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

What can I do to improve my relationship with my children? In this course, we will share techniques that will help you: * positively influence your children * be heard by them * help them handle their emotions with self-control and much more! Sign-up to be a part of the parenting revolution.

Inspiring, interactive and unique 4-hour CPD certified training on Communication and Co-production with Parents/Carers

In this practical and engaging workshop there is input on building an effective team around a child, problem solving as a team, improving communication and handling conflict. Communication with parents, problem solving and collaborating is explored. Empathy with parents who are ‘labelled’ is encouraged. COURSE CATEGORY Parents and Carers DESCRIPTION In this practical and engaging workshop there is input on building an effective team around a child, problem solving as a team, improving communication and handling conflict. Communication with parents, problem solving and collaborating is explored. Empathy with parents who are ‘labelled’ is encouraged. A key aspect of this day is ‘reframing’ how we think about the most difficult, hard to work with parents who attract many labels. Participants soon discover that they are more similar than they realise to those labelled ‘others’. The day gives those present opportunities to reflect on their attitudes and practice in relation to parents who are different. Practical ideas for joint problem solving and active engagement are fully explored. TESTIMONIALS > “Made me more aware of how to approach parents and carers” > “It (the conference) couldn’t have been improved. All the speakers were good” > “I’ll have a more positive approach to welcoming people” > “It will encourage us as practitioners to listen and think a little more. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Increased confidence in working with parents 2. Access to a wider range of practical and thoughtful strategies when collaborating with parents and carers 3. Deeper understanding of core values surrounding inclusion of disabled children in collaboration with parents and carers 4. Opportunity to reflect on professional attitudes and behaviour towards parents with a focus on labelling and stigmatisation 5. New skills and processes to make joint work successful WHO IS IT FOR ? * Early Years and School based Practitioners * Children Centre Staff * Heads and Deputies * SENCOs * Advanced Skills Teachers * Primary and secondary teachers * Local Authority Support Services * Social Workers * Health Workers COURSE CONTENT The course answers the questions: * Why is this parent impossible to work with? * Where do I begin to communicate with some parents? * How can I collaborate with parents and carers to include high profile children or young people? Best delivered over the course of a full day we will cover: * The importance of WELCOME * Labelling and reframing: Setting the tone: Reframing language to describe parents * Providing parents with insights about children’s behaviour using stories * Circle of Courage as applied to parents * Circles of Support * The Intentional Building of Relationships * Not doing it alone – The Importance of Teams in developing inclusive practice * Problem solving: Circles of Adults/Solution Circles * Community Guides If you liked this you may like: COMMUNITY CIRCLES [https://inclusive-solutions.com/circles/community-circles/]

Keeping Yourself in Mind: An ACT-informed programme for people supporting a family member with JHD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are pleased to invite you to our virtual course for parents and family carers of people living with Juvenile Huntington’s disease. The course will be run by Sarah Gunn, a clinical psychologist and researcher at the University of Leicester, and will be based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a therapeutic approach which focuses on learning to manage difficult thoughts and feelings, and to live a life which feels valuable and meaningful despite the struggles we encounter. This is an opportunity to explore the difficulties that can be associated with caring for a person with JHD (for you and within the family), to identify the values that matter most to you, and for you to think about how to move towards a more rich and valued life than you may have now. This is an eight-week course running from Wednesday 7 February to Wednesday 27 March 2024. The sessions will be on a Wednesday afternoon 1-2.30pm. Here is a very brief session outline: * Week 1: Introductions: To ACT, to the programme, and to each other * Week 2: Impacts of Juvenile Huntington’s on the “carer”* and wider family * Week 3: Psychological wellbeing when supporting a person with Juvenile Huntington’s * Week 4: Coping and adjustment: Living with, not battling against * Week 5: What matters to you: Finding your values * Week 6: Moving forward: Taking steps to align with your values * Week 7: Living a valued life alongside Huntington’s: Plans and coping strategies * Week 8: Reflection and ending: What’s next? *Note: Some people don’t like this term, so here we’re using it in quote marks. During the course, we will discuss which term would be preferred by the people attending. For more information on what information we collect and how we use it when booking onto one of our events, please see our privacy policy on our website.

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

Inspiring, interactive and unique 4-hour CPD certified training on Communication and Co-production with Parents/Carers

CPD certified, digital study session, 24-hour postural care training, learning new ways to bring excellence to 24-postural care, focussing on supported lying.

In this course we explore how we have attempted to build inclusive circles of support around individuals and contrast this with a radical approach to problem solving with parents – the Parent Solutions Circle. Parent Solutions is a brand new approach to problem solving with parents based on our live group work in schools. A focus on challenging behaviour brings interest, energy and commitment.  COURSE CATEGORY Inclusion Peer Support Parents and Carers Behaviour and relationships DESCRIPTION In this course we explore how we have attempted to build inclusive circles of support around individuals and contrast this with a radical approach to problem solving with parents – the Parent Solutions Circle Parent Solutions is a brand new approach to problem solving with parents based on our live group work in schools. A focus on challenging behaviour brings interest, energy and commitment. Essentially the approach involves gathering a group of parents and carers together who recognise how challenging their own children are and would like some help to figure out how to be with them or how to manage an aspect of their behaviour. The process is facilitated but majors on the parents offering each other their wisdom and ideas. The directness that only peers can provide to each other makes the work both powerful and effective. Mobilising the wisdom and experiences of parents in a safe way is a delicate art. In this training we will explore how this can best be done. Parents who have been on all the courses and had all the professional advice in world love this way of working because they get to offer each other their experience, ideas and wisdom. The approach is capacity focused, person centred approach to working with parents rather than the dominant deficit oriented and ‘medical model’ of viewing and planning for parents. We work with rather than do things to a group of parents. This training can be modelled with a group of parents or can be demonstrated with a group of professionals. We prefer mixed groups. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. For participants to learn how to set up a Parent Solutions Circle 2. For participants to understand the underlying rationale and ethos of this way of working 3. To learn the facilitation process and stages of the Circle process WHO IS IT FOR? * Anyone interested in working with parents and carers in a way that builds and makes use of their capacities rather than focus on their challenges and difficulties. * School leaders and managers * Social Care teams * Community organisers * Psychologists COURSE CONTENT * True parent empowerment * Facilitating groups * Problem solving process * Handling group communication * Allowing direct feedback and challenge between participants in a safe way * Building relationships * Creating natural circles of support that can provide peer support and mutual problem solving If you liked this course you may well like: Creating Community Circles [https://inclusive-solutions.com/training/creating-community-circles/]

This training is aimed at developing Person Centred Planning – for Local Authority, School or Multi Academy Trust professional  teams. Parents and carers can also participate in this training. One day introduction to underlying values and practicalities of approach in schools – 100 people 2 Day skill training for 30 participants to learn PATH [https://inclusive-solutions.com/product/path-process-step-by-step-guide/] planning skills 1 day follow up after 3 months to problem solve issues and celebrate what achieved. Person Centred Planning (PCP) is a way of expressing a set of inclusive values through a unique range of tools and techniques. The most commonly used person centred tool with children is a PATH – and it shows these values in action. Why now? The Children and Families Act 2014 sets out clear principles for supporting and involving children and young people in all aspects of the support and planning of their special educational need. The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 – 25 years provides the statutory guidance relating to part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014. Embedded in its principles is the need for a stronger focus on the participation of children, young people and their parents/carers in decision making at both individual and strategic levels. The use of Person Centred Approaches provides the opportunity to fulfil those principles. Working in this way ensures the CYP and their parents/carers are at the centre of all decision making and future planning. It provides an opportunity to engage directly with children and young people to discuss their needs, and plan how they can achieve the best possible outcomes. This should be integral to all planning for children and young people with Special Educational Need and Disability (SEND) throughout their lives. Education Health Care Planning processes are required to be truly person centred at every stage, including annual reviews, so understanding this way of working has never been more essential. Is this different to what we do already? This person-centred way of working offers a radical new approach to visualising planning, empowering and directly involving children and those that care about them throughout planning meetings and allowing for inclusive, creative methodology which builds on and challenges existing practice in schools. Core principles The focus of inclusive, person-centred working is first and foremost on ordinary needs and not solely on special needs. – Being somebody – Contributing by sharing gifts and capacities – Knowing people and having relationships – Having choice and control – Sharing ordinary places – being present in local spaces and having a valued role there The training is delivered by Inclusive Solutions who are Educational Psychologists with a national reputation for training and person centred planning with schools over the last 16 years. In this training, you will learn how to facilitate with a child, family, team or an organisation to think together around their preferred future or about a challenge or issue. Here is an opportunity to experience first-hand the person centred, futures planning tool – PATH [https://inclusive-solutions.com/product/path-process-step-by-step-guide/] (Pearpoint, Forest et. al. 1989). This course will provide participants with a practical introduction to person centred planning and approaches, including examples of best practice in using person centred approaches in schools. The course will explore the underlying values of person centred approaches, provide an introduction to the person centred planning tools and link this to national policy and guidance. Participants will gain: 1 Knowledge of person centred planning and approaches 2 An understanding of how person centred approaches can be used in schools 3 A basic knowledge of the person centred review process and where to find out more information 4 The skills to gather information about what is important to and for the children and young people they support 5 An understanding of PATH [https://inclusive-solutions.com/product/path-process-step-by-step-guide/] and situations in which this process could be used in school The course answers these questions: • What are person centred approaches? • How can we use person centred approaches in our school? • What is person centred thinking and how can it be used in schools? • How can we learn about what is important to and for the child or young person and share this information? • How can we make sure that the child is at the centre of their annual/transition review?