Professional Training

Help train4aln make a difference

Our Training Approach

At Train4ALN, we use a holistic, practical approach in all our professional training. Each session is interactive and completely tailored to the recipient, combining theory with real-world examples and hands-on activities to ensure participants leave with actionable strategies. We tailor our training to meet the specific needs of the audience, whether it's for teachers in a school setting, parents at home, or carers in a community environment.

A one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work for children with additional learning needs. Our tailored, practical training ensures that every participant can implement the strategies effectively in their specific setting, leading to better outcomes for the children they support.

Our Commitment

By offering specialized professional training, Train4ALN empowers those who play a critical role in a child's life. Whether in the classroom, at home, or in care, our training ensures that children with additional learning needs receive the comprehensive support they need to thrive.

Comments: I loved the training, it was really informative as well as good fun. I have learnt so much today, but it was delivered in such a friendly informal way I wasn’t afraid to ask questions – and I certainly understand how it might feel for some of the children in my school.

Knowing there is such simple things I can do to make such a difference to a child with disabilities is amazing – definitely implementing what I have learnt today.

Learning Strategies For Pupils With ALN

Who is the course for?

Our Learning Strategies course is perfect for those who work with children in schools, such as teachers, teaching assistants, ALNCOs and school leaders. The target age range is compulsory education (4-18 years) but the course may also be useful in early years settings. The course aims to share evidence based strategies that underpin the learning of pupils with additional needs.

On successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Evaluate the strengths and limitations of behaviourist, humanist and cognitive learning theories and their significance in understanding how learning takes place.

Explain why responsibility for learning lies firmly with the teacher rather than locating it in any characteristics of the learner.

Describe the main characteristics of norm-referenced summative assessments

Evaluate and use a range of formative assessment formats, including criterion-referenced assessments, rubrics and curriculum-based checklists.

Use criterion-referenced assessments to plan a teaching and learning programme

Use the instructional hierarchy, providing learners with opportunities for daily practice to acquire mastery of skills.

Use criterion-referenced assessment to set SMART goals.

Apply a graduated approach to meeting the needs of learners based on the assess, plan, do, review cycle.

Provide pupils with immediate, simple and manageable feedback related to specific learning tasks.

Use task analysis and scaffolding strategies, such as prompting, shaping and modelling, to break tasks down into simple manageable steps that can be linked together

Deliver effective reinforcement and rewards, based on individual responses, to aid learning

Maximise the effectiveness of additional help in the classroom.

Delivery:

20 hours of online study with specialist tutor support. The course can be completed at your own pace, within 12 weeks of starting the course. This will include 2 x 1 hour online tutor sessions, and you will have access/contact from your tutor throughout. There is opportunity to contribute to professional online forums and discuss experiences with other professionals in the same situation.

Dyspraxia and Motor Coordination Difficulties

Who is the course for?

Our Dyspraxia and Motor Coordination Difficulties course

is perfect for those who work with children in schools, such as teachers, teaching assistants, ALNCO’s and school leaders. Children and young people with MCD may appear accident prone, have difficulties fine motor skills such as writing and/or gross motor skills. The target age range is compulsory education (4-18 years) but the course may also be useful in early years settings.

On successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Recognise and describe the main features of motor learning difficulties and the difficulties learners can have, using the correct terminology.

Identify the characteristics and range of impairments associated with motor coordination difficulties.

Use checklists to carry out observations on young peoples’ motor skills, and refer/link with professionals from a solid base of understanding.

Apply a graduated response to meeting the needs of learners with motor difficulties using the assess, plan, do review cycle.

Employ strategies and modify tasks that enable the learner to build and master motor skills.

Create reasonable adjustments in social and sporting activities to maximise inclusion.

Delivery:

Autism

Who is the course for?

Our Dyspraxia and Motor Coordination Difficulties course is perfect for those who work with children in schools, such as teachers, teaching assistants, ALNCO’s and school leaders. Children and young people with MCD may appear accident prone, have difficulties fine motor skills such as writing and/or gross motor skills. The target age range is compulsory education (4-18 years) but the course may also be useful in early years settings.

On successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Recognise and describe the main features of motor learning difficulties and the difficulties learners can have, using the correct terminology.

Identify the characteristics and range of impairments associated with motor coordination difficulties.

Use checklists to carry out observations on young peoples’ motor skills, and refer/link with professionals from a solid base of understanding.

Apply a graduated response to meeting the needs of learners with motor difficulties using the assess, plan, do review cycle.

Employ strategies and modify tasks that enable the learner to build and master motor skills.

Create reasonable adjustments in social and sporting activities to maximise inclusion.

Delivery:

Dyslexia

Who is the course for?

Our Autism Spectrum Disorder course is perfect for those who work in schools with children on the spectrum, such as teachers, teaching assistants, ALNCos and school leaders.

This course looks at the impact autism can have on a learner’s life and shows how you can make your classroom and practice more inclusive for these learners. You will learn how to further understand the needs of learners with Autism and develop a range of strategies to improve learning outcomes.

On successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:

Understand about autism spectrum disorder, identifying the distinguishing characteristics that may present in both girls and boys, and other behaviours that may arise from autism spectrum disorder.

Know how to assess the individual needs of learners and associated difficulties arising from autistic spectrum disorder.

Know how to identify environmental and social triggers for pupils so that you can provide the best learning environment for all pupils.

Be able to implement a range of research-based interventions proven to meet the needs of pupils with autism spectrum disorder, including communication and relationship skills.

Improve learning outcomes for learners with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Delivery:

Professional Training

Our Mission

Professional Training

Help train4aln make a difference

Our Training Approach

Our Commitment

Learning Strategies For Pupils With ALN

Dyspraxia and Motor Coordination Difficulties

Autism

Dyslexia

Frequently Asked Questions

Professional Training

Our Mission

Professional Training

Help train4aln make a difference

Our Training Approach

Our Commitment

Learning Strategies For Pupils With ALN

Dyspraxia and Motor Coordination Difficulties

Autism

Dyslexia

Frequently Asked Questions

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