‘Concept Cat, Language for Thinking, Word Aware and Language for Behaviour and Emotions’ courses bring the content of the books to life in a highly practical way. They take the content off the page and show participants how to use these approaches in their school or workplace. All of the courses are run in workshop style, providing expert guidance but also lots of practical ideas to implement right away. Participants will leave each workshop with a clear idea of how to better support the children and young people they work with.
‘Concept Cat’, ‘Language for Thinking’ and ‘Language for Behaviour and Emotions’ courses require access to the book during the course.
‘Word Aware’ courses require some access after the course. Generally 2 to 4 copies per school for ‘Word Aware 1’ an one copy per school for ‘Word Aware 2’ and ‘Word Aware 3’ is adequate.
For details about each approach please refer to the relevant pages on this website.
For further details about each course, and to book, please click the relevant ‘book here’ button below.
Courses organised by us:
If you would like to arrange online training for your school or service go to commissioning training
These courses are hosted by Anna Branagan and Stephen Parsons. There are two payment options. The preferred is via Bookwhen, this requires a card payment.
The alternative is for us to invoice you. There is a £20 additional administration charge for each invoice raised. If you require an invoice please email thinkingtalking@yahoo.co.uk with invoicing address, contact details and PO number.
Training for Trainers courses are not paid via Bookwhen.
From September all Language for Thinking, Word Aware and Concept Cat training will be on our Podia site. This is on demand training that you can access anytime and watch in bite size chunks.
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| Course | Date/Time | Cost | Booking |
| Concept Cat | On demand training, access anytime | Free overview (£0), setting training for schools and nurseries (from £200 for year long access), visiting professional training (£80) | |
| Language for Thinking | On demand training, access anytime | Free overview (£0), Language for Thinking training (£40) | |
| Language for Behaviour and Emotions 2 day course | 19th & 26th November 2026 9.30-4.30 | £210 | |
| Word Aware Training for Trainers 5 half days | Tuesdays am 12th, 19th & 26th Jan -2nd & 9th Feb 2027 | £500 | Email thinkingtalking@yahoo.co.uk |
| Language for Behaviour and Emotions 2 day course | 1st &8th March 2027 9.30-4.30 | £210 |
Courses
These courses are commissioned by other organisations. To book a place on these courses please contact the organisers directly. Some course are run by Anna and/or Stephen others are run by our Word Aware trainers. Course fees may vary: