Ideas for ELSA’s and Well-being Support Assistants

Course date: 25th Jun 2024

‘..healthy, confident individuals..’ is one of the aspirations of the four purposes in the New Curriculum For Wales. (Curriculum For Wales Health and Well-being)

Emotional Literacy Support Assistants can make a valuable contribution to ensuring that every pupil is competent in emotional literacy.

This course will look at good practice for supporting pupils in the mainstream classroom. You will learn about various strategies and ways to attune to your pupil’s needs. You will deepen your knowledge and develop ideas for activities to use to support all pupils with various issues including, social emotional and behavioural difficulties.

£210.00 + VAT (20%)

Target Group: Emotional Literacy Support Assistants, Pastoral Care Staff, Support Staff, Teaching Assistants, Thrive Practitioners
The course will cover:
  •  What is emotional Literacy?
  •  The role of the ELSA under the new Curriculum For Wales
  •  Encouraging positive Behaviour
  •  Effective environments, engaging experiences
  •  Attuning to individual pupil and Teacher requirements
  •  Working with parents
  •  Routines and rewards
  •  Positive Praise for being and doing
  •  Sharing of good practice and case studies

Course Presenter: Angela Coates

EARLY YEARS / WELLBEING – Angela Coates is an Independent Educational Consultant and part time Advisory Teacher with over twenty years of experience working in the early years and primary setting.
Angela has spent the last twelve years in the Nurture Unit where she developed a reputation for successfully managing the most challenging classes. Angela Coates’ role as a part of running the Nurture unit included advisory work for Mainstream Schools and SLT duties predominantly dealing with Safeguarding and pastoral care/family liaison. Pupils in her care attended both settings. Therefore, she has experience of overseeing the fusion of Nurture and Mainstream classes. Angela now runs training courses for schools/parents/educational bodies etc. She has her own business page https://www.facebook.com/thenurturepro  where by she coaches Teachers and parents in supporting ALN. Angela’s main degree was in Language and Communication. She is an NGN (Nurture UK) qualified Nurture Teacher and level 3 OCN Forest School practitioner. She is Group Theraplay(R) trained and Mental Health First Aid Trained. Angela has been a volunteer for SNAP Cymru. Angela is passionate about ALN and continues to support and guide teachers in the Mainstream and Special Educational settings to successfully deliver the ALN reforms and Nurture/Inclusive Curriculums.

Course Location: South Wales - Cardiff

ADDRESS: Future Inn, Hemingway Road, Cardiff Bay, CF10 4AU
  START TIME: 8.30am coffee and registration for a 9.00am start
 
The Future Inn, Cardiff Bay https://www.futureinns.co.uk/cardiff/