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Yes @ Areté Learning Trust provides Regional Training with National Speakers. Our training on different aspects of supporting students with Specific Learning Differences will be available throughout the year. Listings of planned training are constantly updated.

10% discount on training events available through our affiliate membership scheme. Please see below for further details.

YES@ Areté Learning Trust - Understanding Specific Learning Differences Support

Here at YES @ Areté Learning Trust we strive to promote an understanding of Specific Learning Differences in order to support students/pupils, parents and professionals.

We focus on:

  • the early identification of children and young people’s needs and early intervention to support them.
  • the development of inclusive practice in order to remove
  • barriers to learning.
  • the provision of high-quality training.

 

We offer:

  • support with developing inclusive practice in different settings.
  • solution focused meetings with school staff, parents and
  • pupils to identify barriers to learning.
  • analysis of current provision focusing on impact, individual
  • pupil assessment with comprehensive reporting.
  • support with planning and the delivery of personalised
  • literacy and numeracy programmes.
  • progress reviews in person or by telephone.
  • access arrangements for external exams for KS4 and KS5.

 

We believe that the relationship between schools, professionals and parents is incredibly important, which is why we promote a ‘Parents as Partners’ ethos.

The SEND Code of Practice places great importance on involving parents and children in identifying, understanding and taking decisions about special educational needs. We work with parents, recognising the importance of neurodiversity, to create unique pupil profiles.

For parents be at the heart of decision making about their child, it is helpful for them to be fully informed about their child’s needs.

We liaise with a number of parents support group and offer:

  • bespoke support.
  • workshops, meetings and specialist information sharing.
  • reduced rates on all our training events for parents/carers.

 

For further details and to provide you with a quote please email yes@arete.uk.

YES@ Areté Learning Trust - Whole School Training

Training on Understanding and Supporting Students with ADHD

  • These sessions are designed to equip your staff with the knowledge and strategies necessary to effectively support students with ADHD in the classroom.
  • Led by Kath Lawson (Lead for Inclusion – Areté Learning Trust)
  • Cost: £150 + VAT plus travel expenses
  • The training can be scheduled after school at a time that is most convenient for you and your team.

For further details and to schedule your training session, please email yes@arete.uk.

 

Training on Understanding and Supporting Students with Autism

  • These sessions are designed to equip your staff with the knowledge and strategies necessary to effectively support students with Autism in the classroom.
  • Led by Kath Lawson (Lead for Inclusion – Areté Learning Trust)
  • Cost: £150 + VAT plus travel expenses
  • The training can be scheduled after school at a time that is most convenient for you and your team.

For further details and to schedule your training session, please email yes@arete.uk.

 

Bespoke Training by a Neurodiversity Practitioner

  • All workshops include an initial in person or pre planned virtual consultation to discuss the current needs and challenges within your setting. This will support in creating workshops that meet the specific needs of your setting.

  • Workshops are tailored to the relevant curriculum and key stage, including the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.

  • All workshops are knowledge based and include a toolbox of practical strategies to explore that can be used to support neurodiversity in schools.

  • Led by Hannah Wilkinson (Neurodiversity Practioner - Areté Learning Trust)
  • The training can be scheduled after school at a time that is most convenient for you and your team.

Who are these workshops for?

The workshops will be beneficial for educators, families and supporting professionals who are supporting young people who have the following needs or have personal interests in:

  • Understanding Neurodiversity
  • Neurodiversity workshops specific to the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum and play-based learning.
  • Autism
  • Autism and anxiety
  • ADHD
  • Sensory Processing
  • Social, emotional and mental health
  • Dysregulation
  • Masking and Internal Dysregulation.
  • Physical dysregulation and behaviours that challenge the setting

For further details and to schedule your training session, please email yes@arete.uk.

 

Training on Conscious Breathing - Supporting young people to become calm and focussed

  • Breathwork is the perfect wellness strategy for schools and parents to support both adults and pupils of any age, as it addresses core areas of health, physical, mental and emotional, in a simple, accessible way.
  • Led by Steffy Cappleman (SOMA Breath Master Instructor)
  • Cost: £150 + VAT plus travel expenses
  • The training can be scheduled after school at a time that is most convenient for you and your team.

For further details and to schedule your training session, please email yes@arete.uk.

Supporting Learners with ADHD

"The problem with ADHD is that it looks like something it isn't" Dan Duncan

Supporting Learners with ADHD

Friday, 17th October 2025: 9.30am - 1.00pm

Summary of the event:

There are so many myths about it being about naughty boys and bad parenting, that we have missed the point that it is a neurodivergent brain condition.  We’ve missed the girls and misunderstood the boys.  Lynn will tell you what you need to know about the ADHD brain and how to get the best out of your children and young people with ADHD. There are some effective support and coaching strategies that parents and teachers can use to help their children thrive.

You will learn about:

Effective support and coaching strategies for ADHD children thrive

  • Function of medication
  • Emotional regulation
  • Attention and hperfocus
  • Boredom and sensory difference

Once you understand your child, you will be able to make sense of their behaviour and support them to become their best selves.

Training led by: Lynn McCann

Lynn McCann is the author of five books for teachers about supporting autistic children and young people. She is an independent specialist teacher based in the Northwest of England.. She and her team, work from pupil voices, always putting the child at the heart of all they do and supporting young people in primary, secondary and other settings. Lynn has many years’ experience of working with autistic and ADHD young people and  has her own ADHD diagnosis to add to the experience!

Venue: 

Richmond School, Darlington Road, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 7BQ

Audience:

Headteachers, Teachers, SENCOs, Inclusion Managers, TASs, Learning Mentors and Parents

Cost:

£117.00+VAT / Person (Refreshements and a light lunch included
Discounted places are available for parents

To book your place please email us or register your place below.

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Cancellations/Refunds: Cancellations of training events are subject to a 25% administration fee where the cancellation is made 3 weeks or more before the date of the event. No refund is payable for a cancellation made within 2 weeks prior to the training course – in this event the full sum shown on the invoice remains payable.

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