We understand that it can be hard to find the time, energy and funding to attend any sort of talks or training that can help you help a pupil in your class.
It is the feedback from SNAs and teachers (both SET and mainstream) about the lack of available immediate training and information that led to the creation of the website you are viewing now.
Below is a list of the courses we have available that are directly relevant to teachers and SNAs in schools across the country now. All you need to do is browse, choose the course you want, and take it.
The courses below are a mixture of Fee and Free courses. If you need a receipt to claim back any cost from your school, after purchase, you will recieve a full receipt showing the course name and amount you paid, in order to obtain a refund from your school prinicipal.
If you see a lot of courses you would be interested in, or know some colleagues who may be interested, please check out our school subscription options below first, and bring it to your school principal. These have been deliberately priced to be much more cost effective as we believe that the more people in a child with Special Needs’ school environment know about their strengths and considerations, the better the outcome for that child – and the school team.
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We are better together!
We have site subscriptions for schools or groups of teachers that are more cost effective then getting courses individually. Discounts start from 2 or more people.
Check it out below before paying for an individual course.
All Access Course Pack
Access to ALL online video courses run on this website for 1 year.
Autism Support Pack
Access to ASD online video courses run on this website for 1 year.
Behaviour Pack
Access to Behaviour video courses run on this website for 1 year.
Principal/BOM Briefing Pack
PDF top level summary of options for Boards of Management and Principals
Courses for Teachers/SNAs
Free
Joe Power, RP officer for Limerick, Ireland, answers some questions around Restorative Practice. To learn more, you can take Joe’s full online course here: Restorative Practice Join his Q&A discussion forum (public to view Q&As, but you need to register for free to post): RP FORUM Or, contact him directly if you have a question about, or want his help in starting, or restarting your organisation’s RP journey: Restorative Practice Help Ages and Stages is covered in more detail on Jacci’s Behaviour 101 course.
Free
€55
Restorative Practice. What it is. How to start looking at implementing it in your school or group.
Free
Childhood Anxiety is a subject that not many parents or teachers may be aware of. This short 40 minute course covers the key things to be aware of. Ages and Stages is covered in more detail on Jacci’s Behaviour 101 course.
€20
Avoid Pitfalls, Tips, and good practices Quick, easy and effective strategies for making changes to your day to day work from home life that will reduce anxiety and stress plus give you back more time. This course will help you start ‘working from home’ and stop ‘living at work’.
A course for ALL people managers, to get you THINKING, and DOING. Always hire people smarter than you” they said. Great, now what? If you are lucky to be leading a team of talented people, you need to view this. If you aren’t, you definitely need to view it. Buy it for your manager today
Conflict is inevitable at some stage whenever two or more people live, work, or spend time together. The main difference between this having a negative impact is on how people approach issues, disagreements, and differences of opinion.
Please pay if you can. If not, consider it a gift
You cannot pour from an empty cup. You need to take care of yourself in order to take care of others. Presented in a light-hearted, direct style, the purpose of this course is to share the information on mindfulness, and then for you to decide for yourself how you want to use it in your life.
Please pay if you can. If not, consider it a gift See more…
€30
Written and presented by Niamh Egan, Senior Speech & Language Therapist. Vocabulary is exceptionally important in helping individuals access new learning, and new opportunities – both inside the school system and as a predictor of future success. For the Speech and Language impaired child, this is often an area where they can fall behind easily.
This course covers how awareness of how we think and feel about events that happen to us contribute to our levels of stress.
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“Having the tools to deal with stress is an important factor to becoming a successful educator and having a healthy life work balance.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“I learned to be conscious of why we are thinking things and how to perhaps communicate with ours more evenly and less stressfully”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“I really enjoyed the course, I found it very informative and I will watch the videos again to get as much info to sink in as possible.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“Easy to listen to. Makes you think about how much overthinking you can do”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“Thank you for a very informative course. It was concise, to the point and very clear. I found the instructor particularly easy to listen to.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“I liked how the instructor broke the course down into different sections. She was very clear and her simple explanations were very easy to follow. She used personal experiences which are very relatable. Her synopsis was very well structured and detailed.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“I learned to be more aware of my own well being and its importance as not just as a teacher but as a wife and mother.”
What viewers say about Managing Stress and Work Life Balance
“A very important couse for my life and tools that I will use to recognise my state of mind and recognising how it fluctuates throughout the day.”
Free
Written and presented by Lisa Domican of GraceApp and Autism 101, this short course teaches you how to objectively assess challenging behaviour using the A-B-C method.
What viewers say about Understanding & Addressing Challenging Behaviour
“I like that it gave you case scenarios and how to recognise the behaviour and where it’s coming from.”
What viewers say about Understanding & Addressing Challenging Behaviour
“I found it all really informative. It covered a lot of techniques that would be useful in the classroom that I work in.”
What viewers say about Understanding & Addressing Challenging Behaviour
“Lisa was very easy to listen to and gave some very good examples of situations that we could understand”
What viewers say about Understanding & Addressing Challenging Behaviour
“I liked seeing how the ABCs are completed and understand them. I also got to learn about how my reaction to behaviours affect the outcome.”
What viewers say about Understanding & Addressing Challenging Behaviour
“I liked that there was a lot of examples used to describe situations.I felt it really helped me to visualise a lot of behaviours and outcomes. I thought it was very informative and easily explained,which i liked a lot. A really good presentation with facts and examples. thank you.”
What viewers say about Understanding & Addressing Challenging Behaviour
“I learned how to complete an ABC chart, which I have heard of before but I would not have felt comfortable completing. I now feel that I could do so, thank you.”
What viewers say about Understanding & Addressing Challenging Behaviour
“I learned that behaviour is just an action- observation is key.”
What viewers say about Understanding & Addressing Challenging Behaviour
“Lisa really knows her stuff”
Ages and Stages of Development Self Esteem / Drivers of Behaviour / L.E.A.V.E. Approach
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“I learned a great deal about the stages of development of behaviour, and I did not realise that these stages occur throughout your life and not just in your early years.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“I liked the way it was presented. I liked the ways to look at behaviour and I especially liked the scenarios there were giving and how to approach the behaviour.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“Potential approaches in how to deal with ‘challenging behaviour’ and the need to be aware of your own state of mind when/before dealing with it.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“Lots! Simple approaches to use in the classroom. Helped me to understand myself and how my own mindset could have an affect on my classroom.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“I liked Jacci’s down to earth approach and her clear way of explaining things”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“Teaches simple techniques on how to approach children that might be struggling with their thoughts and behaviours.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour 101 course
“I feel that i can use my new knowledge in the classroom and for my own self-growth.”
€10
Stuttering, or stammering can profoundly affect an individual. There are ways you can practically help.
€10
What is Attention, and how can we help kids 'tune in'
What viewers say about our Attention course
“I learned to give a child time to process what you are telling them. Show picture support. Show good listening yourself”
What viewers say about our Attention course
“I feel this course has covered so much and I have gained so much from it I can’t think of anything else that could be included.”
What viewers say about our Attention course
“I have learned loads. I have to minimise distractions. Keep my language simple, not have long sentences. smaller sentences in chunks. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Try and encourage turn-taking. Use visual clues.”
€10
Being able to successfully communicate the source of, and even cause of, pain is vitally important in a young child or a person with communication issues.
What viewers say about our Communicating Pain to children course
“I have learned in order to teach pain you have to teach body parts and the concept of pain combined. I have been given lots of ideas to do this.”
What viewers say about our Communicating Pain to children course
“I never realised something pretty obvious: the need of teaching the body parts in order for the children to communicate effectively where it hurts.”
What viewers say about our Communicating Pain to children course
“I got loads of ideas to work on expressive/receptive language in relation to expressing pain”
What viewers say about our Communicating Pain to children course
“Loved this course, especially the importance of teaching and of talking about pain and how it is presented.”
What viewers say about our Communicating Pain to children course
“I liked the delivery of the course. The provider was easy to listen to and conveyed her information clearly and concisely. The ideas to teach body parts and concept of pain were very helpful.”
What viewers say about our Communicating Pain to children course
“I liked the way the course was delivered easy to follow and understand. I also got a few ideas that I could use in my work going forward.”
What viewers say about our Communicating Pain to children course
“I never thought of it in the way it was presented in this talk.”
What viewers say about our Communicating Pain to children course
“I liked the quick, simple and incidental learning methods. Concise and engaging course. The presenter was informative and her personal stories interesting.”
€10
Short overview about behaviour. This topic comes up a lot in requests from parents, teachers and carers alike. But… what is behaviour?
What viewers say about our Behaviour Overview course
“I liked the ideas strategies and scenarios explained. I will try to incorporate these in the Early Years”
What viewers say about our Behaviour Overview course
“The eight area’s covered each had their own learning, from the use of the abc approach to grandma’s rule it is important to consider how our reaction to each situation can impact the child.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour Overview course
“The presenter gave very clear instructions on how to help a child with behaviours that challenge. The 8 points were very simply put and easy to follow.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour Overview course
“The speaker is very articulate and explains things very well. the eight things to consider give a good overview of how best to manage behaviour so as not to negatively impact the child.”
€10
A social story is a great tool to help manage expectations, which can often lead to a reduction in what is often termed 'Problem behaviour'.
What viewers say about our Behaviour -Using Social Stories course
“I learned that it is very important to use the right phrases. That verbal children can help to write social stories with you as opposed to having it written for them.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour -Using Social Stories course
“I learned about choosing something that interest them to base the social story on, also the importance of positivity & not setting the child up to fail”
What viewers say about our Behaviour -Using Social Stories course
“Loved it!! Haven’t used Social Stories before. Can’t wait to check out websites recommended.”
What viewers say about our Behaviour -Using Social Stories course
“I loved the way it was presented and so clearly explained, also how she said to use phrases like sometimes/ I will try etc, it gives the child the understanding that they will not always get it right nor are they expected too.”
What are Communication Passports, how to create them, and why you always need them for children and adolescents with communication difficulties. Presented by Marijke Morris SLT
What viewers say about our Communication Passports course
“Engaging presenter !! Lots of useful information.”
What viewers say about our Communication Passports course
“Loved the style of the video and the fact you could see the pages of the passport as she was explaining them.”
What viewers say about our Communication Passports course
“Love the examples and template! Very useful.”
What viewers say about our Communication Passports course
“I had never of heard of this before so it was all new!”
What viewers say about our Communication Passports course
“Thoroughly enjoyed the session, lots of practical ideas and tips.”
What viewers say about our Communication Passports course
“Great tips and ideas to help me with the children I work with.”
€35
Children with communication difficulties need extra practice. Typical kids need hundreds of repetitions of a word to learn a word (except for swear words) and kids with communication difficulties often need more than that.
What viewers say about our Practical Techniques to help a child’s communication course
“I didn’t realize how many opportunities there were each day to work on communication, both formally and informally. Excellent”
What viewers say about our Practical Techniques to help a child’s communication course
“The short videos were very helpful and gave great ideas to try”
What viewers say about our Practical Techniques to help a child’s communication course
“All the different strategies for teaching communicaton. All techniques were clearly explained. The use of the child alongside the lecturer in the video made it a lot easier to understand.”
What viewers say about our Practical Techniques to help a child’s communication course
“I enjoyed this course especially as there were videos to demonstrate all the elements of trying to encourage communication.”
What viewers say about our Practical Techniques to help a child’s communication course
“I like the real life footage, putting the strategies in place”
What viewers say about our Practical Techniques to help a child’s communication course
“I really liked that there were videos to demonstrate how to use the different strategies. I find these very useful as for myself, I find it easier to learn when I am able to see exactly how the techniques are used.”
