Our Live Online Training Opportunities
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NB Booking for some of our courses is managed through EventBrite, for which booking fees may be applied.
We also occasionally list courses that are presented by Dr Sue Jennings but are run by third-party providers. Booking for these courses may be through the provider concerned.
NDP and Self Harm
An NDP ‘Whistlestop’ Course
Wednesday 19 March, 1800-2000 (UK time)
Friday 21 March, 0900-1100 (UK Time)
Children and young people demonstrate self-harm in many forms. The strongest reaction of adults to self-harm is a feeling of helplessness and so they may cajole, threaten, punish, plead or blame themselves or suffer guilt. Self-harm stirs up profound emotions.
This Whistlestop Course explores the potential basis for much of self-harming behaviours, and suggests creative methods to both understand and even change this destruction of the body. We shall consider how we can take pressure off children and young people to provide answers, when often they do not know themselves why they hurt themselves.
There will also be opportunities for questions from people’s work or home examples.
Only £45 (including Eventbrite fee)
NDP and ATTACHMENT
An NDP ‘Whistlestop’ Course
Monday 28 April, 1200-1400 (UK time)
Wednesday 30 April, 1800-2000 (UK Time)
This Webinar provides a contemporary view of ‘attachment theory and practice’ and looks at changes since John Bowlby’s original pioneering work. There is now much more variation in cross cultural understanding of attachment, and there is also the impact of mothers returning to work. We shall also look at attachment in relation to ‘looked after’ children and the struggles of new attachments in fostering and adoption.
We shall explore creative and practical exercises that can be applied in education, therapy and parenting in order to address attachment difficulties. Therapeutic stories are important in attachment work and examples will be given.
Only £45 (including Eventbrite fee)
NDP and sand play
An NDP ‘Whistlestop’ Course
Monday 19 May, 1200-1400 (UK time)
Wednesday 21 May, 1800-2000 (UK Time)
This course demonstrates the basic skills of sand play and how it can be developed for therapeutic use.
Playing in sand seems to be loved by most children as well as young people and many adults. Children have happy memories of playing on the sea-shore, together with jumping over waves and searching rock pools. Digging and building in the sand seems to be the lasting activity with castles and moats and seaweed decorations. Many children are also drawn to a sandpit in the garden or playground and it forms a popular activity in outdoor play. Our connection with sand and water forms the foundation of it being developed in therapy and education.
This course will enable participants to integrate sand play into their range of skills and practice. We shall look at appropriate toys for sand play and the art of storytelling through the sand. Some children want to play in deep sand, and maybe hide ’treasures’ and hope they will be ‘found’.
Only £45 (including Eventbrite fee)
NDP and social anxiety
An NDP ‘Whistlestop’ Course
Monday 23 June, 1200-1400 (UK time)
Friday 27 June, 0900-1100 (UK Time)
Dr Sue presents this webinar and introduces a new approach for working with anxious children and young people to help them develop social skills and reduce stress. This 'Whistlestop' webinar will be of interest to teachers, teaching assistants, care workers, clinicians, therapists, parents, and all professionals involved in the support and development of children and young people
Social Anxiety is the fear of interaction with other people that causes self-consciousness, nervousness, feelings of being judged and evaluated, and as a result often leads to avoidance of anxiety provoking situations. . People with social anxiety feel they are being negatively viewed by other people and this can lead to feelings of inadequacy, inferiority, embarrassment, humiliation and depression. This short course illustrates a new methodology for working with children and young people through Neuro-Dramatic-Play and illustrates how a nurture approach can bring about change and transformation. Anxiety often causes sleeplessness and hyper-vigilance. It’s important to remember that all exercises can be modified to suit individual situations, and that where possible, children and young people should be empowered to choose activities that ‘speak’ to their experience. The techniques in this workshop provide a template for approaching social anxiety with children and young people. Some individuals might prefer to work initially on a one-to-one basis, and perhaps join a group at a later stage, others might choose to have the anonymity of a group rather than feeling exposed individually. Where possible, encourage them to choose how they would prefer to work.
It is important to remember that COVID19 also made an enormous impact on the lives of individuals and families with ensuing anxiety.
Only £45 (including Eventbrite fee)