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Are you a provider of short breaks, summer of play, after school or holiday activity clubs? Come along and join members of the SEND team to find out more about to support children and young people with SEND.
To book your free place, contact us on:
Email us on: SENDSupport@milton-keynes.gov.uk
This one-day course will give you confidence to use Signalong signs to develop language and communication skills: supporting children and young people to use signing effectively.
Additional Information Please contact the Speech and Language Therapy Admin team on 01908 725299 to book your place £85 for professionals working in nurseries, preschools or schools Booking is essential to guarantee a place on the course.
Hosted by Access Bedford, along with various other social meet ups. More information about the coffee club, and their other groups can be found on their Facebook.
The Woolpack Hub, Bedford
These are quiet hours tailored to support visitors with neurodiversity, inclusive of communication or sensory needs. Ear defenders and sensory aids are available, the hand dryers in the toilets are switched off, and tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the galleries.
MK VI Pre School Group
A specialist play and communication group for children aged 0 - 5 years with a Vision Impairment and a support network for their parents and carers.
An opportunity to speak to teachers of Vision Impairment and Curriculum Access Specialists form the Sensory Team and other professionals.
The groups run once a month at Saplings Centre and Sensory Suite Oldbrook, upcoming sessions:
Session 2 of 2 - you will need to attend both sessions
Precision Monitoring is an intervention approach based on the Learning Hierarchy (Haring and Eaton, 1978). Precision monitoring involves a simple structured approach for learning new skills beyond initial acquisition. The aim is for a skill being learnt, such as spelling or number bonds, to become fluent, maintained overtime and both generalizable and adaptable.
Please apply for the training courses via email
Spectrum Youth Club for young people aged 11+ with SEND
Every Thursday 4pm - 5pm at Chapter House, Coffee Hall
To book your place please contact Katie on 07850 916600
Service Six- Service Six supports children and young people to live healthier & happier lives!
Spectrum Youth Cafe for young people aged 16+ with SEND
Every other Tuesday 5.15pm - 6.15pm at Chapter House, Coffee Hall
To book your place please contact Katie on 07850 916600
Service Six- Service Six supports children and young people to live healthier & happier lives!
Spectrum Youth Club for young people aged 11+ with SEND
Every Thursday 4pm - 5pm at Chapter House, Coffee Hall
To book your place please contact Katie on 07850 916600
Service Six- Service Six supports children and young people to live healthier & happier lives!
Location: Middleton Pool, Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9BG.
No need to book
Cost: £10 for family of 3 and £15 for 4 or more. Book in advance, pay at pool on the day. (MK Short Break vouchers accepted)
Enquires via email to lesley.byrne@slatedrow.com
On the 1st Sunday of each month, Climb Quest run a special session for those climbers with SEND. We provide as calm an enivornment as possible for members of the family to climb. We turn the music right down if needed, and there are plenty of instructors to help. We also restrict numbers in the session to 14.
Visual stories to support your child can be found on the Climb Quest website as well as further information about the climbing hoist that can be used.
Groovy Gecko is a nightclub run with and for adults with additional needs. More information can be found over at Inter-Action Mk
On the 1st Sunday of each month, Climb Quest run a special session for those climbers with SEND. We provide as calm an enivornment as possible for members of the family to climb. We turn the music right down if needed, and there are plenty of instructors to help. We also restrict numbers in the session to 14.
Visual stories to support your child can be found on the Climb Quest website as well as further information about the climbing hoist that can be used.
Emily's Star Annual Easter Egg Hunt is back. Hunt around the Secret Garden looking for letters to guess the hidden word. All children will receive a prize of either an Easter Egg or non-chocolate alternative. Tickets are priced at £4.50 (+BF) for children - adults are FREE and do not need a ticket.
Our special needs evenings were introduced in 2009 after customer comments on how best some of our users might access our activities. Started as a pilot scheme in Milton Keynes for local families with children and adults with special needs, this not for profit event quickly became a regular fixture in the local calendar. Brothers, sisters and friends are all welcome to join in the fun after hours with the freedom and comfort of knowing that the time is suited to them.
A fun-filled sensory experience for you and your little ones! Our Trickster Figures exhibition will be brought to life by our sensory tour guide Julia Collar, who will ignite the galleries with music, story-telling, object handling and play.
Join one of our award winning Sensory Tours, and experience a unique sensory exploration of the exhibition Trickster Figures: Sculpture and the Body! This event is designed specifically for individuals of all ages with additional and complex needs, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), and their families. Makaton is used throughout.
Spectrum Youth Cafe for young people aged 16+ with SEND
Every other Tuesday 5.15pm - 6.15pm at Chapter House, Coffee Hall
To book your place please contact Katie on 07850 916600
Service Six- Service Six supports children and young people to live healthier & happier lives!
Easter Event on Wednesday 12th April at Broughton Fields Primary School.
MK Art Gallery are doing a special arts workshop as well as the inflatable slide and bouncy castle. There will also be trikes and bikes to play on outside.
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