Disabled Children

Training courses

On behalf of the Disabled Children Service Behavioural Inclusion Service at CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) offer tailored training opportunities.

The training provided focuses on understanding behaviours via Positive Behaviour Support. The aim is to help trainees to identify what children or young people need to feel safe and secure and give them the best chance possible to feel content and to learn. It helps trainees to:

• Gain a clear overview of a child’s needs.
• Develop a framework to support understanding.
• Have a clearer view of how a child is experiencing the world.
• Think about aspects of their development and understanding and how this changes their behaviour”

Disability groups include:

• Intellectual (Learning) Developmental Disabilities
• Mental Health
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• How to support children who challenge services

The training is offered to short break providers with the intention they provide an inclusive environment within which a child or young person can enjoy short break activities.

There are free introductory set courses, and bespoke training, which means that if you attend an introductory course and require additional support you will receive tailored training and support from a qualified CAMHS professional.   There is a programme of opportunities available or Behavioural Inclusion Service can offer specific training for your organisation.

Training courses 

The following training courses take place at Thurnby Lodge children, young people and family centre, 79 Dudley Avenue, Leicester, LE5 2EG

• A session covering all disability groups
  • 9 April at 10am - 12.30pm
• Supporting young people with ADHD
  • 7 May at 10am - 12.30pm
  • This session will give introductory knowledge to staff and providers who have recently started working with young people with an ADHD diagnosis.  Participants will understand: 
    • How a diagnosis of ADHD is made.
    • What ADHD is and how it impacts on the young person’s behaviour and ability to perform daily tasks.
    • The different treatments available to young people with ADHD.
• Supporting young people with an autistic spectrum diagnosis (ASD)
• • 21 May at 10am - 12.30pm
  • This session will give introductory knowledge to staff and providers who have recently started working with young people with an ASD diagnosis.  Participants will:
    • Understand the triad of impairment.
    • Understand the diagnostic criteria for autism and how this impacts, on a child or young person’s daily behaviour and understanding of the world around them.
    • Understand their role in smoothing the fit between the child or young person’s world and the service that they provide for them.
    • Understand why a child with ASD might have attachment difficulties.
    • Enable staff, parents, carers and providers to identify those at risk of attachment difficulties.
    • Have a greater awareness of behaviours associated with an attachment difficulty.
• Supporting children and young people with an Intellectual (learning) developmental disability
  • 11 June at 10am - 12.30pm
  • This session will give introductory knowledge to staff and providers who have recently started working with young people with an Intellectual (learning) developmental disability diagnosis. Participants will understand:
    • What a learning disability is and how it is diagnosed.
    • The categories of learning disability.
    • The possible causes of a learning and/or cognitive disability.
    • The potential impact of a learning disability on an individual’s ability to perform tasks and form relationships.
• Introduction to mental health and supporting young people with common mental health problems
  • 25 June at 10am - 12.30pm
  • This session is best suited to staff and providers who have not previously attended training, regarding the needs of young people with a mental health or well-being issue, or who feel that they require an update. Participants will:
    • Understand the factors which may lead to mental ill-health.
    • Understand how to promote good mental health and well-being amongst young people.
    • Identify when further help and advice is required for a young person who may be suffering mental distress.
    • Develop a greater knowledge of what it means to have a diagnosis of depression, anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), or any of these combined.
    • Look at the best way of supporting individuals with these diagnoses.
    • Understand why a child might have attachment difficulties.
    • Enable staff, parents, carers and providers to identify those at risk of attachment difficulties.
    • Have a greater awareness of behaviours associated with an attachment difficulty.
• Supporting young people who challenge services
  • 9 July at 10am - 12.30pm
  • This is an introductory level session aimed at staff and providers who are new to supporting people with challenging behaviours, or those who wish to revisit previous learning.  Participants will:
    • Understand what is meant by the term ‘challenging behaviours.
    • Consider the reasons why people may challenge.
    • Review their own feelings and thoughts regarding why behaviours occur.
    • Look at their own coping strategies in supporting people with challenging behaviour.

Cost of training

All our training is provided free of charge. However, candidates who have applied but do not attend or give adequate cancellation notice (24 hours) will be charged a cancellation fee of £50.00.

How to book a training courses

If you are interested in attending a course, please contact Becky.watts@leicester.gov.uk or 0116 454 4792.