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SEN 106 senmagazine.co.uk 10 What’s new? Become a Play Therapist Play Therapy is becoming one of the most effective methods of supporting children facing a range of mental health and emotional wellbeing problems. The evidence base held by Play Therapy UK suggests success rates range from 77 to 84 per cent. The Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy (APAC) has trained over 4,000 therapists over the past 20 years. If you hold a Level 6 qualification and professional experience of working with children, you could become a Registered Certified Play Therapist. 01825 761143 contact@apac.org.uk apac.org.uk playtherapy.org.uk playtherapyregister.org.uk New Deaf Academy This summer, a new residential special school and college for deaf young people opens in Exmouth, Devon. The Deaf Academy (Formerly Exeter Deaf Academy) is designed to meet the needs of deaf children and young adults with additional disabilities, ranging from mild learning disabilities and autism to multi-sensory impairment and physical disabilities. The Deaf Academy employs DeafSpace architecture from the US, with managed acoustics and light. It is fully accessible with lifts, wide corridors and spacious classrooms and bedrooms. Specialist education, care and therapy staff support students to gain language, confidence and independence. exeterdeafacademy.ac.uk National Autistic Society: online training With more than 50 years of learning from first-hand experience, no one has more practical knowledge of autism than the National Autistic Society. Developed by autistic people, the National Autistic Society’s online modules will enhance your knowledge of autism and fit into your busy schedule. Modules include: Understanding autism; Autism and communication; Autism and sensory experience; Autism, stress and anxiety; Autism, sport and physical activity; and Safeguarding children on the autism spectrum. Training is £30 + VAT per online module licence. Bulk purchase or subscription packages are available. autism.org.uk/training promotional content Trainee therapy dogs join Fairfield Farm College Fairfield Farm College has some new employees. Mouse, Sully and Chewy are training to work with the College as therapy dogs. Although still in training, they are already doing amazing work, helping to reduce student anxiety and enabling them to fully participate throughout the day. These four-legged helpers will be visiting the college each week, helping to provide positive changes towards learning and improve the motivation of students. Students thoroughly enjoyed having the new additions around, with one student saying it was the “best day at college ever!” ffc.ac.uk Change lives – foster for Derbyshire Derbyshire County Council needs foster carers to help it keep brothers and sisters in its care together. You don’t need any special qualifications to be a foster carer and the council provides training, a wide range of benefits and additional financial support to people who foster siblings. Foster carers need to be aged 21 or over, have a spare room and go through a few checks to make sure fostering is right for them before they’re assessed. If you could help siblings in care get the best start in life, visit derbyshire.gov.uk/fostering Children’s epilepsy seizure alarm from Medpage The Medpage Model MP5V2 epileptic seizure movement detector is designed to detect a variety of seizure types in people of all ages, from babies to adults. The high-sensitivity, high-performance sensor and control software positively identify seizure movement from a sleeping person, ignoring usual sleeping movements. Detected seizures are notified via two carer pagers. Additionally, the included camera is automatically triggered to record seizure activity. For more information, search “MP5V2” at easylinkuk.co.uk