Local Updates

Keep up with what is happening with SEND locally matters by going to the Barnet Local Offer. This provides parents with information, support, and opportunities for courses and support that are offered locally. This is updated regularly and is your one-stop-shop for all things SEND-related. 

Follow this link for the Barnet Local Offer.

Updates to the Barnet Local Offer are here.

NEW COURSES 

Barnet MENCAP - Upcoming Workshops and Parenting Programmes for Parents of Children with Additional Needs

At Barnet Mencap, we have a few workshops and a couple of nurturing programmes coming up for parents of children with additional needs. These will all take place virtually, through Zoom.

We have 3 Time to Talk workshops on different themes coming up across April and May:

• Monday 26 April: Time to Talk: Coming out of Lockdown
• Monday 10 May: Time to Talk about ADHD
• Monday 24 May: Time to Talk: How are you?

All workshops will take place 7.15pm to 8.15pm on Zoom and be led by Jenny Melling, one of our IAG Advisors.

We also have 2 Family Links nurturing programmes beginning in April:

The course for parents of children with learning disabilities or autism will begin on Zoom at 10am to 12 noon on Tuesday 27 April 2021, and take place on following Wednesdays for 10 weeks, finishing on 6 July. There won't be a session on 1 June as this is half term. 

The course for parents of children with ADHD will begin on Zoom at 10am to 12 noon on Wednesday 28 April 2021, and take place on following Wednesdays for 10 weeks, finishing on 7 July. There won't be a session on 2 June as this is half term. 

Barnet CIT Parent and Carer Training Sessions - Spring and Summer Term 2021

Barnet Children’s Integrated Therapies have been pleased with the response to our Universal training programme offered from across our integrated therapies – Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy in the Autumn term 2020. We are delighted to share the revised offer with education settings, parents and professionals for Spring and Summer terms 2021. 

We have one or two exciting new training sessions, which we know will be very popular, and we have opened out many of our trainings to parents/carers.

We will continue to run the training sessions virtually as this makes them more accessible for parents and staff to attend. There is no cost to you, we only ask for your participation and to fill in the online survey afterwards. The objectives for each course are listed on the second tab of the attached spreadsheet.

What is on offer for parents and carers?

Barnet CIT Flyer Parent/Carer Training Sessions

Barnet Cygnets Training 

A range of training and workshops for the parents of pupils with Autism. Details of new courses will appear here.

Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Spring Workshops 2021 for Parents and Carers

These courses and workshops are from BICS (Barnet Integrated Clinical Services) click here please contact them to book a place.