Engagement activities for children and young people
Tried and tested creative ideas to get children and young people to engage with co-production of the Local Offer and SEND services.
Check out the engagement framework to plan the whole delivery of the work, and get the most from these activities.
Week in the life
This is a visual, hands-on activity that helps people share their everyday experiences through creating personal timelines.
Puppet shows for co-production
Puppet shows provide a powerful, non-threatening medium for children and young people with SEND to express their views, experiences, and ideas.
Prompt cards
Prompt cards are visual collages that help start and guide discussions about different aspects of life.
Interviews
This is a useful way to make sure you're asking the right questions. Check your assumptions, then use open questions to interview people.
I like, I wish, What if...?
A friendly, structured way to gather feedback and ideas, breaking thoughts into three simple categories.
Peer to peer filming
Peer to peer filming puts young people in charge as researchers, using video to capture their peers' views and experiences.
Creating soap operas
Uses creative storytelling to explore experiences and aspirations through character creation and plot development.
Mini me activity
Uses creative art and crafts to help people create small versions of themselves, then explore their hopes, dreams, and ideal futures.
These are the activities we run when we rebuild a local offer
Every Placid site is built with parent carers and young people in sessions like these, and Belong is built the same way with SENCOs. If you would rather not run them yourself, we can come and run them for you, gather fresh data for a section of your local offer, or refresh a section that has gone stale.
See how Placid is built →Talk to Jonny about running these with you →