TACPAC Training for Professionals –

Venue: HEADS Training Centre, Hadrian School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Date: DATE TBC (9.30am – 3.30pm)
Cost: £160.00 per delegate (includes lunch and refreshments) or two days for £250.00

Please see course content/specification below:

Hadrian Education and Development Services are working in collaboration with TACPAC who are a specialist organisation that deliver Sensory Alignment training nationally. This 1 day training course is aimed at Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Care Workers, Child Development Centres, Communication Workers, Speech Therapists and Health Workers.

Essential Training Day 1:

• Heighten awareness of your own senses (we have many more than 5!)
  
• Teach you how to work effectively with touch
  
• Help you to build skills and confidence in multi-sensory integration (touch, sight, movement and sound)
  
• Synchronise your sense of touch with your sense of music
  
• Help you to understand sensory overload
  
• Help you to gain confidence in working with deep pressure
  
• Show you how to use resources appropriately
  
• Give you the opportunity to meet other parents, carers and professionals
  
• Give you a TACPAC CPD Certificate in Sensory Alignment

Advanced Training – Day 2:

• To develop your understanding of your own sensory responses
• To develop your powers of observation to enable more effective communication
• Understand the components of music at a deeper level, enabling you to guide your touch more intuitively
• Understand the development of the brain and the role of sensory experience
• Be familiar with the use of Tacpac objects