Improving your skills

Services offered by Hertsmere Leisure Children’s Centres

Improve Your Skills - Courses & Opportunities for Parents & Carers / April - July 2013

Abbots Langley • Aldenham & Radlett Borehamwood, Elstree & Shenley • Park Street & St Stephen’s • Potters Bar & South Mimms Bushey & Bushey Heath

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Worknet - The connected learning centre

Computer Training at the BECC
2 sessions per week, bookable in advance
Don’t miss out!

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Improve your skills at your local Children’s Centre

Learn more about how to support your child’s learning & development, CV writing, Building confidence, Job searches, Computer training, English, maths and IT qualifications and much more...

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Services delivered by other organisations

AsPi Evening

A social evening for young people with High functioning Autism or Aspergers and their parents/carers at The Pines Shortbreaks, Wed 25th April 2012
Please book due to limited availability

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Free course for parents: Complete Guide to Parenting a
Child with Additional Needs

This relaxed and informal course is run by trained and very experienced facilitators who also parent children with additional needs.

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ChatSS

Parent support group for parents of children with additional needs

• Informal friendly group meeting monthly during term time since 2003
• Sharing information & exchanging ideas.
• Supporting parents of babies, toddlers, and of children in special and mainstream
  schools with additional needs.
• Raising awareness of the needs of children & families.

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Coffee Morning, St Nicholas and Martin’s Wood

For parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs
1st Wednesday of each month 11:30am – 1pm. St Nicholas and Martin’s Wood Children’s Centre, 21 The Oval, Vardon Road, Stevenage, SG1 5RD.

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Kids Aldenham Adventure Playground

FAMILY SATURDAYS – APRIL & MAY
Parent/Carer family days out with their children that have a learning disability or difficulty and welcoming along siblings

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Rainbow Support Group, Bushey

Are you a parent/carer of a Special Educational Needs child or a child with a diagnosed or undiagnosed disability?

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Roadmap to Learning

Find your way through the digital maze with details of computer and training courses in your area.

• Roadmap to Learning - Abbots Langley (pdf, 280k)
• Roadmap to Learning - Borehamwood & Elstree (pdf, 183k)
• Roadmap to Learning - Bushey & Bushey Heath (pdf, 180k)
• Roadmap to Learning - Park Street & St Stephens (pdf, 178k)
• Roadmap to Learning - Potters Bar South Mimms (pdf, 166k)
• Roadmap to Learning - Radlett & Aldenham (pdf, 169k)
• Roadmap to Learning - Shenley (pdf, 180k)

New HSCB course ‘Working with parents and carers’ Level 2

The aim of this 2 day course is to effectively and confidently engage with challenging families to improve outcomes for children. You must have completed a Level 1 Safeguarding course and the Integrated Practice CAF training.

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Petals – FREE childcare workshops

Do you want to progress in the child care sector? FREE Workshops on CV Presentation and Interview Techniques for Child Care Professionals

Workshops are now being held at the Community Shop and Borehamwood. Click below for further information:

• Borehamwood Free workshop (pdf, 844k)
• Community Shop Free workshop (pdf, 844k)

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