Direct work with disabled children

Overview

This course equips practitioners with the skills and knowledge to deliver purposeful direct work with children that is firmly linked to agreed outcomes. Participants will learn how to write measurable outcomes, plan interventions that prioritise safety and security, and adapt approaches to meet developmental needs and communication styles. The program explores a wide range of activities and resources for both planned and spontaneous work, emphasising observation, evaluation, and reflective practice. Attendees will gain strategies for capturing the child’s voice, assessing impact, and ensuring that future work builds on previous experiences, fostering clarity and collaboration with children and families throughout the process.

Who is Direct work with disabled children aimed at?

Those who work directly with disabled children

Course Length

1 day

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:-

• Discuss how to ensure that direct work is linked to outcomes identified with and on behalf of the child.
• Consider how to make sure outcomes are written in a way that enables everyone to clearly measure progress.
• Understand the importance of anchoring all direct work in a sense of safety and that the relationship between children and adult is grounded in security and compassion
• Consider how best to plan direct work, including the child’s developmental ability, the use of augmented and alternative systems of communication and how to make use of all the opportunities that are available for direct work including that which is planned and that which is spontaneous.
• Explore the scope of activities that may be used as part of direct work and the resources available to support this.
• Understand the role of observation in direct work and good practice in relation to the evaluation of observations.
• Consider how best to capture and record direct work in a way that reflects the child's voice.
• Consider how to ensure that the impact of direct work is evaluated and where possible children and their families are clear about when their voice has been heard.
• Ensure ways to ensure that future direct work is informed by that which has already happened.