External Training

Name: FREE! Mighty Writer CPD webinar “Giving Every Child the Best Start in Writing” 20th October 2025
Start: 2025-10-20T19:00:00+04:00
End: 2025-10-20T19:45:00+04:00

September 2025
FREE! CPI – Safer Schools, Better Behaviour – Strategies to balance school safety and positive behaviour, September 2025

19 September, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Louise Dawson Professional and Management Development , United Arab Emirates

Balancing school safety with positive behaviour and relational approaches can feel like a contradiction.

Join us for this free 90-minute workshop to explore practical, evidence-based strategies to help you:

🔸 Work towards a restraint-free school by reducing restrictive practices
🔸 Build a whole-school culture of accountability & respect
🔸 Strengthen student behaviour through relational, trauma-informed approaches

Discover how a 360-degree approach can help you achieve both a safer school environment and improved behaviour.
Insights Psychology – Activity based support group for autistic thinkers ages 8 to 10

23 September, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

POSITIVELY ME!

An activity based support group for autistic thinkers aged 8 to 10.

A 6-week programme providing a safe, creative, and celebratory space for autistic children to explore their identity. A parent group runs at the same time.

- Tuesdays 23rd September to 4th November
- 4:30pm to 5:45pm
- 301 Dome Tower, JLT, Dubai
- 3,000 AED (inclusive of parent group)

With Geraldine Rowell, Speech & Language Therapist
Insights Psychology – Activity based support group for autistic thinkers ages 11 to 13

23 September, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm

POSITIVELY ME!

An activity based support group for autistic thinkers aged 11 to 13.

A 6-week programme providing a safe, creative, and celebratory space for autistic tweens to explore their identity. A parent group runs at the same time.

- Tuesdays 23rd September to 4th November
- 4:30pm to 5:45pm
- 301 Dome Tower, JLT, Dubai
- 3,000 AED (inclusive of parent group

With Anna Fahey, CBT Psychotherapist
FREE Webinar! Beacon School Support: Behaviour Tactics – Tricky Class? How to Build Safety, Structure and Trust from Day One

23 September, 2025 @ 10:00 pm - 10:30 pm

When a child becomes dysregulated, learning stops.

Pupils with communication needs have a greater the risk of dysregulation.

Why?

Because when student can't find the words to express themselves, they often show their feelings through behaviour instead. What looks like refusal or disruption is often a sign of stress, anxiety, or overload.

In this free 30-minute webinar, you’ll learn practical needs-led strategies you can use immediately in your classroom to:

• Reduce the risk of dysregulation in your students before it begins
• Keep pupils calm, safe, and engaged in learning
• Support communication needs without lowering expectations

These ideas are simple, effective, and designed to work in real classrooms.

Join live on Tuesday at 10pm (UAE time) and get new ideas that will help your pupils feel secure, regulated and ready to learn.
FREE! GEMS Winchester School Dubai – Inclusion Coffee Morning for Parents

25 September, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am

GEMS Winchester School Dubai (WSD) GEMS Winchester School Dubai, , Dubailand, near IMG Worlds of Adventure, Dubailand, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

✨Join us for a warm and welcoming morning of connection and conversation with fellow parents☕ ☕ Inclusion Parents
FREE! Literacy Webinar – The Reading–Writing Connection – 25 September ’25

25 September, 2025 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Webinar - FREE

Virtual Event

🆓 The Reading–Writing Connection 🆓

During this FREE webinar from Seven Steps, proudly supported by GEST Consultancy you will learn how to:

✏ Help students read like a writer and write like a reader
✏ Improve students’ reading comprehension skills
✏ Make students’ writing stronger and richer
✏ Boost student creativity and literacy skills.
October 2025
Insights Psychology – School Counsellors – Mental Health Toolbox, September to December 2025

1 October, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am Insights Psychology – School Counsellors – Mental Health Toolbox, September to December 2025

Virtual Event

🧠 Join us for a series of empowering mental health webinars tailored for staff working with children and young people experiencing mental health challenges.

🧠 Led by licensed clinicians, these sessions offer practical insights and tips crucial for effective support.

🧠 Feel free to attend any session that fits your schedule – no commitment to all sessions required.

🧠 Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enhance your skills and make a difference!
FREE Webinar! Widgit Wednesday – What Do You Want To Know 1 October ’25

1 October, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Virtual Event

For over 40 years Widgit Symbols have been used worldwide to support people and help them realise their full potential, no matter what their age, ability or background.

🆓 Join us on the first Wednesday of every month at 12pm GMT for a relaxed live session with Becca, our Symbol & Education Specialist!

🌟 These sessions are ideal if you do not have Widgit yet but want to see what it’s all about.

✨ Becca from Widgit will walk you through the software, answer your questions, and show you how Widgit can make a real difference in the classroom.

🖥️ Book your ticket for this session online now!
FREE! Mighty Writer CPD webinar “The Power of Talk: Raising Attainment Through Oracy” 6th October 2025

6 October, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm

Virtual Event

Oracy isn't 'just talk', it's the backbone of thinking, learning and ultimately attainment.
📈 Children who can articulate their ideas clearly often achieve better across the curriculum.

🔗 There are proven links between spoken language, cognitive development, and writing.
📰 Research evidence shows higher levels of attainment where oracy is prioritised.
🗣️ Embedding purposeful talk daily transforms progress in writing, reading, and beyond.

This webinar gives you practical classroom strategies to
- Make oracy a priority
- Impact writing outcomes, and
- Prepare children as lifelong learners.

Register to learn more.
Insights Psychology – School Counsellors – Mental Health Toolbox, September to December 2025

8 October, 2025 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am Insights Psychology – School Counsellors – Mental Health Toolbox, September to December 2025

Virtual Event

🧠 Join us for a series of empowering mental health webinars tailored for staff working with children and young people experiencing mental health challenges.

🧠 Led by licensed clinicians, these sessions offer practical insights and tips crucial for effective support.

🧠 Feel free to attend any session that fits your schedule – no commitment to all sessions required.

🧠 Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enhance your skills and make a difference!
FREE! 💜 Empowering Parent Event 💜 with ABLE UK, SEN2gether, and Louise Dawson – 19 October ’25

19 October, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

ABLE UK Building 33, 2nd Floor, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

💜 Empowering Parent Event 💜

Join us on Sunday, 19th October at 11AM at @ableuk.ae Dubai Healthcare City.

An inspiring morning bringing together rehabilitation, tech innovation, and parent empowerment - with insights from ABLE UK, SEN2gether, and Louise Dawson🌟

This is an opportunity for parents to connect, learn, and hear directly from providers making a difference in the world of special needs education and therapy💬

Reach out to register! @ableuk.ae

📍 Location: Healthcare City, Building 33, 2nd Floor
FREE! Mighty Writer CPD webinar “Giving Every Child the Best Start in Writing” 20th October 2025

20 October, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm

Virtual Event

Stay current with Mighty Writer's literacy CPD webinar series.

A powerful start in writing isn’t optional — it’s transformational. And the earlier we nurture it, the greater the long-term impact.

This webinar highlights the hugely important task of getting the teaching of writing right from the word go and the huge benefits to children’s long term success as writers when we do.

We will explore how purposeful talk can:

- Provide practical guidance to help teachers confidently support early writing development
- Empower educators to create inclusive, supportive environments
- Explore key foundations of writing.

Register to learn more.

September 2025

October 2025