Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) training courses

Behaviour and the Relational Approach

Delivered by:

SEND Leaders Team

Session content:

This session is aimed at school staff as an introduction to the Relational Approach. It encourages staff to view all behaviour as a form of communication, and how it may relate to unmet need in the 4 areas of SEND, briefly touching on trauma and attachment.

The session offers some strategies that can be put in place using a whole school relational approach to behaviour, giving suggestions for recording and monitoring and signposts where to go for advice or more information.

Duration:

Minimum one hour

Venue, date and time:

Delivered in house, contact the team to agree date

Cost:

Not applicable

Joining and booking information:

Email: SENDLeadersTeam@salford.gov.uk to book a place.

Reducing Barriers to School Attendance (EBSA)

Delivered by:

Educational Psychology Service

Session content:

This training is jointly delivered by the EPS and School Attendance Team. It will develop your understanding of preventative approaches to support attendance and school belonging, early identification and intervention approaches and how to support young people who may be experiencing extended non-attendance.

All of our training is open to all, but for it to be maximally impactful it will be helpful if a member of staff who can cascade learning and lead change within your school attends (e.g. SENCO, Attendance Lead, Pastoral Lead, SLT). Teachers or teaching assistants may attend, if they have support to embed learning from the training within the school.

Venue, date and time:

RBTE

• Thursday 11 June 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm, Broughton Hub, 50 Rigby Street, Salford, M7 4BQ

Extended Non-attendance

• Wednesday 18 March 2026, 9.30am to 11am, Eccles Gateway, 28 Barton Lane, Eccles, Salford, M30 0TU

Cost:

Free

Joining and booking information: 

Please email EPS@salford.gov.uk with the subject title ‘Centralised Training’ to book on a session.

Positive Behaviour Support

Delivered by:

Springwood Primary School 

Session content:

This course looks at behaviour from a Positive Behaviour Support point of view. 
The content of the sessions covers the following themes:

• Challenging behaviour
• Values
• Behaviour management and behaviour support
• The assault cycle and staff well being
• Functional assessment and the use of data
• Hypotheses and proactive planning
• Quality of life and incident reduction
• Reactive strategies and restrictive intervention
• Restrictive practice

Target audience

The content of the course is aimed at those who work with children with SEND and would be relevant to both mainstream colleagues and also those from special educational settings. 

The course will run over three sessions and can be completed in either the autumn, spring or summer terms.

Duration:

Three hours per session

Venue, date and time:

Spring Term:

• Monday 24 February 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Monday 3 March 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Monday 9 March 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm

Venue: Springwood Primary School, Craig Hall Site, Preston Avenue, Irlam, M44 5XB

Summer Term:

• Monday 8 June 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Monday 29 June 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Monday 6 July 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm

Cost:

£180

Fees: The price quoted is correct at the time of publication and is exclusive of VAT, which will be charged where applicable. Payments should be made to ‘The Link Education Trust.’ Bank details will be on your invoice.

Joining and booking information: 

Book a place on Positive Behaviour Support

Terms and conditions

Cancellations: We reserve the right to cancel or alter dates of any courses. If a course is cancelled by us then delegates will be moved on to the next available course or a full refund will be offered. If a course is cancelled by the participant, the following will be applied: 

• A course cancelled 28 days prior to the course date will be fully refunded. 
• A course cancelled between 7 and 27 days will be charged at 25% 
• Any course cancelled less than 7 days before the due date will be charged at full price. 
• Any non-attendance without prior warning will be charged at full price.

Parking: Parking on site is limited. Please be respectful of our neighbours when parking on the surrounding roads. 

Lunch time and refreshments: Lunch will not be provided by the venue, therefore please bring a packed lunch. 

Please note, we do not allow the following products on our school site due to pupil allergies. 

• Nuts of any type including tree nuts. 
• Kiwi fruit 
• Shellfish Refreshments will be provided as appropriate. 

If any participants have a disability or require special arrangements, please let us know in advance and we will ensure that reasonable adjustments are made.

Bereavement and Loss

Delivered by:

Educational Psychology Service

Session content:

This training session will look at the context and prevalence of bereavement and loss, how bereavement can impact children and young people, and the kind of behaviours you might see as a result. There will be an overview of theoretical models of loss and bereavement, and thinking about children’s developmental understanding in relation to this. This training will look at how we can support children and young people who have experienced loss.

All of our training is open to all, but for it to be maximally impactful it will be helpful if a member of staff who can cascade learning and lead change within your school attends (e.g. SENCO, Attendance Lead, Pastoral Lead, SLT). Teachers or teaching assistants may attend, if they have support to embed learning from the training within the school.

Duration:

Two hours 30 minutes

Venue, date and time:

• Thursday 18 June 2026, 9.30am to 12pm, Broughton Hub, 50 Rigby Street, Salford M7 4BQ

Cost:

Free

Joining and booking information: 

Please email EPS@salford.gov.uk with the subject title ‘Centralised Training’ to book on a session.

This page was last updated on 23 January 2026