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This Good Autism Practice training has been designed to support all practitioners working directly with pupils on the autism spectrum to develop their practice. This is a chargeable session at a cost of £84 + VAT per person(for MAST subscribed schools). External bookings would come with a cost of £210 + VAT.

Staff to feel supported in their work and confident in their ability to adapt their delivery of interventions to meet the specific needs of individual children and young people with social and emotional difficulties. Staff to feel able to overcome challenges that they face in their work through engaging in collaborative problem-solving.

To have a greater understanding of the theory underpinning both Makaton and Cued Articulation and will feel confident to implement ideas back in their settings. Please note this is not actual Makaton Signing Training.

The Foundation Award costs £350 per person. Also, the school needs to purchase a one-off School Pack of resources & Lifetime Print Licence for £250.This course qualifies you to use the Emotional Logic teaching materials to teach children the basic concepts of Emotional Logic using safe scenarios. It does not qualify you to use EL to support children on a 1:1 basis, or train others. Please contact Christiaan Stirling (cstirling@plpcic.co.uk) to book a place.

We are offering a network group for problem-solving, ways forward, ideas and inspiration led by experienced MAST Family Learning Mentors and a Senior EP.

This course will enable staff to develop an understanding of parental mental illness and the impact it can have on children. This will partly be facilitated through theory, alongside a sharing of case studies from our KidsTime workshop and experiencing some practical activities that we use with children.

2 x 3-hour sessions for staff who would like to develop a greater understanding of the needs of children with communication difficulties (understanding, processing, and talking) and the needs of children for whom language difficulties are their main barrier to learning, sometimes described as Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). The second session to be attended is 13th February, from 1pm - 4pm

A two-part training course to understand the theory and practice of Precision Teaching. The second session will be on 26th February, 0930-1230. THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT ALL DELEGATES WILL UNDERTAKE AN ASSIGNMENT USING THE PT APPROACH BETWEEN SESSIONS 1 AND 2

This session will help participants understand the theory and practice behind ‘Lego Club’ and consider what you would need to begin one! • To understand the theory and practice of Lego Club • To consider the benefits to children with SEN • To begin to understand how to create and run a Lego Club • To reflect on how to embed, measure and record success This session is free to MAST subscribers, and at a cost of £125 + VAT, for non-MAST

To explore legislative processes and national guidance relating to the statutory and pre-statutory aspects of the SEND Code of Practice (2015) as underpinned by the Children and Families Act (2014). This session aims to explore the myths, facts and data that underpin national narratives around SEND and offer practical solutions for SENCos working directly in this context.