Multi-Sensory Approaches – Online Training Series

Bamboozle are excited to announce a new series of live online courses that share the key elements of our methodology which have been developed by Bamboozle practitioners over the past 30 years of working with learning disabled children and young people.

Our work is often described as ‘magic’. But it isn’t. It is the rigorous application of our beliefs, principles and strategies. These can be taught. We share our Approach with parents, carers, teachers and theatre practitioners in the UK and across the world.

We are passionate about sharing our Approach with practitioners and educators as this enables more and more disabled children to experience the highest quality theatre and creative education practice as well as explore their capacity to interact meaningfully with the world around them.

The third and final course in this series is Multi-sensory Approaches Online course running from 26th February – 19th March 2025.

These 90 minute sessions are delivered live via Teams and will give you the opportunity to watch techniques in practice and to spend time in discussion with some of Bamboozle’s most experienced practitioners. We will share how simple materials and methods can be used to create stimulating environments that offer many teaching and learning opportunities. We take into account two major challenges that teachers face: not enough time and not enough money.

This course is particularly suitable for teaching staff or practitioners who work with young people who might be described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

This four part course includes:

Session one

• An introduction to the beliefs and principles of the Bamboozle Approach
• Creating an Enabled Space
• Engineering the learning environment to validate all responses and value all participants
• Discussion and Q&A

Session two

• Using characters, narrative and multi-sensory environments for immersive learning experiences
• Session examples and ideas to develop for further use
• Building new narrative scenarios and adapting existing stories
• Discussion and Q&A

Session three

• Exploring ritual – a practical demonstration of a ritual
• Developing ritual as a tool for enabling engagement, valuing children and young people and celebrating their achievements
• Ways of adapting ritual to use in a variety of scenarios for a variety of purposes
• Discussion and Q&A

Session four

• Communication – minimising our language and listening to the whole person
• Talking circles – exploring young people’s “voices”
• Commentary as a tool for identifying and enabling communication
• Discussion and Q&A