{"id":18879,"date":"2025-10-23T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T09:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=18879"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:52:52","slug":"fully-funded-training-from-early-years-south-west-stronger-practice-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/fully-funded-training-from-early-years-south-west-stronger-practice-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Fully funded training from Early Years South West Stronger Practice Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Early Years South West Stronger Practice Hub are pleased to announce some new CPD opportunities available to early years and childcare practitioners.<\/p>\n<h2>Selective communicators online webinars<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:i:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/Ee2KRp2g2ERDsP8Vi-cvkRUBaC1Oo3YODhRmjv1jWmyQWg?e=wAD7Ge\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you work with children who only communicate in certain situations or with certain people? This webinar will explore the unique challenges and opportunities of\u00a0selective communication\u00a0in early childhood.<\/p>\n<p>This webinar will be delivered on 2 dates at 2 different times. Please note that you only need to attend one webinar as the content will be the same on both of the dates.<\/p>\n<h3>Dates:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday 24th November &#8211; 6.00pm -7.30pm<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 14th January &#8211; 9.30am &#8211; 11am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Aims:<\/h3>\n<p>The aims of this session:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gain deeper understanding of why young children may find it difficult to speak<\/li>\n<li>Explore aspects of this complex difficulty<\/li>\n<li>Discover ways to support the child<\/li>\n<li>Ways to work with and support parents<\/li>\n<li>Routes of referral if needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Link will be sent nearer the event.<\/p>\n<h3>Register:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us8.list-manage.com\/survey?u=bbec643126697d1e2c747b730&amp;id=8320072fe0&amp;attribution=false\" rel=\"noopener\">Please complete this short survey to register your interest for one of these webinars.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Neurodiversity in the early years network &#8211; 6 part series<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:i:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/EWRNt2XKNfhNr22JMoAcLTcBAKzsw-VV_tIWW9utJhJB6Q?e=4dAEIv\" rel=\"noopener\">Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join us for an Inspiring series of online webinars designed to help early years practitioners, childminders and leaders to develop neurodiversity-affirming practice, creating environments of connection, safety and belonging for every child<\/p>\n<p>Our six-part series is designed so each session connects and builds on the last \u2014 so try to join as many as you can!\u00a0Attend all six sessions to earn your certificate and be in with a chance to win one of Cheryl\u2019s fantastic books!<\/p>\n<h3>Dates:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Session 1:<\/strong> Tuesday 4th November &#8211; 6.30pm &#8211; 7.45pm &#8211; an Introduction to neurodiversity in early years and becoming a neurodiversity affirming educator<\/li>\n<li><strong>Session 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday 2nd December &#8211;\u00a06.30pm -7.45pm &#8211; our 8 sensory systems and how we can support our neurodivergent children<\/li>\n<li><strong>Session 3:<\/strong> Tuesday 13th January &#8211;\u00a06.30pm -7.45pm &#8211; creating a safe sensory environment and understanding neurodivergent behaviours<\/li>\n<li><strong>Session 4:<\/strong> Tuesday 27th January &#8211; 6.30pm -7.45pm &#8211; play, connection, interaction and engagement with neurodivergent children<\/li>\n<li><strong>Session 5:\u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday 10th February 6.30pm -7.45pm &#8211; creating neuro-affirming goals and targets<\/li>\n<li><strong>Session 6:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday 17th March &#8211; 6.30pm -7.45pm &#8211; effective collaboration with parents and families with neurodivergent children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Register:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us8.list-manage.com\/survey?u=bbec643126697d1e2c747b730&amp;id=49ac7c13b8&amp;attribution=false\" rel=\"noopener\">Please express your interest by completing the short survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joining links will be sent prior to each session.<\/p>\n<h3>Contact:<\/h3>\n<p>Any questions, please contact us: <a href=\"mailto:eyswsph@yfps.co.uk\">eyswsph@yfps.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18880 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/10\/stronger-practice-hub-800x384.jpg\" alt=\"South West Stronger Practice Hub logo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/10\/stronger-practice-hub-800x384.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/10\/stronger-practice-hub-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/10\/stronger-practice-hub-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2025\/10\/stronger-practice-hub.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Early Years South West Stronger Practice Hub are pleased to announce some new (fully funded) CPD opportunities available to early years and childcare practitioners. Training includes: &#8216;Selective communicators online webinars&#8217; and a 6-part series on Neurodiversity in the early years network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 21:18:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18887,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18879\/revisions\/18887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}