Training opportunities for SEND parents and carers

If you have a child or young person with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), you may need extra guidance and support.

You can learn more about your child's needs and the larger world of SEND by taking a training course.

Most training is free and provided through charities and support services. But there are some opportunities where you have to pay.

Specific special educational needs and disability training

Course titlePriceDates Format of training Course provider
Understanding ADHD £54

Free for 4 weeks
Ongoing Web based Future Learn
Understanding Specific Learning DifficultiesFreeOngoingWeb based The Aim Group
Special Education Needs and DisabilityFreeOngoingWeb basedThe Aim Group
A parents' guide to supporting children and young people: ADHD and autism Free Ongoing YouTube videos NHS
British Sign Language (BSL) and lipreading Various Ongoing Zoom Hi Kent
Family Sign Free Ongoing YouTube videos National Deaf Children's Society
Caring for People with Psychosis and Schizophrenia £62

Free for 4 weeks
Ongoing Web based Future Learn
Parents Course Lego Bricks Based Therapy Approach at Home £49.99 Ongoing Postal Lego®
Helping babies and young children learn skills for talking Free Ongoing Web basedNHS
Learn MakatonVariousOngoingOnline Makaton
Moving up to secondary school for children with additional needsFreeOngoingOnlineinourplace

Autism training

Course titlePriceDatesFormat of trainingCourse provider
A parents' guide to supporting children and young people: ADHD and autismFreeOngoingYouTube videosNHS
General autism training

Find autism training providers via the NHS website.
VariousOngoingVariousVarious
Parents Course Lego Bricks Based Therapy Approach at Home£49.99OngoingPostalLego®
Autism courses and awareness training coursesVariousOngoingWeb based accreditedFuture Learn
Understanding AutismFreeOngoingWeb basedThe Aim Group

General training

Course titlePriceDatesFormat of trainingCourse provider

Anti-bullying training (PDF, 566.7 KB)

FreeOngoingDownloadable  bookletKYCC
Behaviour That ChallengesFreeOngoingWeb basedThe Aim Group
Children And Young People's Mental HealthFreeOngoingWeb basedThe Aim Group
Communicate betterFreeOngoingWeb basedOne Plus One

General parenting courses

Free

Use access code Invicta
OngoingWeb basedIn Our Place
General parenting coursesVariousOngoingIn person and onlineKent Adult Education
Information sessions for parentsFreeOngoingIn person and onlineInformation Support and Advice Kent (IASK)

Laws and regulations of SEND children and young people

Various

Including a subsidised training fund
OngoingIn person and ZoomIPSEA
Neuroscience in Early Years - Help Your Child Process Negative EmotionsFreeOngoingWeb basedThe Aim Group