Train with Tacpac and become a skilled practitioner in Communicating through Touch and Music.

Day 1 Essential

The perfect introduction to your Tacpac development

This training provides all Tacpackers with the fundamental understanding and skills necessary for the effective delivery of Tacpac. It is an essential training both for experienced practitioners and for those who are starting out from scratch.

During this day you will learn how to get the very most out of what Tacpac can do. You will have hands-on practice and learn how it feels to be a Tacpac receiver. You will also learn how to integrate Tacpac into any part of the curriculum or care plan. And you will gain CPD points.

We look at all the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of Tacpac; combining theory and practice into a fun, interactive and stimulating day of training.

Course Content

Our sensory system and the role of touch
Understanding the importance of the basic beat
experiencing the touch and music in an activity, using objects
use of thematic material
how the limbic system affects our senses
The central role of music in Tacpac
Sensory communication
Sensory overload

After the day you will be able to:

Understand the theory behind Tacpac
Learn to internalise and effectively deliver the Tacpac activities
Experience ‘sensory overload’ for yourself
Heighten awareness of your own senses (we have more than 5)
Discover how to work effectively with touch
Build skills in multi-sensory interaction (touch–sight–movement–sound)
Synchronise your sense of touch with your sense of music
Meet other professionals in the field, parents, and carers
Receive a Tacpac CPD Certificate in Sensory Alignment.

Course Information


	UK – various locations
	1 to 4 is £150 \| 5+ is £125 \|
	1 Day

Getting on a course

Hello Tacpackers,

If you are waiting to book a training with us, but cannot due to the lockdown situation, please fill in the form below or contact us on office@tacpac.co.uk and we will let you know as soon as we are able to book you in for your Tacpac Training. We are looking forward to meeting up with you all again, as we are sure, are you!

DAY 1 Essential, 2nd September 2021, Essex (Whole Team – FULLY BOOKED)

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Day 2 Advanced

Consolidating your Tacpac skills

Day 2 Advanced Training Day is for Tacpackers who have done the Day 1 Essential Training, and are using Tacpac in their daily work. Day 2 Advanced Training both improves and boosts your delivery skills. Together we consider the effectiveness of the sensory experience of Tacpac by focussing on the sensory stimuli from the music, processes and functions within the brain and the use of sensory stories with Tacpac.

Course Content

Using videos to improve our practice
Understand how music affects us
The development of the brain and the role of sensory experience
The use of Tacpac with sensory stories

The aims of the day are:

To develop your understanding of your own sensory responses
To develop your powers of observation to enable more effective communication
Understand the components of music at a deeper level, enabling you to guide your touch more intuitively
Understand the development of the brain and the role of sensory experience
Be familiar with the use of Tacpac objects

Course Information


	UK – various locations
	1 to 4 is £150 \| 5+ is £125 \|
	1 Day

Getting on a course

Hello Tacpackers,

If you are waiting to book a training with us, but cannot due to the lockdown situation, please fill in the form below or contact us on office@tacpac.co.uk and we will let you know as soon as we are able to book you in for your Tacpac Training. We are looking forward to meeting up with you all again, as we are sure, are you!

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Contacting Tacpac

Please use the form to contact us for more information on our courses. For clarification, the following information may be useful for you:

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I found the training was delivered well and matched my school’s cohort very well. It was thought provoking and gave me many ideas on how this can be rolled out and introduced. It also enabled me to get a clearer idea around the intent and the purpose of TAC PAC as a communication strategy and how this can be explained to outside agencies such as ofsted.

Cheryl Louis, Treehouse School

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole training day from start to finish. Vanessa was an amazing instructor and pitched the course well with both theory and practical. She was extremely helpful in answering questions relating to my context and I can’t thank her enough. I feel confident in taking this intervention forward in my class of complex P1 learners.

Charlotte Johnstone Teacher Park School

It was really informative. I would encourage parents and other professional to go through Tac Pac training. Found it really innovative. Most surprising fact that it can be done with household simple stuff and doesn’t need to be expensive, very much handy and easy to use for parents/other caregiver and professionals.

Online Training Delegate,

The learning of the importance of the beat and uncovering some of the myths that we had previously been doing in our school so now they can be corrected. I feel I can relay the appropriate content learnt to other staff within my setting now.

Eimear Corrigan, Teacher,, Palmerstone School, Liverpool

I have been working with children with special needs for the past seven years. I have been amazed at the transformation in children who have been exposed to Tacpac. As there are no trainers that I know of in the Perth area, I am interested in becoming a trainer to enable more children to reap the benefits of this wonderful program.

SEN teacher

Hilary, You have given much joy to many with your creation of Tacpac. You really have made a difference to the lives of many children and their families.

Sue Murray,BLENNZ School, New Zealand

Well delivered. I like that even though this training was virtual it still felt very interactive and a safe place to ask questions and have discussions. I do feel like I have the knowledge and skills to begin TACPAC ‘properly’ now (or at least after a few more practice sessions on my niece). Thank you very much.

Emily Parham, Speech & Language Therapist, OXLEAS

The activities were brilliant for being able to practise the movements to the music in a supportive environment. There was no part of the course that I didn’t enjoy and from which I didn’t learn. Although I have used TACPAC before, I hadn’t considered the importance of unknown music without any connotations attached to it for the receiver. This now makes perfect sense and was a revelation!

Ashley Chambers, Portage Practitioner, Kent

Great working with you all

Dom Knight, Oxfordshire Web Services

I messaged my manager during the break to tell her how amazing the training course is; I didn’t expect it to go into as much detail as it did. I liked how the course went into detail about the function of the Limbic System in relation to behaviour and response. I now want to do more research into the physiological aspects of behaviour in Autism to work on positive behaviour support within our homes

Tracey Hamilton, Homes Manager , Albrighton Care