Halton Nurture Group Network Meeting Friday 7th October

Planning and trouble shooting

Boxall Profile Please can you retain anonymised data for us for children who have been in the nurture group?

Nurturing schools Have you got SLT on board? SLA Postcards

Nurture Strategy What do you want in it? What is going to help? Any volunteers? How can we include children?

Conference Secondary national network Opportunity to meet and discuss with like minded people Opportunity to taste different interventions and resources available

Lego The “engineer” gives verbal descriptions of the pieces needed and directions for assembling them The “builder” follows his directions, collects and puts the pieces together There is much checking back and forth between the plan and the creation Roles are then switched so they both have a chance to be “engineer” and “builder”

Groups of three The “engineer” describes the instructions The “supplier” finds the correct pieces The “builder” put the pieces together After a time, they swap roles

Skills This division of labour with a common purpose allows children to practice joint attention, turn taking, sharing, joint problem solving, listening and general social communication skills.

Rules Build things together! If you break it you have to fix it or ask for help to fix it. If someone else is using it, don’t take it - ask first. Use indoor voices - no yelling. Keep your hands and feet to yourself. Use polite words. Clean up and put things back where they came from. Don’t put LEGO® bricks in your mouth.

Benefits LEGO® Therapy has proved effective for children with high functioning autism (HFA), Asperger Syndrome (AS), or pervasive developmental disorder - not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). It can also be effective for children with anxiety disorders (especially social phobia), depression, or adjustment difficulties manifesting as depression or anxiety. Including children with behavior disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), or other externalizing disorders, who also have social skill problems, is not productive. Resources http://ysgolpencoch.org/course/view.php?id=293

Next Halton NGN Session Primary Secondary Friday 11th November 9.30am venue TBC Friday 11th November 1pm venue TBC Friday 3rd January 9.30am venue TBC Friday 3rd January 1pm venue TBC Friday 7th April 9.30am venue TBC Friday 7th April 1pm venue TBC Friday 23rd June 9.30am venue TBC Friday 23rd June 1pm venue TBC

Yvonne- tour of Halton Wednesday 9th November 9.30am The Bridge 1.30pm Holy Spirit Thursday 10th November Widnes

Theory and Practice Training 30th and 31st January Brookvale Any takers? £575