Seashell’s External Disability Training

Achieve Qualified Teacher of Multi-Sensory Impairment (QTMSI) status with Seashell. You will not only undertake essential academic learning to develop a sound understanding of MSI, but you will also have the opportunity to experience first-hand the life-changing impact a QTMSI role can have on MSI learners and their families. So consider multi-sensory impairment training courses from our disability charity today.

If you are interested in our new, exciting, practice-based MQ MSI PGDip, and would like to meet us and hear more about our 2025 course, sign up for our online information sessions.

The sessions will run from 7-8pm, on Microsoft Teams on:

• 22 January 2025
• 5 March 2025
• 23 April 2025
• 4 June 2025
• 16 July 2025

Book your place by emailing outreach@seashelltrust.org.uk

Specialist 5-day MSI course for support staff working with CYP with MSI / Deafblindness.

We can deliver specialist teaching and advisory support to children and young adults   (0-25) with multi-sensory impairment or with single sensory impairment and additional needs throughout the UK.

The children and young adults (0-25) may attend a variety of educational settings, mainstream, specialist or be home educated. We can work with staff to offer advice and training to maximise opportunity for the young people to meet their educational outcomes.  This support can be provided weekly, monthly or half termly and can be tailored to the needs of the young person and their staff teams.

On receipt of the referral form we will request EHCP paperwork and liaise with the setting and local authority to determine the frequency of visits. The package will then be costed, a contract drawn up and signed and a start date can be agreed.

If you have children and young adults who require specialist MSI teaching and/or advisory support but please do not hesitate to contact us at outreach@seashell.org.uk

Designed for professionals across education, health and social care, we offer specialist disability training in tactile communication.

This course will go through strategies for tactile communication when working with students with multi-sensory impairment and additional needs.

It will look at how we can further understand the expressive communication attempts our students make but are not always seen and discuss ways of increasing positive interactions for students with MSI. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in practical activities and discussions around deafblind communication during our multi-sensory impairment training courses.

Designed for professionals across education, health and social care, we offer specialist training in Usher Awareness.

During this disability training course, you will learn about the very unique educational implications and challenges faced by children and young people who have been diagnosed with Usher Syndrome. We will also consider the emotional effect of living with a changing condition and how best to help the learner as well as how to support families with disabilities through their journey.

Designed for professionals across education, health and social care, we offer specialist training CHARGE Awareness.

During these SEN courses in Manchester, you will learn about the complex and diverse condition of CHARGE Syndrome and its impact on development, as well as educational implications. We will consider how best to support these learners with a focus on communication, access to information and mobility.

Designed for professionals across education, health and social care, we offer specialist training in Positive Looking Awareness.

During this half-day course, you will learn about the educational implications for learners with vision impairment, understand visual skill development and how to provide an appropriate learning environment.

Designed for newly qualified MSI teachers, or MSI teachers in training, we offer specialist QTMSI Mentoring.

Our MSI teaching team within the Seashell Sensory Support Service can offer you half-termly remote mentoring sessions. 

The ‘Supporting Autistic Students in Educational and Residential Provisions’ course will help you to become a better practitioner, through increased understanding of the children and young people you support. It is accredited and certificated by AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group and is equivalent to a level three qualification. It is appropriate for people working in educational and/or residential provisions. It is particularly relevant to learning assistants in both mainstream and special education; mainstream teachers; personal assistants; and anybody regularly working with autistic children or adults.

Designed for everybody.

Understanding Autism will benefit everybody, and would be particularly useful for individuals working in education/care provisions, corporate businesses or charities, to gain a better understanding and appreciation of neurodiversity.

Designed for anybody supporting or teaching autistic people aged 2–25, whether in education or care settings.

A consolatory service to support you to meet the needs of children and young adults with autism and/or learning disabilities.

Our BSL courses are suitable for beginners or those wanting to brush up on existing knowledge.

British Sign Language Level 1 will take beginners through the first steps to learning sign language and is accredited by Signature. It’s a great way to learn the basics and opens the doors to the potential of learning BSL at higher levels.

Our Signalong course is suitable for beginners or those wanting to brush up on existing knowledge.

Signalong is a keyword, sign-supported communication system based on British sign language. It uses speech, sign, body language, facial expression and voice tone to reference the link between sign and word. 

Designed for education staff including childminders and families

We have a range of Elklan SEN courses in Manchester that will help you support the communication skills of all children and young adults – as well as those with identified speech, language and communication needs. Courses are evidence-based, accredited and support you to learn and embed new communication strategies. 

Designed for professionals working in health, social care and education.

This one-day introduction to FASD includes: the cause of FASD; its prevalence and terminology, Identification of signs and symptoms across the lifespan that a person with FASD may display, How to get a diagnosis, and Strategies for supporting a person with FASD, including voices from the FASD community.

Designed for professionals working in health, social care and education.

This three-day innovative course will introduce the “Me and My FASD Toolkit” – a range of practical, hands-on materials specially designed with input from expert committees including young adults with FASD. Participants will receive the toolkit of resources that are aimed to support children and young adults in understanding their diagnosis. 

Sessions can be commissioned for schools and organisations that would like to develop their awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, as well as help children and young adults understand their diagnosis.