vPlus - Virtual Plus Online Courses
Welcome to vPlus – Virtual Plus
Online workshops for young people, parents and schools.
All workshops will take place over Zoom. The workshops are run by course facilitators who understand the joys and challenges of supporting children with high learning potential.
Visit our pages to find out about the latest courses: vPlus Young People vPlus Professional Development for Teachers vPlus Parents and our festival website to register for over 50 free events in our vPlus Festival 2021
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Courses
vPlus Young People
Potential Plus UK’s vPlus courses offer exciting online experiences for children and young people with high learning potential. To find out more and to book tickets see: vPlus Young People
With grateful thanks to the government, we have received funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund to offer our current courses for young people free of charge.
Sessions for Children and Young People
We are currently offering some sessions FREE OF CHARGE thanks to funding from the government via the Coronavirus Community Support fund distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Please visit our vPlus – Online Courses for the Community page to see our current courses. More are being posted each week for varying age ranges. The courses are due to run until the end of March 2021.
Funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, has enabled us to offer these courses for young people free of charge. Thanks to the Government for making this possible.
vPlus Professional Development for Teachers
Potential Plus UK’s Professional Development workshops are designed to enable and empower teachers in all school phases to support high potential learners. To find out more and book tickets visit our vPlus CPD page
Professional Development Workshops for Teachers
Teacher Professional Development Dual or Multiple Exceptionality (DME) Training – A series of 3 workshops
DME Learners and Identification – Wednesday 14th April at 4pm
In this session, participants will learn about the definition and characteristics of young people with dual or multiple exceptionality, including how to identify young people with DME.
Understanding the Framework of Support for DME Learners – Wednesday 21st April at 4pm
In this session, participants will learn about the framework that can be used to support the needs of DME learners to underpin their wellbeing and enable them to realise their potential.
Creating Support Plans for DME Learners – Wednesday 28th April at 4pm
In this session, participants will learn how to analyse the needs of individual DME learners and create a support plan based on identified needs using the framework covered in the previous session.
To find out more and to book a ticket for any of these workshops see the vPlus CPD page. School members need to apply the discount code when booking – this can found in Focus on Potential, or located on the members noticeboard
vPlus Parents
Potential Plus UK’s Parenting workshops enable parents and carers to support children with high learning potential. We are delighted to say that, thanks to the government, we have received funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund to offer some of our courses FREE of charge. To find out more about these and other courses for parents and to book tickets visit our vPlus Parents page
Workshops and Free Webinars for Parents
The following Sessions are FREE OF CHARGE
Dealing with Feelings and Behaviour of Children with High Learning Potential
Wednesday 17th March at 7.30pm-8.30pm
Find out more and book a ticket https://www.trybooking.co.uk/YQP
Advocating for Children with High Learning Potential in School
Wednesday 24th March at 7.30pm-8.30pm
Find out more and book a ticket https://www.trybooking.co.uk/YQR
The following Session costs £24 for non-members and £18 for members
vPlus Parents Workshop – Supporting Dual or Multiple Exceptional (DME) Children at Home Wednesday 3rd March 8pm-9.30pm
This workshop by Potential Plus UK Senior Assessor, Andrea Anguera will give parents the tools they need to support DME children at home. We will look at the most common issues parents encounter with DME children and how best to prevent and manage them. Parents will consider parenting DME children with a strength-based and developing independence approach, then learn how to use this in meeting the basic and sensory needs as well as the more specific issues of executive functioning and emotional regulation, among others.
To find out more and to book a ticket for any of these Sessions see the vPlus Parents page. For paid courses, members need to apply the discount code when booking – this can found in Focus on Potential, or located on the members noticeboard.