EEY: Enabling EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS in Early years.

EMPOWERING EARLY YEARS

CPD TRAINING:

*NEW* EEY: Enabling EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS in Early years.

Exploring WHAT Executive functioning skills are, WHY they are essential to develop and in what ways they predict outcomes/ tackle adversity, WHEN & WHERE they can develop in practice and with supported/ enhanced provision & pedagogy, plus the all imoportant key understanding of HOW these skills are developed, through a research based understanding of development and learning in young children.

(Online CPD session/ reflective practitioner pack/ PDF course notes/ CPD certificate upon completion).

This CPD short course aims to support understanding and application of theory , research and excellent early years practice relating to enabling children to develop EF skills (such as Attention, Self Regulation, metacognition, working memory, task switching, emotional intelligence (EI) etc).

It will look how to enhance learning & EF skills, alongside understanding unique development & how these skills are not innate, but taught & developped in secure, caring and excellent EY environments, which seek to gently challenge, nurture and empower unique children as they grow and learn. It will also address concepts of inclusivity, adversity & SEN (where ASD & ADHD children struggle with these skills often due to dysregulation) and allowing children to thrive and learn, through better understanding of EF skills.

The course will include key research into easy to understanding practices, upcycling of EY environments and educator pedagogy in how to empower and enable EF skills for learning and life.

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COURSE DETAILS:

Suitable for all those working with young children professionally in education and care, teachers, practitioners, managers, Heads, Child minders, TA's etc.

The course will address (this list is not exhaustive):

*Understanding EF skills - what they are according to research (including ATTENTION, Working MEMORY, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, TASK SWITCHING/ MENTAL FLEXIBILITY/ METACOGNITION/ TASK INITIATION/ ORDERING & PROBLEM SOLVING etc)

*Why EF skills are essential for healthy brain and body development for life skills and academic learning .

*EF skills and concepts of RESILIENCE, GRIT, ADAPTABILITY & DETERMINATION within the context of understanding child development.

*HOW EF SKILLS develop/ where in the brain, according to NEUROSCIENCE and understanding the hierarchy of these skills as HIGH LEVEL COGNITIVE skills (and factors that affect this)

*THE ROLE of the ADULT in enabling, modelling, supporting & empowering children to develop these skills, as they are NOT innate (& the VITAL role this has for those children struggling with adversity to change lives and outcomes.)

*Challenges of EF skills for ASD, ADHD children, those with trauma and aces and the link with DYSREGULATION and children accessing EF skills.

*Links between EF skills, DYSREGULATION, REGULATION (Stress) & Behaviours - Fight, flight, freeze and fawn.

*Examples/ ideas for enabling EF skills within play& provision - plus enabling concepts of EF skills across the setting/ school day, as part of pedagogy and practices.

At the end of the course you should better understand EF skills are (what, how, why, when where?) to support and enable all children to grow and learn.

For any further information - please email: empoweringearlyyears@gmail.com

Please note: The course is split across 3 parts in order to allow delegates to gain the most from the information, learning, reflection and their final participation

Part 1 - Reflections: A voluntary reflective practitioner question & planning document .

Part 2 - PDF course notes for you Inc links and reading.

Part 3: A live 1.5 hour course session on ZOOM (Link n page or emailed to you - this WILL be recorded if you cannot attend, let us know as this can be made available to you temporarily.) Plus CPD certificate of attendance.

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FAQS:

Online details : These will be sent out prior to the event date. PLEASE ensure you have given the details of the attendees, so that they are welcomed into the training via the waiting room, as if they are unexpected, then it is not guaranteed entry for the session.

Ticket refunds:

Tickets are non-refundable, however in exceptional circumstances, please email the organiser, as we may be able to offer a different date, if available.

If you are ill on the day, you are permitted to get a colleague to access your training for you, however, please let the organiser know.

Payment;

ALL payments must be made prior to the event start, to ensure access to course content.

Fees include the online cost for processing from Eventbrite.

Group Bookings: These are at reduced rate of 5 delegates for the price of 4 (and only one group option available for this event), however PLEASE EMAIL the list of delegates or an email address so that they are included on the invitation to the course online as the system does not automatically do this. Thank you!

Data Protection:

All details on the booking will be used for communications regarding the course. Your secure contact details shall not be held for any other purpose or shared with other parties. Email details will be used for sending out CPD certificates at the latest, 10 days post the event and then details are no longer kept.

Access: If you require any special consideration for access to any of the given course content items, please let the organiser know, as we are currently developing supporting documents to enable those with additional learning needs and different media to access our materials in the way that suits them best. Thank you.

For any further queries, bespoke group enquiries etc please contact

E: empoweringearlyyears@gmail.com

See www.empoweringearlyyears.com