In an exclusive live discussion, Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Director General of the International Baccalaureate, joins Ernest Jenavs, co-founder at Edurio to discuss his newly published book, Learning As If Life Depended on It (November 2025).

This is a rare opportunity for international school leaders to engage directly with one of the sector’s most influential figures immediately following the release of this ground-breaking work.

International school leaders face a complex, rapidly changing landscape. From climate issues to technological shifts, traditional methods of control and scheduling are often no longer enough to prepare students for the future.

In this session, Olli-Pekka Heinonen draws on his extensive experience to explore how schools can adapt. He will discuss why we need to move beyond rigid systems to meet the needs of a modern world.

Edurio CEO Ernest Jenavs will join the discussion to connect these ideas to reality. Using global data, they will examine how trust and wellbeing, rather than control, drive sustainable success in schools.

This session is a strategic dialogue rather than a standard book review. Olli-Pekka will share practical insights from his new book, challenging us to rethink how we lead.

Together with Ernest Jenavs, he will discuss how you can navigate uncertainty in your schools. We will focus on replacing anxiety with systems built on genuine connection and collective learning. We invite you to ask your own questions and explore what actually works in practice.

You’ll take away

• Leadership insights from Olli-Pekka Heinonen on the changing role of global education.
• Practical ways to rethink how school communities learn and live together.
• Strategies to build trust and wellbeing, moving away from heavy-handed measurement.
• Data-backed insights from Ernest Jenavs, linking Olli-Pekka’s philosophy to the lived experience of staff and pupils.

Register here to attend this session: https://home.edurio.com/events/book-club-with-olli-pekka-heinonen/

Speakers

Disclaimer

This training is organised by an external organisation and Louise Dawson Professional Development and Management Training cannot accept any liability or responsibility for the content or quality of the training.

Payment is made directly with the external training partner and any conversation about delivery of the training, payment, refunds, etc should be addressed directly to the external company.

If you have concerns about any content of the training then please let us know so we can raise them with the training provider on behalf of all delegates/attendees.

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Course Sessions

1. What is involved in communication?
2. Non-verbal communication and adult-child interaction
3. Social communication skills
4. Listening and attention skills, understanding spoken language
5. Memory and independent learning
6. Helping children to understand abstract language
7. Promoting vocabulary development
8. Developing expressive language and narrative skills
9. Supporting children with unclear speech and the link between speech, language and literacy
10. Helping children who stammer and linking it all together

Course Dates:

• Friday 6th February 2026, from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
• Half-Term break
• Friday 20th February 2026, from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
• Friday 6th March 2026, from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
• Break
• Friday 3rd April 2026, from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm
• Friday 17th April 2026, from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm

Times are shown as in Dubai/GST

Venue

Price

This course is priced at £460.00 per person to include Language Builders for 5-11s and the accreditation fee.

Find out more about Speech and Language Support for 5-11s and its content here.

Register here now to secure your place!

https://elklan.co.uk/Apply/Dubai5-11s

Disclaimer

This training is organised by an external organisation and Louise Dawson Professional Development and Management Training cannot accept any liability or responsibility for the content or quality of the training.

Payment is made directly with the external training partner and any conversation about delivery of the training, payment, refunds, etc should be addressed directly to the external company.

If you have concerns about any content of the training then please let us know so we can raise them with the training provider on behalf of all delegates/attendees.

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In this session, we will:

• Consider how to identify which children/young people might have SLCN
• Explore how SLCN might be linked to their behaviour
• Explore a range of support strategies

The content is aimed at practitioners working with 5-16 year olds

Customer Testimonial

‘Since implementing the Elklan strategies, the number of students with an EHCP who have received suspensions has decreased by over 40% over the past two academic years. This is because staff now understand the link between language and behaviour, and are focussed more on supporting needs than dealing with behaviour.’

Stacey McDermott – SENDCo at E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy, 2025

About Gill Clarke

Gill is a paediatric speech and language therapist with over 30 years experience. She has her own independent speech and language therapy practice in York, UK, as well as working as a speech and language therapy professional advisor for Elklan Training. In addition to working with individual children, Gill believes parents, carers, pre-school and teaching staff hold the key to unlocking children’s communication potential. Gill is therefore passionate about empowering key adults in their life to support them by developing their knowledge and confidence in how to support speech and language development through sharing knowledge and experience.

About Elklan

Elklan Training is a renowned organisation with expertise in the field of speech, language and communication training. Elklan delivers courses to teachers, teaching assistants, early years practitioners and parents to give them knowledge and practical strategies to develop children’s speech, language and communication skills.

Elklan will be running in-person training from February  to April 2026 – find more details here

Please be aware that some people have had issues trying to book spaces on our events. We believe this is an issue with the du/Virgin Mobile networks. We apologies for this issue, which is beyond our control.
If you experience this issue please send a email to media@louisedawson.com with the event and date, your name(s) and email address(es) of the people you would like to book on to the event.

To book your space at this event…

• Using the + and – buttons in the “Tickets” dialog box select the number of tickets you require

*** If you do not select the number of tickets you required you will be unable to progress with your order ***

• Click on the “Get Tickets” button

On the next screen…

• Add your name as the “purchaser” of the ticket(s)
• Add your email address [this is the address the confirmation details will be sent to]
• Enter your payment details [if required]
• Click on the “Get Tickets” or “Purchase Tickets” button at the foot of the page to complete your order

You will receive an on-screen order confirmation, and you will also be sent two emails to the email address you entered, which will include:

• Your tickets, and
• Your purchase receipt

If you do not receive your purchase receipt or tickets please ensure you have checked your spam or junk folder!

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Join Louise and Gill Clarke from Elklan Training to learn more about how this common childhood condition.

In this workshop we will:

• Explore what Development Language Disorder is
• Know the impacts DLD can have on children
• Be able to use key indicators of DLD
• Explore simple strategies to help children with DLD

Following this session, practitioners will know what DLD is and gain confidence in identifying children with DLD and be aware of some simple strategies to support them.

About Gill Clarke

Gill is a paediatric speech and language therapist with over 30 years experience. She has her own independent speech and language therapy practice in York, UK, as well as working as a speech and language therapy professional advisor for Elklan Training. In addition to working with individual children, Gill believes parents, carers, pre-school and teaching staff hold the key to unlocking children’s communication potential. Gill is therefore passionate about empowering key adults in their life to support them by developing their knowledge and confidence in how to support speech and language development through sharing knowledge and experience.

About Elklan

Elklan Training is a renowned organisation with expertise in the field of speech, language and communication training. Elklan delivers courses to teachers, teaching assistants, early years practitioners and parents to give them knowledge and practical strategies to develop children’s speech, language and communication skills.

Elklan will be running in-person training from October ’25 to January ’26 – find more details here

Please be aware that some people have had issues trying to book spaces on our events. We believe this is an issue with the du/Virgin Mobile networks. We apologies for this issue, which is beyond our control.
If you experience this issue please send a email to media@louisedawson.com with the event and date, your name(s) and email address(es) of the people you would like to book on to the event.

To book your space at this event…

• Using the + and – buttons in the “Tickets” dialog box select the number of tickets you require

*** If you do not select the number of tickets you required you will be unable to progress with your order ***

• Click on the “Get Tickets” button

On the next screen…

• Add your name as the “purchaser” of the ticket(s)
• Add your email address [this is the address the confirmation details will be sent to]
• Enter your payment details [if required]
• Click on the “Get Tickets” or “Purchase Tickets” button at the foot of the page to complete your order

You will receive an on-screen order confirmation, and you will also be sent two emails to the email address you entered, which will include:

• Your tickets, and
• Your purchase receipt

If you do not receive your purchase receipt or tickets please ensure you have checked your spam or junk folder!

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Course Dates:

• Friday 31st October 2025 8:00 am 12:30 pm
• Friday 14th November 2025 8:00 am 12:30 pm
• Friday 28th November 2025 8:00 am 12:30 pm
• Friday 9th January 2026 8:00 am 12:30 pm
• Friday 23rd January 2026 8:00 am 12:30 pm

Times are shown as in Dubai

Course Sessions
1. What is involved in communication?
2. Non-verbal communication and adult-child interaction
3. Social communication skills
4. Listening and attention skills, understanding spoken language
5. Memory and independent learning
6. Helping children to understand abstract language
7. Promoting vocabulary development
8. Developing expressive language and narrative skills
9. Supporting children with unclear speech and the link between speech, language and literacy
10. Helping children who stammer and linking it all together

Venue

Price

This course is priced at £460.00 per person to include Language Builders for 5-11s and the accreditation fee.

Find out more about Speech and Language Support for 5-11s and its content here.

Register here now to secure your place!

https://elklan.co.uk/Apply/Dubai5-11s

Disclaimer

This training is organised by an external organisation and Louise Dawson Professional Development and Management Training cannot accept any liability or responsibility for the content or quality of the training.

Payment is made directly with the external training partner and any conversation about delivery of the training, payment, refunds, etc should be addressed directly to the external company.

If you have concerns about any content of the training then please let us know so we can raise them with the training provider on behalf of all delegates/attendees.

The post Elklan – Face-to-face training – “Speech and Language Support for 5-11s” – October ’25 to January ’26 appeared first on Louise Dawson Professional and Management Development Training.