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SCHOOL TRAINING AND CPD

EVIDENCE-BASED

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PRACTICAL

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RELEVANT

IMPACTFUL

Evidence-informed training that translates theory into everyday practice.

Schools need practical training that staff can confidently apply in the classroom.

Drawing upon the Parent Toolkit Collection and extensive experience leading behaviour, SEND and SEMH provision, our training packages provide engaging, evidence-informed professional development that equips staff with realistic, practical strategies they can implement immediately.

Each training session combines current research, real-life examples and interactive activities, ensuring staff leave with greater confidence as well as clear actions to take back into school.

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Flexible Delivery

Training can be delivered as:

  • Twilight sessions

  • Staff meetings

  • Half-day INSET

  • Full-day CPD

  • Multi-session programmes

  • Bespoke training packages

Sessions can also be adapted for:

  • Teaching staff

  • Teaching assistants

  • SEND teams

  • Senior leaders

  • Pastoral teams

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Why Sladen Advisory?

All training is personally designed and delivered by Melissa Sladen, an experienced teacher, senior leader and behaviour specialist with extensive expertise supporting children and young people with SEND, SEMH and complex behavioural needs.

Having worked within schools for many years, Melissa understands the realities of modern education. She knows the pressures schools face, the competing demands on staff, and the challenge of delivering meaningful support within increasingly limited budgets. That's why every training programme has been designed with one question in mind:

"Will this make a genuine difference to classroom practice?"

This isn't training built around theory alone.

Every session combines evidence-informed practice with practical, realistic strategies that teaching staff can implement immediately. Staff leave not only with a deeper understanding of behaviour, but with the confidence, language and tools to respond differently from the very next day.

Melissa's experience working directly with children and young people displaying significant behavioural, emotional and additional needs means the training is grounded in real-life practice rather than hypothetical scenarios. The examples, discussions and strategies are relatable, relevant and rooted in the everyday challenges faced by schools.

Rather than delivering CPD that simply ticks a box, Sladen Advisory provides professional development that builds confidence, strengthens practice and creates lasting impact for staff, pupils and the wider school community, ensuring staff leave with greater confidence as well as clear actions to take back into school.

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Our Professional Learning Programmes

At Sladen Advisory, our CPD is organised into three progressive professional learning programmes, allowing schools to build staff knowledge through practical, evidence-informed training. Every course combines current research with realistic classroom strategies that staff can implement immediately, creating lasting impact beyond the training day.

Foundation Programme

The essential starting point for every school.

This programme builds the core knowledge that underpins effective behaviour support, exploring behaviour as communication, emotional regulation, co-regulation, positive discipline and relationship-based practice. Designed to establish a consistent whole-school approach, these courses provide the foundations for all future learning.

Ideal for: Whole-school behaviour and inclusion training.

Emotional Wellbeing Programme

Supporting pupils to thrive emotionally as well as academically.

These courses focus on developing emotional intelligence, confidence, resilience and wellbeing, whilst equipping staff with practical strategies to support pupils experiencing anxiety, bereavement and other emotional challenges.

Ideal for: Schools looking to strengthen emotional wellbeing and mental health provision.

Neurodiversity & Individual Differences Programme

Building understanding, confidence and inclusive practice.

This programme explores ADHD, autism, executive functioning and sensory differences, helping staff better understand neurodiversity and develop practical classroom strategies that support every learner.

Ideal for: Schools committed to developing inclusive, SEND-informed practice.

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Want to find out more?

Please get in touch using the form below. Make sure to include your school name, area and which delivery method of training you are interested in.

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Explore Our Full CPD Programme

Our 2026–2027 Professional Learning Brochure contains full course information, training formats, pricing and booking details, helping you choose the professional development that's right for your school.