Training & Events
Acorn Psychology are able to offer courses to schools on a bespoke basis. Our staff are able to offer a wide range of SEND and psychology topics to help you better understand your children. The courses offered can be adapted to meet your needs by age range, by staff needs and by the length of the course or training required.
Contact us on 0844 854 2944 to discuss how we can best meet your needs and help you to achieve the best from your children and young people.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Attachment and engaging parents
- Attachment disorder
- Theory of attachment
- SEAL and BAP
- Developing nurturing schools
- Social and emotional behaviour
- The adolescent brain
- What do children need?
- SEAL and the complex child
- Psychology in the classroom
- Play
- Play in nurture groups
- Psychological theories and concepts
- Children's development and needs
- Anger
- Attachment
- SEBD
- ASD and SEBD
- Personality and Personality Types
- Self-harm
- Special Needs and Independent Learning
- Intelligence
- Positive Psychology
- Personal Construct Psychology
- Applied Psychology
- ASD
- ADHD
- Dyslexia and dyscalculia
- Impact of trauma
- Promoting emotional health and wellbeing in schools
- Loss and bereavement
- Mentoring, Mediation and Restorative Approaches
- Child and adolescent sexual behaviour
- Assessment
- Cognitive Assessment System
- WRAT
- The Boxall Profile
- eAssessment for SEBD
- Communication
- Listening and Active Listening
- Personality Type and individual differences
- CAMHS and understanding mental health diagnoses
- Making Ideas Stick
- Adult: Child Relationships
- Making the most of consultation/supervision
- Techniques and strategies
- Expanded Retrieval Practice (for ensuring retention)
- Nurturing
- Reintegration
- Auditory Processing
- Attachment and attachment disorder
- Attachment and nurture groups
- Setting up and running a nurture group
- The importance of language
- Dyslexia
- Precision Teaching
- Social stories
- Executive Functioning
- Precision teaching
- Dyscalculia
- Numeracy Difficulties
- Literacy interventions
- Dyslexia
- Reading with children for staff and/or parents
- Examinations special arrangements – special arrangement invigilator training
- Precision teaching
- English as an additional language
- Making the best use of teaching assistants and volunteers
- Using a person centred approach – active listening
- Social Skills for children/teenagers
- Autism – practical ideas for mainstream
- Disability Awareness
- Differentiation for High Schools
- INSET days training
Current Training & Events
'Developing Nurture Settings Training - 3 day course'
Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th and Friday the 17th of Novemeber 2017 starting approx 9am - 4:15pm.
To reserve your place call us on 01254 686 397 or email enquiries@acornpsychology.co.uk to request a booking form.
Testimonials
“ I have really enjoyed this training. It was very informative and thought provoking. It has given me a lot to think about and prompted me to reflect on my practice even more than I already do”
“ visiting the Nurture setting at another secondary school was brilliant! It was good to see how other schools work and I got lots of practical help and advice”
“Great course which was interesting and set at a good pace. Very knowledgeable speakers and trainers “
“ Thank you so much, I feel I am able to take all aspects of the course to put into practise in my school. It has given me lots of food for thought and positive ideas “