TACPAC Training for Professionals –

Venue: HEADS Training Centre, Hadrian School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Date: DATE TBC 2020 (9.30am – 3.30pm)
Cost: £160.00 per delegate (includes lunch and refreshments) or two days for £250.00

We are running two 1 day TACPAC courses on the 28/29th November. You have the option to attend just day one, days one and two or just day two if you have already completed the day one essential course in the past.

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 AlignmentAdvanced 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