2025/2026 Training

A Special Kind of Grief

- Monday October 20th 2025 9:30am to 3:30pm

- Monday March 2nd 2026 9:30am to 3:30pm

- Thursday May 14th 2026 9:30am to 3:30pm

Online - via Zoom

£125 per person

- This course is the perfect introduction for schools/organisations to support bereaved and grieving children with SEND/LD

- During the day we will look at

our roles and the impact of supporting bereaved individuals

- The importance of acknowledging the bereavement, grief and loss of individuals with SEND/LD

- You will develop a toolkit of activities, resources and books to support your children

- This course is for professionals working with children with SEND/LD (also appropriate for those working with adults)

- Whole day training course (6 hours) via Zoom

- 15 delegates, maximum

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Grief & SLD/PMLD

Using Good Grief Toys ®

- Friday November 7th 2025 9:30am to 12:30pm

- Wednesday March 11th 2026 9:30am to 12:30pm

- Thursday June 18th 2026 9:30am to 12:30pm

Online - via Zoom

£75 per person

- A specific course focused on the grief of children with SLD and PMLD
- How do we know when they are grieving?

- How do we support grieving children with minimal or no verbal language?

- What resources and techniques should we use?
- These and many more questions will be answered during the course
- Delegates will leave with a wealth of resources and strategies

- This course is for professionals working with children with SEND/LD (also appropriate for those working with adults)

- Half-day training course (3 hours) via Zoom

- 15 delegates, maximum

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Using Good Grief Toys ®

- Tuesday November 18th 2025 9:30am to 12:30pm

- Tuesday April 28th 2026 9:30am to 12:30pm

- Wednesday June 24th 2026 9:30am to 12:30pm

Online - via Zoom

£75 per person

- This course shows you how to get the very most out of Good Grief Toys®

- You will learn how to use these toys to prepare children for visiting a relative in hospital, attending a funeral, returning to school after a bereavement etc.

- We will look at how to use the toys with a range of grief and loss experiences in a variety of different ways
- The course also covers the importance of children using the toys in both structured learning and free play to help them process grief
- We will think about how the toys can be used support the wider curriculum and how the toys can give staff confidence to talk to children about about difficult subjects

- This course is for professionals working with children with SEND/LD (also appropriate for those working with adults)
- Half-day training course (3 hours) via Zoom

- 15 delegates, maximum

Book here

BackPocketTeacher

Bereavement, grief & loss in people with learning disabilities/SEND

2025/26 Training Dates

Each of the courses below are also available as in-house or online training for your organisation

A Special Kind of Grief

Can't make the dates of the A Special Kind of Grief course - check out the E-course here

Grief & SLD/PMLD

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Can't make the dates of the Grief & SLD/PMLD course - check out the E-course here

Please note - for schools and organisations we are happy to set up an invoice for payment

Do you want to develop your practice further?

Working in association with Winston's Wish

We All Grieve Training Day

Spotlight on Creative & Practical Support

Spotlight on Autism

BackPocketTeacher

Bereavement, grief & loss in people with learning disabilities/SEND

2025/26 Training Dates

Each of the courses below are also available as in-house or online training for your organisation

A Special Kind of Grief

Can't make the dates of the A Special Kind of Grief course - check out the E-course here

Grief & SLD/PMLD

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Using Good Grief Toys ®

Can't make the dates of the Grief & SLD/PMLD course - check out the E-course here

Please note - for schools and organisations we are happy to set up an invoice for payment

Do you want to develop your practice further?

Working in association with Winston's Wish

We All Grieve Training Day

Spotlight on Creative & Practical Support

Spotlight on Autism

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