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All our training is currently delivered online. Upcoming courses are advertised here and on the Surviving through Story Facebook page www.facebook.com/survivingthroughstory/

Taster workshops for 2021 feature ways in which Storysharing® can be used in different ways and combined with other interventions.

Storysharing and Story Massage 21st January 2021

Personal experience stories are vital for all young people to build memories and form relationships. The Story Massage Programme  are both designed to enable young people with severe and profound disabilities, who communicate at a sensory level, to enjoy and share stories. They are also applicable across the range of SENDs.  We will explore how teachers and parents can use the techniques to personalise a story, and the role of touch and movement in establishing memory. Tutors are Mary Atkinson (Story Massage Programme), Katrina Arab & Nicola Grove (Storysharing®) and Gill White, Family Parent Consultant, PAMIS. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance. For more about The Story Massage Programme go to https://www.storymassage.co.uk, and the work of PAMIS on multisensory storytelling http://pamis.org.uk

Finding a voice through stories in sign 18th February 2021

This event will explore the creative ways that young people with learning disabilities can use gestures and Key Word Sign (eg.Makaton, Signalong and Làmh). Teachers and speech therapists often focus on vocabulary learning, but careful observation shows that they are capable of so much more than this. We will demonstrate how they tell stories in conversation, holding the floor and asserting themselves, and actively engaging in discussion. Supporting these skills means abandoning our preconceptions about their capabilities and being open to learning from and with them as co-producers of dialogue. Led by  SLT Charlotte Parkhouse and teacher Gareth Smith (Communicapers https://www.communicapers.co.uk) and Nicola Grove. We are drawing on original research first presented in the groundbreaking 2019 publication Manual Sign Acquisition in Children with Developmental Disabilities, now available in paperback and individual chapter purchase https://novapublishers.com/shop/manual-sign-acquisition-in-children-with-developmental-disabilities/

Sharing personal stories through AAC 18th March 2021.

It can be difficult for young people using communication aids and books to be really spontaneous. Speech and Language Therapist and Storysharing® Practitioner Ashleigh Paddon https://the-therapy-tree.com and parent Jitka Jakubcova have been working together to create engaging open ended personal experience narratives, and will share how they do it

STORYSHARING® TRAINING

  • Foundations of Storysharing – webinar  to describe and discuss the approach. Next training 29th April 2021
  • Practitioner training:  Webinars, self study and certification through reflective practice and personal tutorials. This is an accreditation which confirms that you have developed your skills to a recognised level, and are qualified to use the approach in a range of settings with different special needs and disabilities. It gives you access to the Members site, with videos, modules, resources, online support and reading to support the development of your practice

“Having seen the videos in the annual review I know it does work- pupils are expressing themselves very coherently and you wouldn’t necessarily expect them to do it.They’ve got structure, it makes sense and they are engaged with their story- and it is their story. Its personal- it’s about them, rather than having to fit into someone else’s structure.”

Contact us if you are interested in…

  • Family workshops
  • Mentor training in Storysharing® for people with learning disabilities who want to advocate for colleagues and friends who have severe communication difficulties.
  • Training for whole schools or organisations

“It fits into everything and that is what I like about it- it’s simple, it’s portable, and it’s adaptive, whatever you need it to be it can be that and that’s why it works!”

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Surviving Through Story

3 weeks ago

Surviving Through Story

Thank you to everyone who attended the first part of our 'Storysharing and...' webinar series - Personal Storysharing with Story Massage. Coming up on 18th February 2021 at 4:30 is our next instalment, 'Finding a voice through sharing stories in sign' which is all about sharing stories and discussion with key word signers. We are excited to announce our speakers for this event, Charlotte Parker (SLT) and Gareth Smith (Teacher) from Communicapers. Click on the EventBrite link to register and book a place. Tickets are £30 for professionals, we have a 5 for 4 bulk deal and parents/carers are FREE. Contact us via messenger or email nicolagrovesend@gmail.com for the discount codes.

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Surviving Through Story

3 weeks ago

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We are excited to be running this workshop again on Thursday 4th February 2021 5pm-6pm as we reached capacity last week and some people sadly missed out. So if you were looking to join us this time around, click on the Event Brite link below to register and book your ticket. Tickets are £30, there is a 5 for 4 bulk deal and parents/carers are FREE and can message us here or email nicolagrovesend@gmail.com for the discount code.

Thank you once again to Mary Atkinson of Story Massage Programme and Gill White of @PAMIS for this wonderful collaboration!

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Thank you to those of you who joined us for our Personal Storysharing with Story Massage Workshop on 21st January. Please follow this link and add the password you were given at the webinar to access the presentation and to download an attendance certificate. Do get in contact with us via messenger or email nicolagrovesend@gmail.com if you need any help with this!

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