Looked-after children and reading

Practical training courses to explore the challenges looked-after children and young people face with reading, and to identify ways to support reading skills and enjoyment.

Anne provides training for foster carers, residential workers, social workers, designated teachers and library staff.

She delivers courses on looked-after children and reading for local authorities and national and regional bodies.

Anne tailors every course to client requirements and learner needs.

Participants can expect to gain:

  • more understanding of looked-after children’s reading development
  • new ideas for raising the appeal of reading and supporting learning
  • extra strategies for using books and other materials effectively
  • opportunities to share good practice and get answers to topics of concern

There are extensive handouts to back up the training.

What people say about these courses

I now have ideas of how I can encourage my young people to use books and the library, and how to exploit their interests and use reading as a hobby as opposed to another task.

Very interesting learning how to tackle children's lack of interest in books. Emphasis on importance of reading materials other than books was a timely reminder.

A very useful day with plenty of great ideas and resources to help with the children in our household.

V. enjoyable! Particularly found small group evaluation of reading resources useful.