Develop Your Sensory Lexiconary is CPD accredited with The Goldsmith CentreBristol
About this Event
This two day event is for people who support people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, or people for whom the sensory world is paramount. Dr Jo Grace from The Sensory Projects will teach you the development of seven (or more!) sensory systems and show you how to apply this knowledge to your practice.
This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the Super Sensory Lexiconary and to celebrate we will be joined by Helen Dunman from world leading Chailey Heritage Foundation School who will be sharing their pioneering work in Sex and Relationship Education for people described as having profound disabilities; and Gill Warren, a special school teacher with 35 years + experience of supporting people with profound disabilities, who will be sharing her Gallimaufry of practical ideas for supporting people with profound disabilities.
[This course covers the whole of the Develop Your Sensory Lexiconary course and more - 'certified' relates to the core material, not the additional content.]
Description:
Develop your sensory lexiconary and learn to use it to promote engagement, communication, cognition and wellbeing for those who experience meaning in a primarily sensory way.
This course will teach you about the development of seven sensory systems and show you how to select and organise sensory resources in such a way as to engage people who do not use words in conversations, whilst also supporting their mental well-being and developing their cognition.
As this is the Super Sensory Lexiconary we will look at some extra sensory systems as well being joined by our fabulous guest speaker - see details below.
Each of your sensory systems has a development that it runs through. Sensations from early development are easier for the brain to process so can be relaxing/soothing, or they can register 'louder' as it were. Some people lead their whole lives in the early stages of sensory development. Understanding the development of the sensory systems can support you to know what sensations a person might be able to process and how to offer them the experiences next in the sequence, supporting their development. Understanding the development of the senses is also a useful tool when it comes to doing sensory detective work around the experiences of people who process sensory information differently.
Everyone is welcome on these days but they are particularly suitable for:
- People who support individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
- People who are looking to use sensory communication with individuals in the later stages of dementia.
- People who work with babies and children in the early years who are looking to develop their sensory practice.
- Creative individuals looking to develop sensory works to engage with sensory communicators.
- People who work in special schools or run groups that support students from special schools.
- People with a particular interest in sensory literacy.
Delegates on previous Lexiconaries have included: parents, foster carers, teachers from special and mainstream settings, portage workers, speech and language therapists, CAMHS team members, artists and actors, support workers, staff from hospital education teams, children's hospice practitioners, staff from dementia care settings, people supporting refugees and victims of trauma, people who support babies in the first months of life, staff members from CICs looking to support inclusion in society, social researchers, family members and more. I look forward to welcoming new diverse delegates in the future. Many delegates choose to attend for a second, third or even fourth time, so I also look forward to welcoming familiar faces too!
Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with delegates describing it as "life changing" for the people they support.
Guest Speaker:
Helen Dunman
Helen Dunman works at Chailey Heritage Foundation school where she has been a part of the team for a long while. She has taught Drama, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) to learners with profound disabilities for over 30 years. She is the author of 'The Sex Factory' which she wrote so that people would have the confidence and enthusiasm to teach this essential topic to people learning through sensory means in a fun and practical way.
Helen believes everyone has a right to great Relationships and Sex Education.
Helen will:
- Discuss what quality RSE looks like for sensory learners.
- Display the tools of her trade: Anatomical dolls, mirrors, latex body parts, drama circles and sensory stories.
- Share a couple of wonderful films of RSE in action in a realistic fashion.
- Tell us more about 'The Sex Factor'.
Gill Warren
Gill taught in a special school classrooms for 35 years. Her initial teacher training happened in the days when education for all was a shiny new concept, the Warnock report was being written and Special Education was a main subject in its own right equal to the more familiar curriculum subjects.
Gill has seen the development of the National Curriculum, endless strategies, teaching and learning trends come, go and return again, changes in teaching methods, terminology and buzz words. In spite of all the changes, she knows that real learning is still the same. The people we teach follow particular developmental processes, have the same fundamental needs and, most importantly, Sensory Beings need the best teachers with the greatest insight and skill. (She is still not fluent in Acronym).
Gill will be sharing her Gallimaufry! - A great and glorious collection of practical resources.
Gill will rummage through items that she has found to be fantastic tools to support learning for people with profound disability giving us practical and theoretical insight into why they form a part of her basic toolkit for supporting people with profound disabilities.
If you are unable to attend this event but would like to attend a similar event please look at The Sensory Projects upcoming events.
Tickets
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Event Venue
Novotel Bristol Centre, Victoria Street, Redcliffe, United Kingdom
GBP 190.30 to GBP 298.64
