Academics and help workers in faculties should perceive the wants of neurodivergent learners.
At PAST, we’re obsessed with working with and supporting neurodivergent learners. We all know these kids and younger folks have a lot to supply, but the training system usually fails them as a result of workers do not need the best expertise and expertise. That is one thing we need to change.
PAST provides a spread of coaching programmes. They assist educating and help workers really feel empowered and outfitted to assist their neurodivergent learners meet their potential. Everybody advantages when everybody understands!
PAST founder Laura Kerbey with a replica of one among her books on Pathological Demand Avoidance
Interactive, informative, enjoyable
Our coaching is interactive, informative and enjoyable. Attendees will depart coaching classes with a ‘toolkit’ of methods and approaches that may be carried out simply in numerous studying environments.
PAST can supply bespoke packages tailor-made to your learners’ wants, providing full-day, half-day or twilight classes. In addition to coaching on autism and PDA, we will additionally present coaching on nervousness, behaviour and ADHD.
Along with our bespoke packages, we additionally supply coaching on autism and PDA that the Open School Community accredits at Ranges 2 and three.
We provide all our coaching in-house or on-line.
Testimonials from purchasers
Here’s what different folks have mentioned about PAST Coaching:
“Laura’s INSET on Autism, ADHD and PDA was extremely insightful and most definitely a priceless lesson for all educating workers at Newton Prep. Laura offered a wealth of clear and concise info referring to ASD, ADHD and PDA and drew upon the various parallels between each, suggesting helpful methods for successfully supporting pupils with a neurodivergent profile in class.”
(SENCO – Complete Faculty in-person Coaching.)
“I watched and listened to the whole lot within the Easter holidays. It made an enormous affect on my observe and actually supported me in creating a optimistic relationship with one among our college students.”
(Delegate – On-line Accredited Coaching.)
Laura Kerbey giving a presentation
Our founder
PAST was based in 2013 by Laura Kerbey. Laura has over 22 years of expertise working with neurodivergent kids and teenagers, together with as an Assistant Head Trainer and Head Trainer at a specialist college.
Laura can also be a director of KITE Therapeutic Studying, offering bespoke EOTIS packages to kids and younger individuals who can’t entry their training in class.
Most significantly, Laura is neurodivergent herself and may weave her personal lived expertise into the coaching she delivers.
Laura is the writer of ‘The Educator’s Expertise of Pathological Demand Avoidance’ and ‘The Teen’s Information to PDA’, each revealed by Jessica Kingsley Publishing.
Laura’s subsequent guide, ‘’ will probably be revealed in Could 2026, additionally by Jessica Kingsley.
If you want to be taught extra about how PAST can help your setting, please don’t hesitate to contact us at data@p-ast.co.uk or take a look at our web site www.p-ast.co.uk
