CPD Training

Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) covers a wide spectrum of areas relating to mental health and wellbeing in schools. These thorough and highly evaluated courses are available at no extra cost to MAST subscribers. 

If you're interested in attending any of the events listed, please get in touch to book a place by calling 07458 305006.

28
November
A Good Nights Sleep
1 of 1

In this session, we will examine the importance of sleep, what is a good quality sleep, how much sleep children & young people need, consider how we might support pupils with SEND to sleep better and reflect on how we can work with children, young people and families to support them in getting better sleep.

3
December
ECTs - Understanding & Managing Behaviour
1 of 1

This course will provide ECTs with the knowledge and skills to understand and manage behaviour at a classroom level whilst making links to whole school systemic effective practice.

4
December
AET: Making Sense of Autism
1 of 1

The making sense of autism training will give you a better understanding and awareness of autism and the way it affects pupils in school.

5
December
Precision Teaching Level 2
2 of 2

This is a two-part training course to apply the theory and practice of Precision Teaching (PT) as a formative assessment strategy to enhance numeracy and handwriting / spelling skills. There is an expectation that all delegates will undertake an assignment using the PT approach between sessions 1 and 2.

12
December
Parental Mental Illness
1 of 1

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.

17
December
Therapeutic Mentoring Support Group
4 of 6

These support groups will provide opportunities for reflection, supportive challenge, and personal support from an educational psychologist and a family learning mentor.

9
January
Person Centred Planning: An Introduction to Practice in Schools
1 of 1

Person Centred Planning (PCP) is a series of approaches that put the needs of clients firmly at the centre of the work we do. This CPD opportunity explores why PCP is important in schools for children and young people, where we can use it to be most useful (e.g. with children on edge of exclusions, at key transitions etc.) and what we can do to ensure it is a success.

14
January
ECTs - Understanding & Managing Behaviour
1 of 1

This course will provide ECTs with the knowledge and skills to understand and manage behaviour at a classroom level whilst making links to whole school systemic effective practice.

15
January
AET: Good Autism Practice
1 of 1

The good autism practice training has been designed to support all practitioners working directly with pupils on the autism spectrum to develop their practice

16
January
Therapeutic Play Training
1 of 1

In this session, we will briefly explore theories of attachment and consider how attachment can impact children’s learning and social and emotional development. We will then learn how therapeutic play approaches can be used in a child-centred way to support the well-being of vulnerable children at school.