Events Search and Views Navigation
September 2020
Engaging fathers in family based programs
This workshop allows workers, organisations or networks of services to provide more effective programs to men and families. The workshop explores the importance of the fathers’ role in family services and how programs can engage and support this opportunity. The workshop focuses on: understanding what men might want when accessing community services using strengths based approaches when working with fathers engaging men’s in child protection and family based programs exploring skills used to work with men in a non-threatening way…
Find out more »Online Workshop: Managing Challenging Behaviours
Learn strategies to diffuse difficult situations, manage intense emotions, and move towards positive solutions. Everyone gets frustrated or angry on occasion, particularly when they are under pressure. Most people deal with their anger and frustrations in ways that are socially acceptable and appropriate. Other people however, may deal with their anger and other strong emotions in unhelpful ways that do not lead to a resolution. They may even make the situation worse. In this workshop, we will discuss and practice…
Find out more »THERAPLAY: Level One & MIM
Theraplay Level 1 & MIM Theraplay® is an evidenced-based, attachment-focused intervention utilising non-symbolic, interactional play to re-create experiences of secure attachment formation between parent and child. Therapist-guided short-term, dyadic therapy focuses on improving the child’s behavioural and emotional challenges through the parent-child relationship. In a session, the therapist guides the parent and child through playful games, challenging activities, and nurturing interactions. Theraplay® helps the child experience previously difficult interactions in new ways, helps overcome fear/ shame, increase trust, and create…
Find out more »October 2020
Online Workshop: The Casual Counsellor
At some stage over their careers, many people will find themselves needing to support or help a colleague or a friend who is in difficult circumstances. Counselling skills can often assist in the management of the colleague or friend’s emotional response to an issue or event. Other situations where a person may need to be the “casual counsellor” include helping a staff member who is a direct report, helping a student or parent in an education setting or assisting a…
Find out more »PICTURE THIS
Harnessing the Therapeutic Power of Genograms This workshop will open up the enormous possibilities and potential of the Genogram, a typically underutilised tool, as a process for both assessment, and intervention. Widely used by all professionals across medicine, psychology, social work, education, and youth work to name but a few. Many practitioners commonly complete only a basic genogram and file it away, never to be looked at again by them (or their client). This is a major loss especially with…
Find out more »Please note that posting onto the Events & Training calendar is reserved for FRSA Members only.