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If you would like to book onto any of the Parent Partnership Service training events here please fill in the registration form and we will be in touch.
For other organisation’s training events please contact them directly, details are shown below.
Training e-mail list - Parent Partnership is providing an ongoing training programme for parents. If you would like to receive information by email about future courses please fill in and send us the mailing list form.
Parent Partnership Service
Dates : 15 January 2009 30 March 2009
Times : Various
Location : Various
Parent Partnership Service is recruiting volunteers to work with parents.
We offer a volunteering opportunity that is rewarding and challenging.
Our volunteers:
Parent Partnership Service is recruiting volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds who are:
The training is a free course, accredited with Open College Network.
We are running two courses starting early next year.
Newark Course
Taking place on Thursdays, 10.00 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.
The dates of the course are as follows:
15th January 2009
22nd January 2009
29th January 2009
5th February 2009
5th March 2009
12th March 2009
Venue: Balderton Resource Centre, London Road, Balderton, Nottinghamshire, NG24 3AL.
Nottingham Course
Taking place on Thursdays, 6.30 - 9.00 p.m.
The dates of the course are as follows:
23rd March 2009
30th March 2009
20th April 2009
27th April 2009
11th May 2009
18th May 2009
15th June 2009
22nd June 2009
29th June 2009
6th July 2009
13th July 2009
Venue: Training Room, Parent Partnership Service, Clarendon Chambers, 32 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, NG1 5LN
This could be the opportunity you've been waiting for!
National Autistic Society
Dates : 27 November 2008 27 November 2008
Times : 10.30 am – 2.30 pm
Location : The Brite Centre, Braunstone Avenue
This is a practical seminar that focuses on communication strategies and dealing with difficult behaviour. It also looks at dealing with your son’s/daughter’s anger and some coping strategies.
In this particular seminar we will not be covering physical interventions
The seminar is specifically aimed at those parents/carers with
children aged 8 – 16 years of age with a diagnosis of Asperger
Syndrome or a child with an ASD who attends a mainstream school.
Seminar delivered by Lorraine MacAlister, help! Programme Officer.
(Please note light refreshments only are available on these programmes; please feel free to bring your own lunch if required.)
help! 2 is a National Autistic Society (NAS) programme
What is the aim of help! 2?
The help! 2 seminars aim to provide parents and full-time carers with information and advice, to support them in the care of their child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The parent seminars will cover a range of topics including How to write Social StoriesTM, Make your own Visual Supports, Supporting the Siblings of your child with an ASD, Managing Anger in young people with Asperger syndrome, Anti- Bullying and Meeting your child’s Sensory Needs.
The seminars will include presentations, group discussions, video material and practical activities. A help! 2 Parent Manual, including handouts, information booklets and leaflets is included in each seminar.
Please note that the seminars DO NOT include an introduction to autism spectrum disorders within their content and, therefore, it is recommended that parents/carers attending seminars already have some prior knowledge of ASD.
What does it cost?
The seminars are delivered free to parents/carers through the support of the Big Lottery Fund.
The seminars are open to parents and carers of school age children, young people or adults, who have received a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to the criteria for each individual seminar - please see guidance notes overleaf.
For an application form to attend this seminar please contact: Michaela Krupinski on 0115 847 3530
Places are allocated on a first come first served basis. Confirmation letters will be sent out approx two weeks prior to the seminar date.
The National Autistic Society
Dates : 26 November 2008 26 November 2008
Times : 10.30 am – 2.30 pm
Location : The Brite Centre, Braunstone Avenue
A chance to explore the effect the world has on your child’s senses and using activities that can help them deal with this.
The seminar is aimed at parents/ carers of people who have a diagnosis of autism, Aspergers syndrome or ASD.
Seminar delivered by Lorraine MacAlister, help!Programme Officer
(Please note light refreshments only are available on these programmes; please feel free to bring your own lunch if required.)
help! 2 is a National Autistic Society (NAS) programme
What is the aim of help! 2?
The help! 2 seminars aim to provide parents and full-time carers with information and advice, to support them in the care of their child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The parent seminars will cover a range of topics including How to write Social StoriesTM, Make your own Visual Supports, Supporting the Siblings of your child with an ASD, Managing Anger in young people with Asperger syndrome, Anti- Bullying and Meeting your child’s Sensory Needs.
The seminars will include presentations, group discussions, video material and practical activities. A help! 2 Parent Manual, including handouts, information booklets and leaflets is included in each seminar.
Please note that the seminars DO NOT include an introduction to autism spectrum disorders within their content and, therefore, it is recommended that parents/carers attending seminars already have some prior knowledge of ASD.
What does it cost?
The seminars are delivered free to parents/carers through the support of the Big Lottery Fund.
The seminars are open to parents and carers of school age children, young people or adults, who have received a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to the criteria for each individual seminar - please see guidance notes overleaf.
For an application form to attend this seminar please contact: Michaela Krupinski on 0115 847 3530
Places are allocated on a first come first served basis. Confirmation letters will be sent out approx two weeks prior to the seminar date.
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