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Introductory Call
Free
Course Duration: 30 mins
Every nursery and practitioner has bespoke needs, book an introductory call for free, to tell us a bit more about your requirements. To book an introductory call, please use our enquiry form: https://abbotswoodacademy.co.uk/contact/
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Outdoor Training and Outdoor Education
£150 pp *includes take home resources
Course Duration: 1 day
The Wonders of Outdoors - Learning to thrive not just survive. This is a hands-on full-day experience will explore how you can enhance the outdoors in your setting, inspire your practice in nature and see it as a primary space.
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Paediatric First Aid - Practitioner
£100 pp (15% discount for 5 or more delegates)
Course Duration: 1 day
'Gain The Confidence To Do Something'. Ofsted Compliant Certification in First Aid for Young Children (12 hours)
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Understanding Behaviour - Level 1
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
'Building Foundations' - This full-day course will investigate the ‘why’ of typical childhood behaviours, exploring brain development, research, and theories. We will apply this to understanding possible reasons for children’s behaviour, helping identify positive strategies.
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Understanding Behaviour - Level 2
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
'Understanding the Why' - This full-day course will allow practitioners to delve deeper into brain development, behavioural theories, child psychology and the nervous system. They will explore what co-regulation means and how to develop children’s emotional resilience, reflecting on their own practice and strategies to support behaviour.
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Understanding Behaviour - Level 3
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
'Challenging Mindsets' - This full-day course is for practitioners who want to challenge their understanding and expectations of behaviour. We will explore latest research and concepts and how this has impacted behaviour and how it can be translated back in your early years setting.
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Leadership and Management - Inspiring Leaders - Level 1
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
'Become The Leader You Would Follow' - This full days training will give you the tools, ideas and strategies to develop your leadership style and motivate you to become an inspiring leader.
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Leadership and Management - Inspiring Leaders - Level 2
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
'Be The Leader You Would Follow' - This full-day course will delve into how to create a resilient, happy staff team, how to coach rather than manage and allow you to critically reflect on your leadership style.
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Safeguarding - Basic
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
'Planting The Seeds For Professional Curiosity' - This full-day course will give practitioners the basic knowledge around safeguarding and child protection, exploring a range of abuse types and the signs to look out for. This course will enable practitioners to confidently know how to deal with any safeguarding concerns.
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Safeguarding - Advanced
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
'Growing Your Professional Curiosity' - This full-day course will look deeper into the many types of abuse a child could be exposed to and the signs to look out for. With the ever-increasing expectations on practitioners, this course will give you the confidence to exercise your professional curiosity and challenge outcomes.
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Special Educational Needs – The Role of the SENCO
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
'From Roots to Shoots - Become A Thriving SENCO In The Early Years' - This full-day course will give aspiring and established SENCO’s the confidence in the ever-increasing, important role they play. Our hands-on course will help support the development of practice and how to support your setting.
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Special Educational Needs – Understanding Autism
£100 pp
Course Duration: 1 day
This full-day course will enable you to develop a basic understanding of what Autism is and how to approach it as a difference rather than a disorder. We will explore in ways which Autism presents itself in the Early Years.