Inclusive educational psychologists, Marnie Aston and Colin Newton of Inclusive Solutions spent last Thursday in Wolverhampton with Robert Hart, PEP and the Inclusion Support Service. We were introducing Person Centred Planning and creating a PATH for the development of person centred planning across Wolverhampton.
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1. Problem Solving Tools | Training in Solution Circles, Circles of Adults, Insights and Solutions – processes. Sessional advice, assessment and support to students, staff and parents across the school and AP. Written Psychological reports if needed. Could include facilitation of complex problem solving processes using ‘Circles of Adults’ and ‘Insights and Solutions.’ https://inclusive-solutions.com/problemsolving.asp |
2. Supporting individual families and young people to develop their own vision and plans. | Inclusion Facilitation programme for isolated young people in stuck situations as follow up to person centred planning work. Co facilitation, demonstration and direct training with key staff to use PATH/MAP with individuals and families. Person centred planning as part of EHCP processes or as alternative approaches. |
3. Use of Person Centred Planning Tools | |
4. Community Circle development | Co – leadership, co – facilitation and training of Community Circle processes and principles. To actively involve intergenerational family members including grandparents plus key staff. This powerful inclusive process of exchange of wants/needs and offers would be a unique but relevant offering in this context.https://inclusive-solutions.com/circles/community-circles/ |
5. Training the Trainers – developing training skills of staff providing training elsewhere | Provide ‘training the training’ with emphasis on ensuring effective interactive training with graphic, and dramatic elements maximising use of ICT video and music. This would draw on our extensive experience as trainers across the UK. |
6. Joint development of new ‘cutting edge’ training packages for use by schools and Early Years settings/Inclusive Solutions (IS) | Joint working with key staff to develop new ideas and training materials e.g. Fresh approaches to challenging behaviour |
7. School team hearts and minds training on why inclusion is essential – ‘Keys to Inclusion’ | Training co facilitated by experienced trainers. |
8. Support to parents of disabled/SEN children | Training aimed at Parents of disabled children: Likely areas of focus would be: movement differences/understanding autism/challenging behaviour/problem solving/boys needs |
9. Peer Support: Peer mentoring scheme | Anti-bullying training – peer mediator training |
10. Peer Support: Creating ‘Circle of Friends’ around high profile students | Support and training to create Circles. Training for wider group of staff and modelling of set up and facilitation processes. Use of Circle of friends as inclusive tool around high profile disabled or challenging pupil. Facilitate setting up of Circle. |
11. – Inclusive Educational Psychologist Consultancy re complex situations and students – Support and Supervision | Direct Ed Psychologist input – assessment – consultation – training. Structured support and supervision sessions – as either group or individual. Sessional advice, assessment and support to students, staff and parents. Written Psychological reports if needed. |
12. Restorative Justice and Interventions | Training and system development work around restorative conversations and conferences. |
13. Behaviour and Relationship Training/Including Children with Autism | Training for staff and families on understanding and including children/adults with autism. Training for staff and families on understanding and including children and young people with the most challenging behaviour |
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Jacqui Newton – (Co Headteacher – Seely Primary School, Nottingham) and Colin Newton of Inclusive Solutions spent last Tuesday in Brighton with the team at Downs Infants school creating a MAP.
Q and A with Heidi Evans – Acting Lead Educational Psychologist/Uwch Seicolegydd AddysgHaverfordwest / HwlfforddPembrokeshire / Sir BenfroWe asked Heidi three questions about the impact of person centred planning training from Inclusive Solutions in Pembrokeshire and really appreciated her responses …· What impact has person-centred planning training and Inclusion Facilitation had on the ability of your staff to enable Disabled young people to be involved in decision making in their lives and to have more choice & control ?The person centred planning training was inspirational. It reminded education professionals about the reason they wanted to work with children in the first place and therefore ignited a renewed enthusiasm for their work in general. It also gave them a a new set of skills to enable them to channel this enthusiasm and work with pupils in a way which feels much more pupil centred.· What support/additional support might your staff need to ensure they have the skills and confidence to take a person-centred planning approach with all the Disabled young people and their families with whom they work?In Pembrokeshire we ensured that we had a team of Champions who could sustain the enthusiasm and provide our school with direct support in implementing PCP and becoming more person centred in their general approaches. Our next vision is to create Person Centred Schools so may need some help and support around that in the future…· What person centred planning are you offering families in your LA and what impact is this approach having on families?We are using PCP as the underpinning of the statutory reform so are encouraging schools and families to engage in developing Individual Development Plans which by their =very nature are Person Centred and in order to develop one a person centred planning/review meeting has to take place. Currently we are using the PATH and supporting schools in developing their usual review meetings with ones that follow a person centred approach.
Check out this wonderful animation created by the DUGA organisation to whom we provided training on ‘Circles of Friends’over recent years.
Tara Flood – (Director Alliance for Inclusion) and Colin Newton of Inclusive Solutions spent last Saturday in Dunblane with the Scottish Partners in Policy Making – a group of disabled self advocates and parents of disabled children – teaching them about the Keys to Inclusion