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Creative arts
ARTiculate for Staff in Education
Training school staff to support children’s emotional literacy through art
Delivered online or in your workplace.
ARTiculate is designed, endorsed and delivered by the British Association of Art Therapists specifically for staff in education settings who wish to use art to support children and young people with a range of issues including relationship building and emotional literacy.
This course is over 3 days: Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced.
Please see the website for more details www.baat.org
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Petra’s Place
Petra’s Place is an inclusive nursery and early-intervention therapy centre for mainstream children and children with special needs and autism aged 2 – 6 years. The first few years of a child’s life determines their future ability to learn, which is the reason why early-intervention is so vital.
Our OFSTED registered nursery is open 48 weeks a year from 8a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday to Friday with SEN experienced nursery practitioners offering a high ratio of care (1:3).
Children have direct access to speech and language therapy, sensory integration, occupational therapy, music and art therapy sessions and intensive nursery and therapy packages, where a multi-disciplinary approach achieves the best outcome.
Our clinical approach is to learn from the best evidence-based interventions. However, we have developed our own unique programme which draws on this to combine early development, creativity, therapy and learning in one package. Our intensive nursery and therapy programme specifically targets the areas that children with autism struggle with: social communication, joint attention, motor skills and sensory issues.
Parental feedback has been overwhelmingly positive about all areas of the service; the many developments they are seeing in their children, the calm and child friendly environment, the
skill of the nursery and therapy staff and the opportunity to mix with and learn from other parents.
The centre is a warm, inviting and secure environment where children are made to feel instantly at home. They feel comfortable from day one and this helps them to adjust quickly and learn and develop. Petra’s Place is definitely the place that you want to be if you have a child with special needs.
For more information about our services or to register your child, please contact reception@petrasplace.co.uk or visit our website petrasplace.co.uk.
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