For Vulnerable
Learners
SPAEDA offer specialist support for those working with additional needs students and vulnerable learners. Including network development and supervision for SENCo, SEND and PRU staff, training in provision of trauma informed settings and online subject resources.
We also run a programme of creative and therapeutic interventions for vulnerable children with additional needs that promote wellbeing and develop skills to use into adulthood, including: progression frameworks such as the arts award; creative offers responding to needs identified within Educational Healthcare Plans; home, hybrid and family learning opportunities.
Upcoming Training and Events
- Sat, 07 DecSWITCHBOOK - Free Taster SessionMore info07 Dec 2024, 10:00 – 12:00Rook Lane Chapel, Rook Lane Chapel, Frome BA11 1DN, UKGet to know the project SWITCHBOOK! Find out how it works, ask any questions and sign up to take part for 2025. This event features an exclusive gallery visit, courtesy of GLADE, along with an opportunity to dive into some hands-on sketchbook work.
- Runs through January - December 2025SWITCHBOOK – Join our sketchbook community!More info
- 20 Jul 2024 – 23 Feb 2025In the Footsteps of the Romantic Poets ExhibitionMore info
HeARTspace: unlocking resilience through art
HeARTspace provides a creative safe space where children and young people can find support from trusted adults and develop peer relationships in a time of crisis and trauma, through the making of art.
Thank you to our many supporters who helped us raise £6,254 for HeARTspace in March! All funds were raised through the Big Give.
Creative Leaders Network
We run networks for SENCOs and those working within SEND settings in Somerset to share and develop creative approaches to support their learners.
Our termly networks signpost approaches and resources designed to make the most of the creative arts within Special School and Pupil Referral Unit contexts.