50 Carer courses in Nottingham delivered Live Online

Inspiring, interactive and unique 4-hour CPD certified Communication and Co-production training.

– in yourself and others Research shows that exercising self-compassion creates more resilience against stress, greater ability to focus, increases happiness and optimism, improves relationships and more. This live online course explains why and gives you a range of effective techniques you can use straight away…  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Accredited CPD Certificate: 6 hours * Length: 1 day (9.15am - 4.00pm BST) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Absolutely brilliant live workshop from beginning to end! > > CARMEL AUSTIN Many people struggle with showing themselves compassion – they may be highly critical of themselves, or wracked with feelings of shame, self-doubt or self-worth – but with the right approach it is possible to help them develop this key component of recovery and wellbeing. This new online self-compassion course provides you with all you need to know to bring self-compassion into your practice, your personal life and the lives of others – with plenty of time to try out the techniques for yourself. Join our expert tutor Julie Johnson [https://www.humangivens.com/person/julie-johnson/] live online on Tuesday 4th June 2024 for this helpful CPD training delivered via Zoom. When you book, we’ll email your booking confirmation – your link for joining the Zoom workshop will be sent the day before the event – numbers are limited so book soon to ensure your place. BONUS RECORDING – the training is recorded, in case anyone experiences technical difficulties, so you’ll also get a recording afterwards for a limited time to maximise your learning. WHY TAKE THIS COURSE Being compassionate towards ourselves when things go wrong, or we are struggling to cope, is not self-pity – it is an essential skill that can be learnt and developed, giving people the strength to move forward. When things don’t go our way or we feel we can’t cope – or something bad has happened to us – we may feel ashamed or blame ourselves for not being good enough, capable enough, strong enough and so on. This negative self-criticism can be highly damaging and hold us back. It is far more empowering to turn towards ourselves with compassion (which is what self-compassion literally means). Helping people to find the best ways to draw out their self-compassion is a skill that needs to be learned. Different from empathy (the ability to appreciate what another person is experiencing) and from self-pity (which is self-focused, exaggerates personal suffering and is disempowering and draining), self-compassion enhances resilience, allowing us to recognise our personal failings while appreciating that we are all human and make mistakes – thus helping us to move on past them. Learning how to use self-compassion from a human givens perspective makes it an extra-valuable tool for supporting our clients in getting their innate needs met and making best use of their innate resources. It may also help you in your own life. This indepth 1-day live online self-compassion experiential training day shows you how. > A wonderful online learning experience, jam-packed full of useful teaching and > loads of references to resources for further self study and development... > > KARSTEN ALVA-JORGENSEN, EXECUTIVE COACH WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * What self-compassion is and isn’t * Research findings that demonstrate the positive effects on the body and mind of exercising self-compassion * Why some people find self-compassion difficult * The roots of self-compassion * A new empowering perspective on making mistakes * How practising self-compassion helps our ability to problem solve * An important adjunctive tool for working with harsh self-criticism, trauma, emotional pain; bereavement, loss, change, and chronic-conditions * Why self-compassion increases resilience * Simple techniques for self-soothing and self-care * How to apply these new understandings in therapy * The especial value of using these techniques with parents and children * How to bring these technique seamlessly into everyday life * Ways that self-compassion helps with meeting emotional needs * The impact of self-compassionate practice on organisations * How self-compassion can help children become happier and kinder * Why compassion for oneself enhances sense of status * Ways that exercising self-compassion lowers emotional arousal and unhelpful thinking * How self-compassion differs from both compassion and empathy * The dangers of too much self-compassion * How self-compassion helps focus the imagination positively * Creative applications of self-compassion * How self-compassion maps onto every human need and innate emotional resource, making it an essential tool in every HG practitioner’s toolbox * Practical examples and case histories to learn from -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE FOR? * Anyone interested for personal or professional reasons * Including anyone working as a practitioner helping those in mental distress or with chronic physical conditions * Anyone interested in skills to help promote their own wellbeing and that of others * Anyone working or living with children, or young and older people * Anyone working with parents * Anyone working within a caring context, such as carers, teachers, NHS workers, foster carers, social workers etc * Therapists, counsellors and mental health professionals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE PROGRAMME The ‘Developing Self-Compassion’ live online training day starts at 9.15am and runs until 4.00pm. (BST). * 9.15am Join the Zoom meeting * 9.00am Introduction to self-compassion * 11.00am Comfort break and discussion * 11.30am Unpacking self-compassion * 1.00pm Lunch break * 1.45pm Self-compassion skills * 2.45pm Comfort break and discussion * 3.00pm Pulling it all together * 4.00pm End days -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

Self-help and relaxation skills and exercises for stressed, burned out SEN parents and carers

leading expert Philip Warford will talk about the options available to protect a disabled person using specialist Wills and Trusts

A masterclass in devising therapeutic metaphors This inspiring online training day gives you powerful, non-intrusive ways to help distressed young people – and others – overcome difficulties in their lives – the skills you will learn can also be used with adults -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Accredited CPD: 6 hours * Length: 1 day (9.15am - 4.00pm GMT) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVE ONLINE – Join Pamela Woodford live online on Tuesday 18th June 2024 for this enjoyable, experiential CPD accredited training day – you will have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, take part in exercises to practice the steps involved, come up with pertinent metaphors and create your own story. Limited numbers. BONUS RECORDING – you will also get a recording of the tutor sessions for a limited time afterwards to maximise your learning. >>  If you can’t make this date please register your interest below and we’ll let you know as soon as a new date is available. > Fantastic online training, engaging and thought-provoking throughout. The > confidence Pamela has given me will impact positively on my everyday practice, > I am truly inspired... > > PSYCHOTHERAPIST WHY TAKE THIS COURSE Children’s natural affinity with stories gives us an incredibly powerful, non-directive way to help emotionally distressed and abused young people, who can sometimes be hard to reach in any other way.  On this practical live training event you will learn how to tap into your own metaphorical brain to create therapeutic stories and metaphors ‘in the moment’ that are appropriate to each individual’s circumstances and experiences. Throughout the day Pamela – a master storyteller and highly experienced psychotherapist – draws on her own case histories, metaphor and story examples as she guides you through the steps involved in ‘thinking on your feet’ and creating a story yourself in the moment.  By the end of the day you will have lots of new, innovative ways to engage with and help distressed children deal with the experiences they have had – whilst also offering them hope, understanding, and new ways of thinking and feeling about life and themselves. Indeed, you may well be surprised at how quickly positive psychological changes occur as a result of the stories you will create and tell ‘in the moment’. Stories also play a crucial role in child development – through the ways the different characters think, act and overcome difficulties, children gain important templates for understanding the world and dealing with the challenges and situations they will meet in life – both now and in the future. They are a wonderful way to help build resilience. Storytelling and the careful use of therapeutic metaphor are crucial elements of successful counselling and psychotherapy – they help bypass assumptions and rigid thinking to offer a new, broader way of looking at things, awaken innate resources and offer crucial hope – just what struggling children need… > Wonderful, interactive online course. Pamela is a joy to listen to – I learnt > so much > > COUNSELLOR WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * A clear understanding of how to address emotional issues in children * Simple ways to calm and relax children – “it’s the way you tell ‘em” * Tips for igniting your own imagination and creativity * How to ‘think metaphor’ to find the right one for each situation * A step-by-step guide to creating your own stories – the 6 steps for creating short stories with metaphors specifically tailored to quickly bring about positive psychological changes in children and young people * Breathing life into inanimate objects and taking inspiration from nature – how to tune into your metaphorical mind * Valuable experience in creating your own therapeutic story from scratch * How to use your stories and metaphors * The importance of paying attention to the words children use when telling you something * Case histories which illustrate the effectiveness and flexibility of stories – and show why they are such powerful therapeutic tools, even with difficult cases * How to find your own metaphors and connect them emotionally to distressing situations * Using embedded suggestions in stories – exercise * Different ways to use therapeutic stories, such as those in Pamela’s acclaimed Brighter Little Minds series, to develop emotional literacy * The importance of incorporating all of our senses * How to adapt stories to use with adolescents and adults * Tips for thinking creatively ‘on your feet’ to come up with suitable metaphors and ideas there and then in the moment * Flexible skills that can easily be adapted to working with adults * Why subtly entwining a child’s interests into a story makes its impact stronger * How to introduce a story or therapeutic metaphor naturally into your conversation * Feedback on the story you create and time to ask questions of the tutor – a highly experienced and creative psychotherapist who has spent decades working therapeutically with distressed children and young people * A greater appreciation of the subtle power of metaphor, imagination and embedded suggestions [https://www.humangivens.com/college/therapeutic-language-workshop/] and how to use them to help the young people you care for * Increased confidence in creating and telling therapeutic stories yourself * A variety of story examples and ‘scripts’ * Lots of new ideas from Pamela Woodford’s ‘treasure chest of healing spells’ to spark your own creativity * Tips for improving your own storytelling abilities > Such a helpful live online training day – the use of metaphor via story form > is a powerful tool > > HEAD OF BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT SERVICE – EDUCATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Programme The ‘How to create healing stories for distressed children’ live online workshop starts at 9.15am and runs until 4.00pm. (GMT). * 9.15am Join the Zoom meeting * 9.30am What can go wrong for children? How stories can help * 11.00am Comfort break and discussion * 11.10am Using metaphor, relaxation, imagination and embedded suggestions * 1.00pm Lunch break * 1.40pm Setting the scene and creating the story * 3.10pm Comfort break and discussion * 3.20pm Sharing the stories you have created * 4.00pm Day ends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE FOR? Anyone working with emotionally distressed children or young people, including: * Psychotherapists, therapists and counsellors * Teachers and educational professionals * Childcare and healthcare professionals (and students) * Foster carers * Adoptive parents – and perspective adoptive parents * Social workers * Parents and carers * Interested friends or family who wish to help a young person they know * And anyone who would like to attend for personal reasons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/ This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. COURSE CATEGORY Relationships Racial bias DESCRIPTION Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. Everyone holds unconscious beliefs about various social and identity groups and these biases stem from one’s tendency to organise social worlds by categorising. So join us on a reflective, engaging day where we tackle real life issues in depth and create action plans for future practice. LEARNING OBJECTIVES * Increased confidence and understanding regarding Unconscious Bias * Action planning * New skills and processes to strengthen the inclusion of diverse groups * Opportunity to reflect and understand more deeply on what might be happening due to unconscious bias’ WHO IS IT FOR? * Any professional, carer or parent COURSE CONTENT * We will explore what is known about: * Restorative Justice * Diversity * Attitudes and Values * Professional duties * Reflective practice

Our one-day workshop aims to provide healthcare professionals with evidence-based knowledge to develop their theoretical and practical understanding of the importance of early communication between parents and infants. We also consider how to support parents’ bond with their babies when suffering with poor mental health. We explore how early experiences impact the child/parent relationship and how this influences brain development and the trajectory of infant mental health. We examine different types of crying and recognise the emotional impact this has on both the baby and carer and how participants can support parents in reading their baby’s behaviour and regulating their states. The workshop will also look at babies’ rapidly evolving sleep patterns and sleep cues and how staff can offer anticipatory advice to parents to encourage early good sleep habits. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP AIMS * To provide community staff with up-to-date evidence-based knowledge to develop an understanding of infant mental health, brain development and the importance of how early experiences impact on child/adult relationships. * For professionals to develop an understanding of what babies are trying to say; to enable them to support parents in gaining confidence with tuning into and regulating their babies. * To understand the evolving sleep patterns of babies up to a year old and how parents can support their baby to encourage early good sleep habits. LEARNING OUTCOMES * By the end of this workshop participants will be able to: * Understand how early relationships can influence the development of the infants’ brain and mental health. * Explore crying babies and its impact on the baby and their carer. * Understand the subtle cues of babies from birth onwards. * Offer parents anticipatory advice to encourage early good sleep habits. * Enable parents to respond to their baby’s cues in a sensitive, timely manner so the baby feels safe secure and loved; this is particularly important for parents who are struggling to bond with their baby, possibly as a result of postnatal depression or having experienced adverse childhood experiences themselves.

Never before have so many children been labelled with ADHD – not just labelled but also given powerful amphetamines as a ‘treatment’. ADHD is described as impacting on school-aged children and resulting in restlessness, impulsive actions, and lack of focus impairing their ability to learn properly. COURSE CATEGORY Behaviour and Relationships Meeting emotional needs Autism and Communication DESCRIPTION Never before have so many children been labelled with ADHD – not just labelled but also given powerful amphetamines as a ‘treatment’. ADHD is described as impacting on school-aged children and resulting in restlessness, impulsive actions, and lack of focus impairing their ability to learn properly. It is the most commonly studied and diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children, affecting about 3 to 5 percent of children globally and diagnosed in about 2 to 16 percent of school-aged children. 30 to 50 percent of those individuals diagnosed in childhood continue to have symptoms into adulthood. Adolescents and adults with ADHD tend to develop coping mechanisms to compensate for some or all of their impairments. ADHD is diagnosed two to four times more frequently in boys than in girls. ADHD management usually involves some combination of medications, Applied behaviour analysis (ABA, the new term for Behaviour modification), lifestyle changes, and counselling. ADHD and its diagnosis and treatment have been considered controversial since the 1970s. The controversies have involved clinicians, teachers, policy-makers, parents and the media. Topics include ADHD’s causes, and the use of stimulant medications in its treatment. So join us on a reflective, creative day where we look deeper at this whole area – seeing what we can learn from other areas that may help us in our understanding and inclusion of children and young people with this label LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Increased confidence and understanding regarding ADHD labelled pupils and their inclusion in mainstream schools 2. Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on movement and behaviour issues 3. New skills and processes to strengthen the inclusion of young people with ADHD labels in all settings 4. Opportunity to reflect and understand more deeply what might be happening in situations for someone labelled ADHD WHO IS IT FOR ? Any professional, carer or parent concerned with the education and inclusion of children labelled ADHD COURSE CONTENT We will explore what is known about: * Movement differences and accommodations for these – starting, stopping, switching, continuing, combining and so on… * Anxiety and its link to activity levels * Emotional roots to activity – the Circle of Courage will guide us

Self-help and relaxation skills and exercises for stressed, burned out SEN parents and carers

⭐ 10-week online course of baby signing for babies 6m+ and their parents/carers. Baby signing can benefit ANY family with a baby or toddler. Encourage and support your baby's early communication.