ELSA Trainers' Manual by Sheila Burton
It's vital that staff in schools can be properly trained to support the emotional development and wellbeing of pupils. Designed for Classroom Assistants and Learning Support Assistants, the ELSA Trainers Manual by Sheila Burton provides staff with a comprehensive five-day training and supervision programme to become Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSAs), enabling them to more effectively support pupils' emotional development.
Wide Range of Topics Covered
To best support pupils' development, the ELSA Trainers' Manual covers a range of topics to train classroom and learning support assistants to improve their emotional literacy. The topics covered by the manual are:
- Emotional literacy in schools
- Self-esteem
- Understanding and managing anger
- Social skills training
- Friendship skills and therapeutic stories
- Active listening and communication skills
- Working with puppets
- Introduction to Autism
- Loss and bereavement
Comprehensive Training Resources Included
To ensure staff can receive the best level of training possible, the manual includes a huge range of training resources, enabling trainers to more easily train staff and enabling staff to more easily get to grips with the subject matter. The ELSA Trainers' Manual includes:
- Comprehensive training materials
- Ten PowerPoint files
- Facilitator notes and handouts
- Policy documents
- PDF file of the participants' course book
- Illustrative DVD