Knowledge & Skills Hub - 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.

Interested in our MQ MSI PGDip (Mandatory Qualification for Multi-Sensory Impairment Postgraduate Diploma), with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)?  We are taking expressions of interest for our third cohort, starting in September 2026 and are keen to hear from you!

If you would like to meet us and hear more about our new, exciting, practice-based course please sign up to our online information session.

The sessions will run from 6-7pm, on Microsoft Teams on the following dates:
3 December 2025, 4 February 2026, 25 March, 5 May and 7 July.

Jointly delivered by NatSIP, Manchester Sensory Support Service and Seashell Trust, this five day training course, offered over five weeks, provides a practical approach to supporting access to learning for children and young adults with MSI (Deafblindness).

Specialist 5-day MSI course primarily for support staff, covering a wide range of topics including, communication, the role of the intervenor, mobility and independent living skills, sensory processing difficulties and much more. The course meets the requirements of the Intervenor Standards issued by NatSIP.

We can also be commissioned to provide bespoke courses for social care staff working with MSI (Deafblind) young adults up to the age of 25 within their own setting.

We can provide short training sessions for local authority sensory teams and school staff as an introduction to this specialist area.

Contact outreach@seashelltrust.org.uk for more information.

We can provide an education and therapeutic package in the home for MSI/complex needs children and young adults who are not currently in an educational setting. They may be out of education for a range of reasons, from medical, parental choice, or be in transition between settings. We will work with the family and other professionals to continue to make progress towards achieving their EHCP outcomes.

We can provide QTMSI support for children and young people within an educational setting who do not have specialist staff employed locally to meet need. QTMSI can provide a functional sensory assessment and
consultancy/training for their staff team as required.

We can be commissioned to observe and assess MSI (Deafblind) learners within their school environment. We will look specifically at accessibility, communication and mobility.

We can be commissioned by social care as the suitably qualified person to conduct this specialist assessment.

We can be commissioned to provide a range of other specialist training courses which includes: On Body Signing, Tactile Communication, HI Complex Needs, VI Complex Needs and MSI condition specific sessions
(CHARGE, Usher, Down Syndrome, Deafblind Awareness, On Body Signing, Hearing Loss & Complex Needs, Vision Loss & Complex Needs).

Please contact us for more information: outreach@seashelltrust.org.uk

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.

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.