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Last 150 feedback quotes
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- BESD course, Teaching Assistant, Luton (23 May 2013)
" this course has impacted me by me being able to help and support dysleic students that l work with.
- Dyslexia course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (22 May 2013)
" The course was invaluable to my work with SEN students - it helped me develop greater understanding of the difficulties they may encounter and how to support them more effectively. The tutors were excellent and available to help when required. The resources were excellent and I shall be referring back to them regularly. I have now been asked to help set up a Language SLCN group and feel confident that I can do this with the increased knowledge and resources I now have access to. I have recommended this and other online inset to colleagues.
- SLCN course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Royal Borough of Greenwich (21 May 2013)
" This training has made me much more aware of how the school setting can affect a child on the autistic spectrum. It has helped me focus on what resources need to be in place in order to make school a place that is accessible to all children regardless of any difficultes they may live with.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Gloucestershire (16 May 2013)
" I will change my learning environment and take more into account when planning to bear in mind the VI child to ensure they can acces the curriculum.
- VI course, Teacher, Wolverhampton City Council (14 May 2013)
" The interventions I carried out in school have improved my teaching practice and the quality of children's learning. I am also more aware of how to provide an inclusive classroom.
- ASD course, Teacher, Hereford (12 May 2013)
" The training has impacted on the producing consistent good practice in the classroom as all members of the class team have undergone training. We have assessed our classrooms and the differentiated teaching materials that we produce.
- MSI course, Teacher, Staffordshire (12 May 2013)
" I have been able to help the child I support much better because I understand better how he feels. I try to be understanding and I help other teachers and support staff by giving some suggestions on how to deal with similar cases. It also helped understand another child and use different strategies to help him too. With better understanding of condition i feel confident when difficult situation occur, as I feel better prepare to deal with these children stress and anxiety.
- ASD course, Individual Needs Assistant, East Sussex County Council (12 May 2013)
" This training has shown me better ways to deal with situations that may arise when working with challenging children so that I can achieve a positive outcome.
- BESD course, Teaching Assistant, Luton (11 May 2013)
" I am more aware of slcn and how to recongise them and how to support pupils with slcn which will improve my practice at work.
- SLCN course, Teaching Assistant, Bath (09 May 2013)
" When working with autistic children I now understand their needs more and I am able to help them find ways of coping when they have difficulties
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (05 May 2013)
" I feel more equipped and able to better support those with ASD.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, East Sussex County Council (02 May 2013)
" I will find it useful in working with my ASD students has this has giving me lots of new practices which i can put in place to stop then becoming distressed or anxious .
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, East Sussex County Council (02 May 2013)
" It has helped me to view autism from a students perspective and appreciate more the way the autistic mind works.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, East Sussex County Council (02 May 2013)
" Having a clearer understanding of what kind of support will benefit the pupils and staff has already impacted on practice in my work setting. I have created a visual timetable for the learning room and pupils are involved in putting it together each morning the outcome of which has helped the pupils prepare for the day ahead thus reducing any anxiety or stress that accompanies any changes to routine. I have also started to use pupils' names when giving out instructions which has shown an impact already as there has been little confusion as to what was expected and by whom.
- ASD course, HLTA, East Sussex County Council (02 May 2013)
"I hae reassesed the working environment within my class, removing unnecessary clutterand clearly labelling equiptment. I am also looking at the content of the new course we are offering in my department in order to make it more student friendly, keeping language simple and direct, as well as providing visual cues."
- ASD course, Teacher, The Gulf English School (02 May 2013)
" Learning from this course has helped me make decisions in work to help my pupil with his everyday life, just simple changes has made a big inpact with regards to playing with his peers and changes to the classroom i have made with things i have picked up taking part in this course for example the displays on the walls i make sure they are a good height and really colour friendly for him.
- VI course, Teaching Assistant, Surrey County Council (01 May 2013)
" This course has impascted on both my school and home life. I find I'm understand my sons speech and language reports better and can put her reccomendations into practise with more confidence now and my son and myself are not getting so frustrated with each other through lack of understanding. I am also finding myself watching the lsa i am shadowing more closely and seeing how she makes sure that all the students in her care are understanding the lesson that is being taught and the little achievements that students make without the teacher even noticing.
- SLCN course, Lunch time supervisor, Royal Borough of Greenwich (28 April 2013)
" I have learned a few new interventions that i can use in my classroom with my speech and language group. i loved watching the case studies and seeing how the adult in the video dealt with and responded to the children. without the course i dont think i would be as motivated and eager to put what i have learned into practice. i just cant wait to get started on my goals and impliment the interventions. im excited to see the outcome and the change in the way i teach and how the children learn.
- SLCN course, Teaching Assistant, Westminster London Borough of (23 April 2013)
" The training has reinforced and added to the knowledge I already have. It has given me the confidence to be able to deliver some training to my colleagues. I have learnt lots of strategies that i am already starting to put into place.
- ASD course, HLTA, Westminster London Borough of (22 April 2013)
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Like any training – new information to teach new ideas and mythologies and old information to reignite passed learn knowledge
- BESD course, SENCO, Manchester (21 April 2013)
" Made me more aware of factors regarding difficult behaviour and has also gave me some great ideas for interventions to improve behaviour.
- BESD course, Teaching Assistant, Westminster London Borough of (19 April 2013)
" It has given me the confidence to be able to implement my interventions into practise working within a time that is measurable and acheiveable aswell as in my home life .
- BESD course, Teaching Assistant, Westminster London Borough of (19 April 2013)
" I will be more patient with ASD suffers and will also try to implement the interaction methdos set out in the course
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Wiltshire (12 April 2013)
" By sharing the information, resources and experiences from this course with my work collegues I feel will lead to a better understanding for those supporting children with SLCN. It will also go a long way to highlighting children who would benefit from support in this area.
- SLCN course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Surrey County Council (12 April 2013)
" I think one of the things that has opened my eyes is how much better it was for the children when there was a collective understanding from all parties.My experience so far has felt a bit disjointed. But now that a lot of the teachers/ TA's and indivual needs in our school have attended this course, I am looking forward to putting everything I have learnt into practice.
- ASD course, Individual Needs Assistant, East Sussex County Council (10 April 2013)
" This training has made me look at the interventions I use when working with these students and has encouraged me to put more into place to support.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (07 April 2013)
" By pulling together all the odd bits of training that I have received ref. Autism. I have also spent 2 days on a basic Autism Awareness Course delivered by Adult Social Care for the Brighton and Hove City Council. I think that it is very important to remember that there are adults in our city on the Autistc Spectrum as well as children..how do we seek to understand them? By giving me a clearer focus so that my planning and teaching is accessible for all Using language that is not ambiguous Thinking very carefully about the clasroom.
- ASD course, Teacher, East Sussex County Council (06 April 2013)
" As i work with children within a school setting, with special needs, this training has shown me the importance of sensory stimuli. It has given me the inspiration , to discover whether or not it will be possible to create a sensory garden within the school grounds. It has taught me the importance of outside professional agencies which provide constant help , advice and support to teaching staff. Having knowledgeable staff ensures that the pupil is able to reach his full potential both independently and educationally.
- VI course, Teaching Assistant, Manchester (05 April 2013)
" A fresh look at ASD has given me new ideas to help young learners. Aiming to reach my goals will get me thinking about my new knowledge.
- ASD course, HLTA, Swindon (04 April 2013)
" The training has helped myself and all the staff at our setting understand how to identify speech and communication needs in children, what developments to expect at different ages and how to plan and achieve target goals and interventions.
- SLCN course, Early Years Practioner, Gloucestershire (03 April 2013)
" I feel that i have a better understanding of how children with autism feel and what they see in everyday life especially school. It has helped me think of new ways to work with my student so that he feels comfortable and does the best that he can do. I feel it has also helped me work with teachers that are looking for ways to help children with autism such as using visual prompts and differentiated worksheets.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Luton (03 April 2013)
" It has helped me to deliver training and analyse good practice with our Foundation Stage staff at school. We have shared thoughts and ideas, have bought some new resources and are bginning to use these effectively to set targets for individuals knowledgeably. We are working cohesively and the staff involved are developing their skills, ready to share with others in Key Stage 1. The training has also helped me reflect on how I can support my own sons, both of whom are on the autistic spectrum and with very different communication needs. Though the training was specific to early years, the principles and good practice apply wherever there is a need.
- SLCN course, Early Years Practioner, Gloucestershire (29 March 2013)
" Better understanding of ASC pupils and the theory behind ASC.
- ASD course, SENCO, Surrey County Council (26 March 2013)
" Excellent strategies discussed, looking forward to using them when needed.
- SLCN course, Early Years Practioner, Gloucestershire (25 March 2013)
" It has made me more aware of the need for visual prompts and therefore I will be implementing this with a child in mind on the afternoons he has no TA support. It has also made me see the benefits for all children in the class and I will be relaying this information to the class teacher. I have also passed on some tips to my husband who teaches at a college for ways he can make changes if he has students who experience difficulties with certain learning styles. He has adapted some of his course to make it more pro-active and visual now.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Gloucestershire (24 March 2013)
" This training has given me a great insight into causes of behaviour aswell as strategies to deal with them. Now I have this knowledge I will be able to work along side the children in my school in a way that will help and encourage them with their work and play. I shall be able to pass on information to colleagues that may help them too.
- BESD course, Individual Needs Assistant, East Sussex County Council (22 March 2013)
" This training has allowed me to focus more clearly on the individual needs of the child that I work with on a day to day basis. It has made me more aware and has given me new ideas to make the child's time and education a better expereince.
- ASD course, Individual Needs Assistant, East Sussex County Council (22 March 2013)
" The training has reinforced what I already understood about Autism and given me a firmer understanding why certain learning difficulties and behaviours are apparent. I am now looking to develop the skills of staff who are working directly with autistic children and review our learning environment and make it more autism-friendly.
- ASD course, SENCO, Surrey County Council (21 March 2013)
" as a pre-school nursery leader I have tools and resources to identify children's language development which give me confidence to plan interventions. i hope this means that early intervention will benefit the children who most need it.
- SLCN course, Early Years Practioner, Gloucestershire (20 March 2013)
" This training has provided information that I am able to pass on to pre schools/schools which I visit, e.g. SMART targets to be included when setting IEP targets. It has helped with various stratergies to support children with communication needs and has developed my understanding on vocabulary.
- SLCN course, Specialist Support Assistant , Gloucestershire (19 March 2013)
" I am new to SLCN and this training has given me an insight into the difficulties these students encounter in their lessons at school. Also this course has given me confidence in this area and now feel comfortable working 1:1 with SLCN students.
- SLCN course, Teaching Assistant, Surrey County Council (18 March 2013)
" Good practice will be shared with all colleagues, e.g. ensuring you have child's attention (specifically using child's name first), getting down to their level and using simple language. One of the key things I will share is the 'communication chain'. Ensuring staff understand the processes that a child has to go through to understand and respond to what is said to them. As a team we aim to look carefully at the environment with a view to reducing 'information overload'.
- SLCN course, Early Years Practioner, Gloucestershire (18 March 2013)
" going back over lots of learning again has helped and enhanced the job I do now it has been good to read over things. watching the videos really brought a good insight into supporting students on a daily basis. going back to very simple things like continued use of PECS, symbols, visual timetables.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, East Sussex County Council (18 March 2013)
" My increased knowledge has already helped me to reasess how I work with children with ASD. And during this process I have had to manage tricky situations with aggressive behaviour which I felt much better equiped to do and thishas helped prevent further incidents. I also feel I have a better understanding from the ASD child's perspective and improved empathy knowing what they have to deal with on a daily basis.
- ASD course, SENCO, Royal Borough of Greenwich (15 March 2013)
" Its given me more understand of how to help the children with Asd. Plenty of fresh ideas to put to use. Able to use other ways and options now on helping children with Asd and behaviour difficultys.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Royal Borough of Greenwich (14 March 2013)
" The course complements my work and has extended my knowledge and subsequent ability to offer increased support to students.
- SLCN course, No role selected, Coventry City Council (14 March 2013)
" As Head Teacher of a mainstream school with a Centre for children with communication and interaction difficulties, I can already see the positive impact that the course has had. The mainstream teachers, teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors and playgroup leaders now have a much better understanding of the difficulties and needs of the children with ASD, and realise that each child's needs may differ considerably from those of another. The course has also stimulated a great deal of conversation and discussion between the specialist team in the Centre (teacher and TAs) and the mainstream staff. Mainstream staff have been able to use some of the resources and ideas from the course in order to benefit other children in their classes and think that they now generally have a wider range of strategies for providing for their learning needs.
- ASD course, Head Teacher, Gloucestershire (13 March 2013)
" I work in an ASD class room daily, i had a level of understanding of how to do things and now i understand more about why we do things in certain ways,
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, East Sussex County Council (11 March 2013)
" This has helped me improve my knowledge about ASC and how it affects people and families in various daily life situations.
- ASD course, Student, Swindon (07 March 2013)
" i have learnt alot more about managing behaviour skills and to try and use them effectively within the setting
- BESD course, Nursery Nurse, Wolverhampton City Council (06 March 2013)
" This training has enabled me to put into place 1:1 sessions with clear and concise activities for the child at school. It has also created more work both at school and home in order to meet the number of resources needed to support the sessions.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Ridge View School (28 February 2013)
" The course has taught me how to support a child with visual stuctures, how a child does not like the change in their daily routine. I will try to overcome any problems beforehand so the child does not feel anxiety. I adapted myself to the childs need. I communicate with the child using simple words. Compare to last year, I am more confident in supporting a child with autism.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Luton (27 February 2013)
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- ASD course, Teacher, Gloucestershire (26 February 2013)
" The training has made me more aware of the needs of students with dyslexia and the fact that it does not need to be daunting
- Dyslexia course, Teacher, Coventry City Council (26 February 2013)
" Certainly more aware of pupil's needs and my potential misunderstandings - the need for me to plan SMART has been a real help to my own teaching. Most ASD pupil's that I teach have responded relly positively to this "new" approach and are enjoying lessons more and seem far more engaged.
- ASD course, Teacher, Coventry City Council (26 February 2013)
" I have been able to put into practice things that I have learnt during the course and in turn this has helped the child I work with get the most out of his learning.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Surrey County Council (25 February 2013)
" The training has impacted on my understanding of an ASD pupil. It has help me in recognising the different aspects of the spectrum and where on it the pupils that I work with on a day to day basis are. How they learn and how to help them organise themselves. How best to help them to access the schools curriculum and function on a day to day basis. It has also help me to see the world from their point of view.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (25 February 2013)
" I have now created visual aids within the classroom, all areas are clearly labelled and accessible for all children. I am also looking very closely at trigger behaviours for certain children and thinking of ways to avoid disruption or outbursts.
- ASD course, Teacher, Gloucestershire (24 February 2013)
" As Head teacher, I can already see the positive impact that this course has had on the day to day practice of the staff within my school. Formal and informal discussions with staff show that they have a much better understanding of the individual needs and difficulties of children with ASD. The course has also enabled staff to be much more reflective in their practice with all the children in their class and has given them a wider range of strategies to use so that they can be more proactive in meeting the needs of all the children.
- ASD course, Head Teacher, Gloucestershire (21 February 2013)
" The training has helped me to understand the difficulties that Dyslexic students have and understand why. Helping me to begin to look at the Library environment in a different way and slowly make changes to help all students find the environment more welcoming. It also helps me to look at a wider school situation - invited to sit on a working group about ' bridging the gap' I hope to take this knowledge with me to these groups to try and support our most vulnerable students and ultimately try to support change that may benefit them.
- Dyslexia course, Teacher, Coventry City Council (18 February 2013)
" Having completed the course I am now going to pass on some of my knowledge to the other teachers in my school to help them understand ASD, what signs to look for and strategies to help. This should have a a real impact in y school and make sure we are all using agreed strategies with the identified children.
- ASD course, SENCO, Swindon (17 February 2013)
" It has made me think about how I word questions and talk to the children. I will try to be alot more patient from now on.
- BESD course, Teacher, Wolverhampton City Council (15 February 2013)
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- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, East Sussex County Council (15 February 2013)
" The training has helped me notice other children with mild speech, language communication difficulites and I now ensure I have their full attention before I ask them questions. Also that they remain on task with small targets set that are discussed with the child and the teacher.
- SLCN course, Teaching Assistant, Luton (14 February 2013)
" The video of Uta Frith talking about Central Coherence Deficit prompted me to re-look at my planning to ensure that I had provided adequate opportunities for students to generalise their learning to different settings. I added another layer to my planning to support students in generalising skills from the classroom to the playground. The video also prompted me to check that the links between the skills that I am teaching are explicit to the students. In my setting, this can best be achieved by breaking a task down into very small steps. This allows the students to see the links and also allows the activity to gradually "shift" to the next stage. Breaking a task down into very small steps can make it harder for students to remain focused on one element for too long and perhaps make their own links. I added another "shifting" activity to my planning where I could see that it was possible for students to make logical but incorrect links between the skills.
- ASD course, Teacher, Surrey County Council (07 February 2013)
" Working with ASD children this course was excellent. It updated my knowledge and i learnt new termology of the triad of impairment. Before this course i had not known about 'theory of mind'. This course also made me focus closely on the children i support and set goals seperate from the goals on their IEPs.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Surrey County Council (05 February 2013)
" It has made me so much more aware of what I need to do to help secure both the children I work with thier time in the school. It has helped me to know how to intervine and what strategies to put in place. Social stories, finished box, extend the visual timetable and signs. To help the child take responsibility and support them in doing so.
- ASD course, Individual Needs Assistant, East Sussex County Council (04 February 2013)
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- HI course, Teaching Assistant, Staffordshire (30 January 2013)
" It has changed my working practice in school.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (29 January 2013)
" I am hoping to develop the level of knowledge and skills of my colleagues with dyslexic pupils in their classes.
- Dyslexia course, Special School Teacher, Wolverhampton City Council (29 January 2013)
" It has made me reassess the way I deal with individuals within school. It has also made me more willing to offer advice and support to others witin school.
- BESD course, Teacher, Wolverhampton City Council (28 January 2013)
" The course has helped me to begin to identify more students who may have autism that I may have ignored in the past. There are two studentts on the ASC in my year class. Although they both suffer the condition, they are on differentt spectrum. One has more social difficulties more than the other and has reading difficulties, while the other is equally withdrawn and prefers to work more independently but less aggressive tthan the former.
- ASD course, Teacher, Luton (28 January 2013)
" The training has impacted on my practice within the school environment. I look at different ways of improving students behaviour. Today was not one of the best days, especially when I had looked out for the positives in three of the students who were causing a major problem within the lesson and the positives were limited it had been mostly negative. Therefore, I used the short scripts for a while and had continued the lesson. But all is not lost, I shall try again tomorrow.
- BESD course, Teacher, Wolverhampton City Council (28 January 2013)
" I study Psychology in College. So, it has helped on my overall understanding of Psychology as well.
- ASD course, Student, Swindon (28 January 2013)
" When the child left to go to his new school. I felt he was a clamer and ready for the change of schools and all the noticed how much he had come on, while he was in a main sream school.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Luton (27 January 2013)
" We will now as a school try to work towards the dyslexia frequently mark. Staff are all aware now of dyslexia and have adapted practice with these in mind
- Dyslexia course, Head Teacher, Wolverhampton City Council (27 January 2013)
" An aspect of my role is to support and help train staff in aspects of behaviour management within the school. I feel that this programme can provide an invaluable training aid for helping staff to better manage and better understand aspects of behaviour.
- BESD course, Head of Support Service, Wolverhampton City Council (24 January 2013)
" I found the course so accessible and relevant to the work which my department does that I have now recoemmended that all our Teaching Assistants should do the course and this has been agreed by the Senior Leadership Team. They have allocated three twilight sessions to introduce the course and help Teaching Assistants to cover the first two sections. The section on Assessment for Learning will be especially useful to support staff who have to make observations of new students during the induction process.
- SLCN course, SENCO, Surrey County Council (23 January 2013)
" The social stories have been useful and we are using them in school. I want to get other members of staff onto the training so they begin to unserstand the affects ASD has on children's learnign and behaviour.
- ASD course, Early Years Practioner, Luton (21 January 2013)
" This training has had a good impact, it has shown me how to help/support children.
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- SLCN course, Teaching Assistant, Luton (21 January 2013)
" Thank you to you all. A course that gave me fresh motivation. I work with some lovely students' who amaze me by their perseverence and patience. You are a lovely team who are good to your staff as well as unerstanding your students' well Hope to come on another of your courses. Michele Burgess
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Gloucestershire (20 January 2013)
" The training has had a huge impact on my practice, I had no experience of working with a child with ASD and this course has given me an insite of why, how and what I can do to support a child and I now understand the child I work with hugely.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Gloucestershire (20 January 2013)
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- ASD course, HLTA, Luton (18 January 2013)
" It has been very helpful on the job as I have tried to apply the knowledge and strategies that I got exposed to by taking this course.
- Dyslexia course, Teaching Assistant, The Gulf English School (17 January 2013)
" This training has supported my understanding of the core difficulties of Dyslexia pupils. In my casestudy my pupil had difficulty processing the sounds in words
- Dyslexia course, Teacher, Coventry City Council (17 January 2013)
" We have put planning in place to adapt our assessments and our advices to encompass both sensory losses when necessary.
- MSI course, Head of Support Service, Northamptonshire (16 January 2013)
" I feel I have more patience with the pupils, and I have anotice that my pupil seems a lot more settled in the classroom.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (15 January 2013)
" I now have a far greater understanding of Dyslexia and the needs of my students. This will have an impact on my classroom environment and hopefully I will give whole staff training which will help th make our school environment dyslexia friendly. I hope toalso work on a one to one basis with specific students with dyslexia to help them raise their self- esteem and improve their skills.
- Dyslexia course, SENCO, Wolverhampton City Council (13 January 2013)
" I HAVE LEARNT A LOT ABOUT BEHAVIOUR OF KIDS AND HOW ADULTS ACTIONS AND WORDS HAVE A IMPACT ON KIDS BEHAVIOUR. SO WHEN I'M AT SCHOOL AND WHEN I'M WITH MY KIDS AT HOME I'M VERY CAREFUL IN HOW I TALK TO THEM AND TRY MY BEST TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THINGS AND WHY THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AT SOME TIMES.
- BESD course, HLTA, English School Foundation (05 January 2013)
" I have set up a group within Key Stage 1 with children who have been struggling with their reading and writing. After watching the activities suggested in this course I have asked my TA to run a group daily for particular children using the strategies suggested...ie the rainbow ark with all letters set out in order, then retrieving letters to make up words. This seems to be working really well and the group is moving onto making sentences using their words - as well as reviewing old words constantly. I think the visual aspect of this activity is working particularly well alongside the repetition.
- Dyslexia course, Teacher, Bracknell TASS (04 January 2013)
" It has had a huge impact in allowing me to start creating a dyslexic friendly classroom.
- Dyslexia course, Teacher, Swindon (03 January 2013)
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- ASD course, SENCO, Coventry City Council (03 January 2013)
" It has helped me review the schools dyslexia interventions and processes for identification.
- Dyslexia course, SENCO, Coventry City Council (03 January 2013)
" This training has increased my understanding of ASD and has allowed me to think of interventions and assessments to help improve the learning of children with ASD within the classroom.
- ASD course, Teacher, Swindon (03 January 2013)
" This course has enabled me to reflect on my practice and through this I have been able to implement various strategies to support children I work with in the school environment..
- SLCN course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), West Berkshire Council (30 December 2012)
" i really enjoyed this training and I feel that it has improved my confidence in working with ASD students. It made me identify that some of thing's I have been doing are right and some I have had to change and adapt
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (22 December 2012)
" I am much more patient and eager to change my practices to support others.
- Dyslexia course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (22 December 2012)
" yes it has altered the way i deal with pupils and has allowed for me to significantly increase succesful learning.
- Dyslexia course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (19 December 2012)
" i will be able to get other staff making sure they are giving childern in there care the help they need when it comes to speech ie talk at there level lots of eye conect and at meal times there is lots of talking
- SLCN course, Early Years Practioner, Gloucestershire (17 December 2012)
" This training has helped me understand dyspraxia, how it must feel for children who are affected by it and I have been able to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to be able to help children in my classroom I am now in a position to understand how clear precise intructions and sequencing a plan of action can help dyspraxic children in so many activities many of us take for granted
Most importantly though, I can help other children empathise with the child (they see as different )and have them realize how frustrating and distressing it can be. So many iterventions I've learnt will be part of my routine now and I hope to be able to make a difference
- MCD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (17 December 2012)
" I learned about tools and certain ways to do things in this course I took that knowlege and feel I have made an impact on my students learning. I have also been able to rearange our class and add stipes on pillars so that my student can see them easier.
- VI course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service (15 December 2012)
" This course has provided valuable knowledge and understanding of children with ASD that will help me in my job as SENCO key stage 2. We are finding more and more children in the private sector showing signs of being on the autistic spectrum. I will pass on information to all the staff and encourage them to complete this course for themselves. I will include guidance for helping children with ASD in our school policy.
- ASD course, SENCO, Manchester (14 December 2012)
" Since doing this online course, i have put into practice all my skills and knowledge learnt in my current position. I have also completed an acredited course on Speech and Language Communication.
- SLCN course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), East Sussex County Council (14 December 2012)
" The training has allowed me to oberserve the students into detail in different settings. This assists me in supporting them with the students immediate requirements.
- SLCN course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (14 December 2012)
" This online course has definitely had a great impact on me professionally and personally. It has given me a different perspective on how to deal with children with the aspergers syndrome. All the information was very detailed and I have been able to pass on information to my colleagues at school. We have had meetings and a couple of things have changed and been put in practice such as goals and interventions and attitudes towards the child. I personally feel that this course gave me deep understanding and every time I work with my child I can use some knowledge toawards him. And the best part the outcome is amazing, I certainly feel there is a change in my attitude and the child. We have formed a great relationship and have recommended this course to all people who are connected with children with ASD.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (14 December 2012)
" This training has impacted me in an extremely positive way. I am now a lot more aware of dyslexia and how to scaffold for it within a classroom setting. I have also been able to pick up on students who may have dyslexic tendencies and talk to my SEN manager about them. I also believe that this course has affected my behaviour managment when running my booster groups as i now know how to deal with children who have dyslexia. I am extremely happy that i have done the course as i believe i have a much better understanding of it.
- Dyslexia course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (14 December 2012)
" It has helped me understand particular behaviour and why ASD children react in a specific way to certain situations.
- ASD course, HLTA, English School Foundation (13 December 2012)
" This training has made my support of autistic children far more effective and sensitive. I can understand the reasons for the behaviour that needs to be managed in order to progess learning for these children. I can help explain to others why the student is behaving in a certain way. I can help make the student feel more secure and learn more and enjoy school more.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (13 December 2012)
" Although I have taught a few ASD students before I had no previous training on how to develop an inclusive learning environment, teaching strategy or use appropriate resources and assessment methods. This course has provided me with a solid basis of understanding ASD students and their needs and supported my development of a more effective and inclusive approach to my professional practice.
Resources and assessments now include more succint use of language, instructions and questions and I am able to make adjustments to varying needs more quickly and effectively than before. A number of ASD learners have now successfully passed their maths unit this term as a result.
- ASD course, Student, Royal Borough of Greenwich (12 December 2012)
" I would defenitly say that this was an informative and valuable course for me. I do believe that this learning would really have an impact on my role in supporting and understanding the children I work with. Now I am trying to look at their behaviours from a different perspective and able to support them by looking into the factors behind those behaviours.
- ASD course, HLTA, English School Foundation (12 December 2012)
" This training will have a significant impact on my day to day work as an LSA at school. I now have a much better understanding of how to deal with behaviour patterns and why they happen. I am also much more aware that my behaviour,attitude and mood can have an indirect effect on pupils and home life.
- BESD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Windsor and Maidenhead/Newlands (10 December 2012)
" Useful resources and ideas to put into practice in my everyday workplace. Many good ideas that you start to understand and can put faces with the examples.
- SLCN course, Teaching Assistant, Hereford (10 December 2012)
" Since completing this course I have spent
considerable time looking at different strategies and intervention that I can
use in helping my students. The course gave me some very useful ideas such as some
new computer games software which I am currently looking into. In addition I have gained a better
understanding of how dyslexic students’ process letters sounds and words. the Case Study videos gave me a great insight from the children themselves into what tools I can implement that would interest them and help them to learn. I
strongly believe that this will influence my teaching practice in the future.
- Dyslexia course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (09 December 2012)
" I am now more aware of dyslexia and how to help dyslexic learners. It has made me think about what I can do to improve their learning experience. I enjoyed the course and found it very useful and informative.
- Dyslexia course, Advisory Teacher, Manchester (08 December 2012)
" Before I took this course my teacher selected three students whom I was to work with on completion of this course. I straight away worked with four students, as I identified another student with similar issues to resolve, i.e. fine motor difficulties when applying the interventions. After four weeks of working with them, they achieved their first goal and I am now working on their second goal. Also, implementing good sitting posture for students during writing tasks is very effective and make them concentrate more on the tasks they are doing. Simple techniques like these have given me the opportunity to help and work with students in my class that have MCD.
- MCD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (08 December 2012)
" I gain more confidence from the ASD course and also have a better understanding of how to work better with the learners with ASD at Shooters Hill Campus.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Royal Borough of Greenwich (07 December 2012)
" This training has a very positive impact on my practise at college. I have a better understanding of Autism and how to deal with autistic students.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Royal Borough of Greenwich (07 December 2012)
" I have a better understanding about the condition and I feel the importance of how to change our approach in order to give them a better learning experience at school rather than changing them to our standards.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Royal Borough of Greenwich (06 December 2012)
" This course has been very beneficial to me. In a school setting, I will utilize my knowledge and the skills I have learned in working with students with autism. Also, I feel encouraged to share my knowledge with others.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (04 December 2012)
" I have used some srategies, such as OWLing and giving the prefered choice last and found that these worked well.
- BESD course, Teaching Assistant, Wolverhampton City Council (03 December 2012)
" I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and found it extreemly helpful in my role as an Education Assistant. I work with children who have learning difficulties and everyone has MCD. Since doing the assesment and goals and then starting the interventions, I am starting to see small improvments. not only in the childrens motor skiils but i've seen a big improvement in their self confidence. How fantastic!
- MCD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (03 December 2012)
" This training has had a great impact on my teaching practise. I have been able to use many of the fine and gross motor activities to improve the children's skills. It has also helped me to recognise when a child may be having difficultiies with their co-ordination.
I have been able to teach skills that will help the children gain confidence in their abilities and assist them in their learning going into year 1.
- MCD course, Teacher, The Gulf English School (02 December 2012)
" it has made me more aware of my actions and responses with the autistic children in my setting and has promted disscussions on how to alter things to assist in the day to day school experience for the children. pecs resourses are being updated within the classroom .
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Royal Borough of Greenwich (02 December 2012)
" The training has raised my awareness of difficulties that I encounter on a daily basis. My attitude to those with difficulties has changed towards using more positive strategies rather than sanctions.
- BESD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (02 December 2012)
" It has given me a better understanding of the needs of the students I work with and ideas of ways I can better support them or communicate with them. It has helped me think about how I can explain their needs to their teachers too.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Royal Borough of Greenwich (01 December 2012)
" I have found this training to be most useful at both school and in the home. I have been carrying out my goals for a couple of weeks now and, slowly, starting to see results - Yay!!
Setting out expectations as early as possible is a great way to motivate, especially when there are incentives ie stickers, small rewards on offer!
Putting the preferred option last in a list of choices works wonders too, works every time!
- BESD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (30 November 2012)
" I now have a better understanding of the children with ASD in my class and how the classroom enviroment and my teaching affect them. This training has been given me the knowledge and skills to support ASD children in the classroom.
- ASD course, Teacher, Royal Borough of Greenwich (29 November 2012)
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- SLCN course, HLTA, West Berkshire Council (27 November 2012)
" My training has enabled me to work more effectively.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (27 November 2012)
" It's prepred me for the variety of situations that I come across both at work and in voluntary children's work. It's helped me to develop my practice to make sure that I personally am catering for the needs of these children and that by making simple changes I can be more inclusive of ASD pupils.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (26 November 2012)
" The training has made me more aware of the difficulties hearing impaired pupils face every day and the obstacles they have to overcome. Hopefully I will be able to use this and the techniques I have learnt to help pupils achieve their best. I will be able to share good practises with other SENcolleagues and inform teachers how best to deal with situations.
- HI course, Teaching Assistant, Staffordshire (22 November 2012)
" Was great, Loved it!
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Gloucestershire (19 November 2012)
" By setting goals and how I will go about reaching them means I am continuing to use the knowledge I have learnt on this course. I always think when you learn new skills, you have to use them or lose them.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Coventry City Council (18 November 2012)
" This training has helped me to understand about hearing impaired children, how to give support and help with their needs.
- HI course, Teaching Assistant, Luton (17 November 2012)
" I have become more aware that there are a good few children in our school that are possibly dyslexic and could benefit from me changing my practice to support them better. There are also a lot of techniques that could support children with SEN and EAL so this course has been beneficial for that too. Thank you!
- Dyslexia course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Manchester (16 November 2012)
" firstly, i am more aware of what to look for when identifying pupils with dyslexic tendencies for referral to the SENCO. i am more aware of the importance of repeating insturctions and my expectations on how different pupils will cope with settling to work, and the amount the produce in the time given.
- Dyslexia course, Teacher, Wolverhampton City Council (15 November 2012)
" This training helped me undestand ASD and learn the different interventions available.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (15 November 2012)
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- Dyslexia course, Teaching Assistant, Wolverhampton City Council (15 November 2012)
" Im so glad to take part on this course, it has really helped me in many areas of my every day life, with my 1 to 1 child.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Royal Borough of Greenwich (13 November 2012)
" As I have only recently completed the course it has as yet not had an impact on my workplace, however I feel personally that I have a greater understanding of Dyslexia and by setting Goals and Interventions I can assess my continuing development and understanding.
- Dyslexia course, Early Years Practioner, Manchester (13 November 2012)
" As the class teacher is also on this training it has allowed us to have a collective understanding of the child within our class. There are strategies that I have learned that I am able to share with the parents to further what we are doing within the school. I am able to pass on what I have leanred to other members of staff so they too will have an understanding of Autism.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Royal Borough of Greenwich (12 November 2012)
" As with all training I have learnt new information - so gained knowledge. I have remembered passed learning - so reignited passed memories. All this varied learning has shown me that it is vital when working with children and adults to keep right up to date if i want the best for myself and anyone within my care
- ASD course, SENCO, Manchester (11 November 2012)
" This training has helped me to gain further knowledge and insight into Autism and how to help and support children with the condition.
- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, Luton (11 November 2012)
" I feel a can have more empathy with the child I work with as I have more of an understanding of how difficult things can be for him. I have learned of different stratergies to use to help with his behaviour and learning. I have a better understanding of how important it is for all adults working in a school to have this kind of training. Since joining the couse I have also been more aware of the signs of autism and may have even had a hand in getting a child a diagnosis who might have otherwise slipped through the net as his symptoms were not so obvious as some others.
- ASD course, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Royal Borough of Greenwich (10 November 2012)
" I am actively bringing strategies learned on the course to my initial speech and language therapy assessment sessions. Although I don't think the course has changed whether or not I would refer a child for a paediatric developmental assessment I do feel better able to support parents with practical strategies whilst they are waiting for diagnosis and ASC pathway interventions. I therefore feel both practice and outcomes (parental satisfaction with service) may benefit.
- ASD course, Speech Therapist, Swindon (09 November 2012)
" It has made me realise how many children have a degree of SLCN and it has made me aware of how to tackle some of the issues we come across in school. I will definitely be using some of the strategies which this course has taught me, a lot of it is of course common sense, but even little things like providing a child with a writing frame can be very useful and take some stress out of a situation.
- SLCN course, Teaching Assistant, Wiltshire (06 November 2012)
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- ASD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (05 November 2012)
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The course had a great impact on me, personally and professionally. It boosted my confidence in dealing not only with behavioural problems but with bringing out the best in an individual.
- BESD course, Teaching Assistant, English School Foundation (31 October 2012)
" As Senco I have used the online training to look at how we address speech and language needs overall as a school as well as working with individuals in the classroom. The goals and interventions I have set up focus on changes we can implement as a school to implrove our speech and language provision as well as individual, timed interventions for the individual.
- SLCN course, Head Teacher, Wiltshire (29 October 2012)