Using Social and Therapeutic Horticulture within mainstream and special schools for children and young people with SEND

This course provides information, skills and practical techniques that enable you to match horticultural activities to the national curriculum and develop an extracurricular therapeutic programme.

This course provides information, skills and practical techniques that enable you to match horticultural activities to the national curriculum and develop an extracurricular therapeutic programme to meet the support needs of groups of children.

"Brilliant knowledge base. Very organised and well delivered. Cannot wait to implement this. Thank you for convincing a non gardener."

This course is suitable for:

Teachers, teaching assistants and other school staff with an interest in using horticulture as a therapeutic intervention

What you will learn:

The theory of using social and therapeutic horticulture with children
To link the practice of horticultural therapy to the curriculum
To gain support from, and communicate the value of horticultural therapy to, colleagues, parents and stakeholders
To create schemes of work and session plans
To use specific assessment models for social and therapeutic horticulture in schools

Length

2 days

Included in your fee

All course materials
Course hand-outs
A light lunch and refreshments

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25—26 November 2020, Berks

Prior's Court School, Hermitage, nr Newbury, Berks RG18 9NU

11 places remaining!

Timetable

9:30am	Coffee and registration
10am	Course starts
4pm	Course finishes

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£270.00 For individuals, members of charities, voluntary and non-statutory organisations

£320.00 For statutory and non-voluntary organisations