Earlier this year, Manchester launched the Emotional Barriers to School Attendance (EBSA) guidance for schools, including a “Planning for Change” toolkit – an easy-to-use tool to help professionals to identify a child’s underlying needs relating to EBSA and to plan the necessary support.

This workshop is for city of Manchester parents/carers and will be co-delivered by educational psychologists from One Education and a parent-carer from the MPCF team with lived experience of EBSA.

We will cover:

• What are Emotional Barriers to School Attendance?
• Neurodiversity and EBSA
• Working with schools
• Using the Planning for Change tool
• Signposting and support

Event Notes

Booking is essential.

Agenda / Schedule:

• 10-11:30am Workshop + Q&A
• 11:30am-12pm Lunch + Networking

About the Trainers:

Sarah Ward is an educational psychologist with One Education. Her areas of specialism include EBSA and autism.

Leanne Deveney is a fellow parent-carer and is the forum’s lead for the Neurodiversity in Education project.