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August 2017
PREPARE/ENRICH Going Deeper Canberra August
The Going Deeper Day is a follow-up and consolidation day. It includes skills training and practice opportunities for working with feedback techniques and workbook exercises. The day covers selected content and processes relevant to working with step-families, mature age couples and conflicted couples. It may be taken when registering as part of a programmed two day arrangement, or if that is not feasible or is not available, on a day to be selected (within 12 months) from the Core Training workshop, as advertised on this…
Find out more »1-2-3 Magic & Emotion Coaching | BRISBANE | Manage difficult behaviour in children
1-2-3 Magic & Emotion Coaching is a program for family services professionals who work with families and/or children aged between 2 and 12 years. It is based on two underlying perspectives on parenting: first, that children can be taught to respond more flexibly when they are frustrated or upset and second, that parents and carers can be taught easy-to-use skills they can use at particular parenting moments. The professional training includes role play, group discussion, worksheets and videos. This one-day…
Find out more »Homelessness Week ‘Action and Innovation’
Homelessness Week is an annual week coordinated by Homelessness Australia (HA). It is used to raise awareness of people experiencing homelessness and the issues these people face. It is held in the first full week of August each year. In 2017, Homelessness Week will take place on 7th-13th August. The theme of this year's Homelessness Week is 'Action and Innovation' in which we highlight the many effective approaches specialist homelessness services continue to implement to respond to homelessness.
Find out more »Executive Skills in the Classroom with Dr Anna Bortoli
At some point, to some degree all children struggle with getting organised, exercising self-control, and getting on with others. But some kids seem to need constant supervision and help far beyond the point their peers are beginning to manage certain tasks on their own. Child development research shows that many kids who have the brain and heart to succeed lack or lag behind in crucial “executive skills”. Book a seat today to learn how to develop this essential skill in…
Find out more »Young people and group work with Peter Slattery @ Hobart, TAS
Fast, challenging and fun... Young people are super-physical, super-influenced by their emotions, and respond super-impulsively to what’s going on around them. So with all this in mind this workshop will take you through a process that looks at how to harness all this for the good of a group. We will look at the skills, ways of thinking and practical strategies needed to run/facilitate groups with teenagers who at times can be challenging and difficult. We will look at the…
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