological Demand avoidance and how to support this.

Training on understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) involves recognizing extreme avoidance of everyday demands due to anxiety. It covers identifying behaviours, using flexible and indirect approaches, and fostering trust. The goal is to create supportive environments that reduce anxiety and encourage positive interactions and cooperation.​

 

11.Anxiety in children and young people.

Training on understanding anxiety in children focuses on identifying signs like excessive worry and avoidance behaviours. It covers effective communication, coping strategies, and creating a supportive environment. The objective is to equip educators with tools to help children manage anxiety and promote emotional well-being and resilience.

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12. Understanding attachment in children and how to support this.

Developing understanding on the neuroscience of Attachment and how this can present in different categories and how this presents in children. Practical strategies on how to support children in class and developing regulation within the classroom.

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13. Understanding Global Development Delay and how to support his.

Training to support understanding of global developmental delay involves learning about its causes, symptoms, and interventions. It includes strategies for early identification, individualized support plans, therapeutic approaches, and effective communication techniques to foster developmental progress.

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Overall, the core training from the SEMH outreach team aims to empower participants with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to create nurturing environments that facilitate the holistic development and well-being of individuals with SEMH needs.

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Aspire Outreach Specific School Support Offer​

The Aspire SEMH Outreach team provides support on specific school areas such as Behaviour and policy review, Physical intervention including policy review, behaviour support profiles and Positive handling plans, School environment audits, ECT training on supporting SEMH in the classroom.

Schools may feel what they need support with is not currently shown. If this is the case please get in touch with what you feel you require training with and we will see if we can work with you to develop support for this.

Key components of the support include:

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1. Behaviour and policy review

Support for behaviour and policy review involves providing guidance on evaluating and improving organizational policies and staff delivery of this. This includes conducting assessments, offering training sessions, creating feedback mechanisms, developing action plans, ensuring compliance with regulations, and promoting a positive workplace culture. Effective support enhances policy effectiveness and fosters a conducive work environment.

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2. Physical intervention including policy review, behaviour support profiles and Positive handling plans

Physical intervention support includes reviewing policies to ensure these are clear and contain the clear expectations and legal information that is required. Creating behaviour support profiles which show the stage of behaviour and reasons for this. Developing, checking and providing guidance for positive handling plans.

This ensures interventions are safe, respectful, and compliant with regulations. The process involves assessing individual needs, training staff, implementing de-escalation techniques, and regularly updating plans to promote safety and positive behaviour outcomes.

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3. School environment audits

School environment audit support involves assessing various aspects of the school setting, including accessibility, sensory stimulus and inclusive This support includes identifying areas for improvement, ensuring compliance with regulations, gathering stakeholder feedback, and providing actionable recommendations to create a more effective and positive learning environment for students and staff.

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4. ECT training on supporting SEMH in the classroom

Support for Early Career Teacher (ECT) training on Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) includes providing strategies for managing classroom behaviour, promoting student well-being, and creating inclusive environments. Training covers identifying SEMH needs, implementing supportive interventions, using de-escalation techniques, and fostering positive relationships to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.

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Additional training Offer From Aspire Outreach

The Aspire SEMH Outreach team can provide bespoke training on a range of topics which are covered more in depth and aim to develop a higher level of understanding on complex areas. This covers a range of SEMH topics as well as behaviour support in the form of Team Teach accredited training. 

Key components of second tier training include: 

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1. Team Teach

Team-Teach training equips professionals, in educational settings, with skills to manage behaviours that challenge. Emphasizing de-escalation techniques and minimizing the need for physical intervention. It encompasses strategies for communication, risk assessment, and understanding behaviour triggers. With a focus on teamwork and collaboration, Team-Teach emphasizes the least restrictive interventions while ensuring safety for all involved. Participants learn to recognize signs of distress, implement preventative measures, and use physical intervention as a last resort, prioritizing the preservation of dignity and respect.

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2. Sleep training​

Sleep training for children involves establishing healthy sleep habits and routines to promote restful and consistent sleep patterns. Techniques vary based on the child's age, temperament, and parenting philosophy, but common methods include gradual extinction, scheduled awakenings, and the Ferber method, which involves progressively increasing intervals of comforting.

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3. P.A.C.E.

P.A.C.E. (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) Trauma-Informed Care Training offers a holistic approach to understanding and responding to trauma in individuals, particularly children. P.A.C.E. focuses on creating a safe and nurturing environment where individuals feel empowered to explore their experiences with playfulness, acceptance, curiosity, and empathy. This training equips professionals with practical strategies to build trust, regulate emotions, and promote healthy attachment relationships.

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4. Social Stories

Social Story Training involves learning and implementing the Social Story approach, to support individuals, in navigating social situations and understanding social cues. Participants in this training learn to create personalized stories using descriptive and perspective-taking language to explain social expectations, routines, and concepts in a clear and visual manner.

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5. Circle of Adults

The circles of adults approach utilises a structured form of colleague support to mobilise adult thinking about problem behaviour and to arrive at agreed strategies. Circle of adults sessions encourage consistent staff responses and a team approach to managing challenging behaviour.

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6. Circle of Solutions

Solution Circles follow a structured six stage process, with each stage having a time allocation in order for the whole process to be complete in 30 minutes. The 'Problem Presenter' begins by outlining the problem, whilst the group listens. The group are then invited to ask clarification questions.

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