Training

Practical, expert-led training for schools, trusts and organisations, from one-hour introductory workshops to bespoke INSET days, covering neurodiversity, inclusion, SEND and belonging, online or in person.

We deliver high-quality, expert-led training to schools, trusts and organisations globally, both online and in person. Led by experienced practitioners, our training is practical, relevant and grounded in both professional expertise and real-world, lived experience.

From workshops and keynotes to INSET days and bespoke programmes, every session can be carefully shaped around your context, your people and the outcomes you want to achieve.

One hour Introductory Workshops

Our focused one-hour 'Introduction to' workshops offer an accessible introduction to key areas of neurodiversity, inclusion and organisational culture. Designed to build understanding, challenge thinking and strengthen practice, each session combines expert knowledge with practical insights that participants can take back into their setting.

Introduction to Neurodiversity

Build a shared understanding of neurodiversity, neurodivergence and different neurotypes, while exploring what these mean for inclusive everyday practice.

Introduction to Dyslexia

Explore the lived experience, strengths and challenges associated with dyslexia and how environments can become more understanding and inclusive.

Introduction to Autism

Develop a deeper understanding of autism through both professional knowledge and experiential perspectives, with practical approaches for creating supportive environments.

Introduction to ADHD

Explore how ADHD can present and be experienced, recognising both strengths and challenges and developing more informed, supportive practice.

Introduction to Adaptive Teaching for Neurodivergent Learners

Explore practical ways to adapt teaching and learning in response to individual strengths, needs and barriers, without lowering expectations.

Introduction to Culture

Explore how organisational and educational cultures develop, how difference is experienced within them, and what helps create environments where people feel they belong.

Introduction to Ethics

Explore how different values and ethical perspectives shape our decisions, relationships and understanding of others — and how greater awareness can strengthen empathy and inclusion.

Explore our Wider Training Offer

Our introductory workshops are just the starting point. Every session below can be adapted in depth, format and focus.

Understanding & Supporting Executive Functioning in the Classroom

Understand how executive functioning affects learning and everyday classroom experiences, and explore practical ways to reduce barriers and support success.

Intercultural Perspectives on SEND

Explore how culture can shape our understanding, identification and experience of SEND, helping schools develop more culturally responsive and inclusive practice.

Creating an Inclusive Education Culture

Explore what genuine inclusion looks and feels like across a school community and how culture, relationships and everyday practice can help everyone belong.

Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA)

Understanding what sits behind non-attendance and how we can support meaningful, sustainable engagement.

Belonging & Relationships

Exploring why connection, belonging and trusted relationships are fundamental to engagement, wellbeing and learning.

Professional Curiosity

Looking beyond the behaviour to better understand what a child or young person may be communicating.

Social, Emotional & Mental Health (SEMH)

Building understanding and practical approaches to supporting students with social, emotional and mental health needs.

Understanding & Supporting Neurodivergent Learners

Developing more informed, inclusive approaches to neurodivergence, with particular focus on ADHD and autism.

Demand Avoidance

Understanding demand avoidance and exploring supportive approaches that reduce pressure and increase connection and engagement.

Executive Functioning

Understanding the skills behind planning, organisation, attention and self-regulation — and how we can better support them.

Inclusive Learning Environments

Exploring how the environment, culture and climate we create can remove barriers and enable all learners to participate and thrive.

The Engagement Model & Learner Engagement

Developing a deeper understanding of engagement and how we recognise, support and build upon it, tailored to SEND and/or mainstream settings.

Understanding EHCPs and Ordinarily Available Provision

Building confidence in understanding EHCPs and translating them into meaningful, effective everyday practice.

Adaptive Teaching and Learning - Inclusive Practice That Benefits All

Practical approaches to inclusion that recognise individual needs while improving experiences and opportunities for everyone.

Behaviour as Communication

Moving beyond simply managing behaviour to understanding what it may be telling us about need, communication and experience.

Staff Wellbeing

Supporting the people who support others, with practical approaches to wellbeing, reflection and sustainable practice.

What Could a Training Day Look Like?

Our training days can bring together keynote presentations, interactive workshops and opportunities for discussion and reflection — creating a programme shaped around the needs, priorities and context of your organisation. Here’s an example of a full-day programme led by Sandra Tibbles and Dr Martin Bloomfield, combining expertise in neurodiversity, inclusion, education, ethics and organisational culture

Brave New World or Future Shock? Neurodiversity & Educational Equity in the Age of AI

Opening Keynote

Dr Martin Bloomfield

AI is transforming education and creating exciting possibilities for neurodivergent learners — but it also raises important questions about equity, autonomy, ethics and belonging. In this thought-provoking and interactive keynote, Martin explores the intersection of AI, ethics, neurodiversity and education. Delegates are challenged to consider not only what technology can do, but what it should do, leaving with fresh perspectives and practical ideas for creating more equitable classrooms in an increasingly digital world.

From Support to Belonging: Rethinking Inclusive Education

Second Keynote

Sandra Tibbles

What if inclusion was less about providing support for particular learners and more about creating environments in which everyone can belong? Drawing on experience across mainstream and specialist education, Sandra explores how we can move beyond traditional models of SEND support towards a person-centred approach that recognises strengths, understands barriers and maintains high expectations for every learner. Delegates are invited to rethink successful inclusion — moving beyond simply helping children and young people access education towards creating communities in which every learner can participate, contribute, achieve and flourish.

Interactive Workshops

Following the keynotes, delegates can take the ideas further through practical, interactive workshops. Sessions can be selected and adapted according to the audience and desired outcomes.

Interactive Workshops

With Dr Martin Bloomfield

Our Relationship with Technology: Turning Theory into Practice

Explore our changing relationship with technology and what the rapid growth of AI means for educators, learners and the future structure of education.

Understanding Ethics in the Education Environment

An engaging exploration of how different values and ethical perspectives influence inclusion — and what happens when one person’s idea of fairness or belonging differs from another’s.

Interactive Workshops

With Sandra Tibbles

Beyond Wellbeing: Putting People at the Heart of Inclusive Organisations

Move beyond surface-level wellbeing initiatives to explore workload, psychological safety, regulation, belonging, leadership and the conditions adults need to flourish professionally.

Beyond Labels: Creating the Conditions for Every Child to Thrive

Explore person-centred approaches to neurodivergence that place curiosity before assumption and consider the individual child’s strengths, needs, experiences and barriers to participation.

Joint / Flexible Workshops

Neurodiversity & Executive Function in the Classroom

Understand the everyday executive-function demands placed on learners and explore practical approaches to planning, organisation, task initiation, working memory, attention, motivation and self-regulation.

Neurodiversity & Executive Function in the Workplace

Turn the lens towards adults and explore how neurodiversity and executive functioning can influence workload, communication, organisation, meetings, deadlines and professional wellbeing.

One Day. Built Around Your People.

This is just one example of what a Childhood Matters training day could look like. Keynotes, workshops and content can be mixed, matched and adapted to create a programme around your audience, context and priorities. Whether you are planning an INSET day, leadership event, trust-wide conference or professional development programme, we can work with you to create a day that informs, challenges thinking and leads to meaningful change.

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