Tendring Families First Family Support Team can support requests to provide a range of professional training programmes to include:
SMART THINKING
Tendring Families First delivers the Smart Thinking Programme, which is a group intervention focused on developing interpersonal and social thinking skills.
Understanding the link between our own feelings, thoughts and behaviour is important, so that good judgements can be made. This inclusive programme is particularly beneficial for an individual pupil with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.
Who Is SMART THINKING For?
Pupils who may particularly benefit from Smart Thinking include those who may:
For each SMART THINKING group or class there needs to be a minimum of six sessions to enable the pupils sufficient time to practise and refine this thinking process. The main focus of each session is to develop the principles behind successful interpersonal social thinking skills. Stop, Think, Choose, Do – these actions lie at the heart of this process.
If you would be interested in SMART THINKING please contact the Family Support Team.
Understanding the link between our own feelings, thoughts and behaviour is important, so that good judgements can be made. This inclusive programme is particularly beneficial for an individual pupil with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.
Who Is SMART THINKING For?
Pupils who may particularly benefit from Smart Thinking include those who may:
- be experiencing social and interpersonal difficulties with peers and/or adults;
- have difficulties with anger management;
- have low self-esteem;
- have attendance difficulties/issues;
- have attention/concentration difficulties;
- have behaviour and/or emotional difficulties;
- have had internal exclusions;
- have been excluded from lunchtimes;
- have had fixed-term exclusions;
- have friendship difficulties.
For each SMART THINKING group or class there needs to be a minimum of six sessions to enable the pupils sufficient time to practise and refine this thinking process. The main focus of each session is to develop the principles behind successful interpersonal social thinking skills. Stop, Think, Choose, Do – these actions lie at the heart of this process.
If you would be interested in SMART THINKING please contact the Family Support Team.
THE PACS PROJECT
PACS is an exciting 6 week early intervention programme that can be co-delivered by the Family Support Workers with identified school staff.
Who is PACS for?
PACS is aimed at vulnerable pupils in years 5, 6, 7 and 8 and designed to help children develop positive assertive strategies for dealing with situations that will arise as they make the transition into senior school and during the first two years at their new school. Working in small groups of a maximum of 12, pupils are challenged to look at the impact their behaviour has on others and to look at alternative ways they could respond to difficult situations.
How does the programme work?
The programme runs over a 6 week period.
Weeks 1 and 4 are led by the PACS trainer with support from the school’s learning mentor.
In weeks 2, 3 and 5 the school’s learning mentor meets with the group to reinforce the key messages from weeks 1 and 4.
Week 6 is an evaluation session where the young people review what they have learnt and are given certificates of attendance.
If you would be interested in PACS please contact the Family Support Team.
Who is PACS for?
PACS is aimed at vulnerable pupils in years 5, 6, 7 and 8 and designed to help children develop positive assertive strategies for dealing with situations that will arise as they make the transition into senior school and during the first two years at their new school. Working in small groups of a maximum of 12, pupils are challenged to look at the impact their behaviour has on others and to look at alternative ways they could respond to difficult situations.
How does the programme work?
The programme runs over a 6 week period.
Weeks 1 and 4 are led by the PACS trainer with support from the school’s learning mentor.
In weeks 2, 3 and 5 the school’s learning mentor meets with the group to reinforce the key messages from weeks 1 and 4.
Week 6 is an evaluation session where the young people review what they have learnt and are given certificates of attendance.
If you would be interested in PACS please contact the Family Support Team.
DISCRIMINATION WORKSHOP
Tendring Families First Family Workers have devised a bespoke Discrimination Workshop based on Disney to explore types of discrimination which can be delivered to individual classes or whole year groups.
Workshop Content:
If you would be interested in the Discrimination Workshop please contact Liz Pickford
- Ground Rules
- Group Discussion on what is Discrimination & Prejudice
- Group Exercise – Blue Eyes /Brown Eyes – discussion on how did this feel is it fair?
- Disney Film Clip
- Discussion on types of discrimination relating to the Disney Characters
- Group Exercise – Discrimination Words and Phrases – Feedback
- Group Exercise – Friendship Bingo
- Group Exercise – Hand of Friendship
If you would be interested in the Discrimination Workshop please contact Liz Pickford
DEVELOPING THE ROLE OF MDA-BEHAVIOUR TRAINING
The Family Support Workers can deliver a 6 week developing the role of the Mid Day Assistant Behaviour Management Training, which can be individually tailored to each school’s needs.
The training will look at:
If you would be interested in the MDA Training please contact Liz Pickford
The training will look at:
- Importance of Adult Behaviour in promoting good relationships
- Developing Play with Children
- What we Say & How we Say it
- Developing Good Relationships
- Respect, Praise, Encouragement & Rewards
- Conflict, Coping with Confrontations, Mediating Conflict
- Unwanted Behaviours
- Strategies
- Solving Problems Together
- Resources for Rewards and Visual Reminders
If you would be interested in the MDA Training please contact Liz Pickford
PLAY LEADERS TRAINING
Playleaders are children who support other children on the playground to play games, resolve conflict peacefully, develop friendship skills.
Playleaders need to be:
Aims of Play Leader Programme:
Although the Playleader programme helps individual children to develop skills, it is also a whole school approach delivered over 6 sessions which aims to:
If you are interested in the Play leader Programme – please contact Liz Pickford
Playleaders need to be:
- peers
- good role models
- volunteers.
- able to teach and play appropriate games
- able to mediate and problem solve
- trained and continuously supported by a named adult.
Aims of Play Leader Programme:
Although the Playleader programme helps individual children to develop skills, it is also a whole school approach delivered over 6 sessions which aims to:
- improve behaviour on the playground
- provide a safe and supportive environment for all children to:
- use and practice social skills
- develop friendships
- learn from peers and problem solve together
- facilitate the learning of transferable skills through good peer role models
- teach pupils appropriate playground games.
If you are interested in the Play leader Programme – please contact Liz Pickford
LSA TRAINING
Tendring Families First Family Workers can provide training for LSA’s to enhance their knowledge and practise. Training takes place in school over a 3 week period.
The sessions cover:
If you are interested in the LSA training for your school, please contact Liz Pickford
The sessions cover:
- Behaviour Management Strategies
- Effective De-escalation Strategies,
- Misdirected goals of behaviour
- Levels of intervention
- Supporting children with SEN, Sensory Processing Disorder, Learning Difficulties & Social and Emotional wellbeing
If you are interested in the LSA training for your school, please contact Liz Pickford
SEN - PARENT SUPPORT COFFEE MORNINGS
SEND Coffee Mornings are an informal opportunity, for parents of children with Special Educational Needs and or Disabilities to access support. The SEN Coffee Mornings allow for parents to meet other parents and discuss any concerns they have about their child’s SEND, Behaviour & Emotional Wellbeing in an informal friendly atmosphere over a cuppa and a biscuit.
Coffee Mornings are usually held in school at the start of the day to fit in with drop off, and are facilitated by the Disability Family Worker, who can sign post to other agencies or complete a referral for support from Tendring Families First as appropriate.
If you would be interested in having an SEN Coffee Morning established, please contact Liz Pickford.
Coffee Mornings are usually held in school at the start of the day to fit in with drop off, and are facilitated by the Disability Family Worker, who can sign post to other agencies or complete a referral for support from Tendring Families First as appropriate.
If you would be interested in having an SEN Coffee Morning established, please contact Liz Pickford.