Inclusion Team - Portage Workshop - A Small Steps Approach to Learning for Children with SEND
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Inclusion Team - Portage Workshop - A Small Steps Approach to Learning for Children with SEND
Autumn term 2024 – Delivered Face-to-Face - Winchester
Day 1: Tuesday 8 October 2024, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Day 2: Wednesday 9 October 2024, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Day 3: Wednesday 20 November 2024, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Spring Term 2025 - Delivered Face-to-Face - Winchester
Day 1: Tuesday 25th March 2025, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Day 2: Wednesday 26th March 2025, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Day 3: Wednesday 7th May 2025, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Autumn term 2025 – Delivered Face-to-Face
Day 1: Tuesday 7th October 2025, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Day 2: Wednesday 8th October 2025, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Day 3: Tuesday 18th November 2025, 9.00am to 3.30pm
Participants must commit to attending all three days of training.
This is a certificated 3-day training course delivered by National Portage Association Accredited Trainers.
The Portage Workshop is an introduction to the Portage Approach to working with children with additional needs and their families. The workshop is suitable for anyone interested in finding out more about the Portage model, including early years practitioners, therapists and parents.
What does the course cover?
The Workshop consists of a Core Curriculum of seven modules:
- The Portage Model
- Supporting the Development of Play
- Using Clear Language
- Planning Successful outcomes
- Planning, Recording and Sharing outcomes
- Using a Small Steps Approach
- Positive Approaches to Childrens Behaviour
All Workshops will also include a Parent's Perspective of Portage.
What will I learn?
- The Portage partnership model of working with parents and other professionals
- Portage principles and how they can be applied in the home and in settings with young children who have additional needs
- Strategies, materials, and resources used by Portage that can be used in the home and early years settings
- How to plan for success and set long term goals
- The importance of using clear language
- How to use a small steps approach in teaching children new skills through play
- Strategies to overcome the barriers to play
- Approaches to help children generalise skills
- Basic appropriate responses and approaches to address behaviour
- Strategies for planning suitable activities, assessing progress, and recording children’s successes
Who is the course suitable for?
- Early Years Practitioners working in PVI, maintained and children’s centre settings
- SENCOs
- Reception class teachers, nursery teachers, HLTAs and teaching assistants
- Childminders and foster carers
- Parents
- Speech therapists/assistants/language development workers
- Occupational therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Sensory support teachers
- Advisory teachers
- Inclusion development workers
Family Support Workers
NOTE FOR HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS – please be aware that Hampshire schools must pay for training using IBC Internal Trading, so are unable to use this Shop.
Hampshire schools should submit this online booking request to book a place, remembering to include their cost centre, GL code and contact details for the person dealing with finance or IBC internal trading.
This will allow SfYC to take payment direct from your cost centre via Journal.
(Academies and independent schools are able to use payment cards)
Academies and Independent schools will be charged a 15% surcharge on top of the standard cost. All schools, settings and other organisations from outside of Hampshire will also be charged this 15% surcharge.
If a member of the SfYC team needs to travel outside of the county to deliver training, expenses/mileage may be charged from the Hampshire border. Price on application.