Education drop-ins for professionals working with children

They have been organised by two of our education specialists, Emily Duddy and Stacey Appleby and start in November.

Each session will have an expert on hand who can offer advice, with sessions to include spotlights on speech and language therapy and supporting children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Emily said: “We would like to build our relationships with schools and pre-schools, so we are trialling this, initially in west Kent.

“These drop-ins will offer those who work in education settings, the opportunity to come along informally to discuss strategies to support children, interventions and best practice and to ask questions. They are about sharing knowledge, building relationships and networking. Also, we will have specialist resources available for people to look at from books, to sensory toys and educational games.

“They are an opportunity for key workers, class teachers, special educational needs co-ordinators and teaching assistants, to drop in, chat with each other, ask the experts questions, have a hot drink and a piece of cake.”

All sessions will be from 9am until 12noon. The dates are:

Thursday, 9 November 2023

Explore visual resources to support a communication friendly classroom. Olivia Owen, highly specialised speech and language therapist, will provide expert advice during a question and answer session.

Thursday, 18 January 2024

Explore resources which can support children who have ADHD. Gill Middleditch, specialist ADHD nurse, will answer questions.

Thursday, 7 March 2024

Explore communication boards for the early years and foundation stage classroom. This session will be supported by a speech and language therapist.

Thursday, 2 May 2024

Explore emotional regulation resources, for children in primary schools.

Thursday, 6 June 2024

Explore transition resources for nursery/pre-school and primary age children.

Book or find out more

To book or to find out more email Emily at emily.duddy@nhs.net.