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November 2016
Mindfulness Practices for Complex Behaviours, Parenting Kids with ADHD/Autism
How do you apply Mindfulness practices to children with disorders such as ADHD or autism? How can Mindful Parenting be used to support children with complex behaviours? Book a seat today to add these valuable practices to your intervention toolbox. Despite its inherent joys, the challenges of parenting can produce considerable stress. These challenges multiply — and the quality of parenting can suffer — when a child displays complex behaviours associated with ADHD or autism. Even under optimal circumstances, the…
Find out more »Dyadic Developmental Practice, DDP Level 1 Training
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an intervention model developed by Dan Hughes, Clinical Psychologist (U.S.A.). DDP is family-based and is focused on facilitating the child’s readiness and ability to establish a secure attachment with his/her caregivers. It is called Dyadic Developmental Practice both to focus attention on the importance of reciprocity in parenting, caregiving and therapy, and also to draw attention to the fact that abuse, neglect and trauma can seriously impact on the child’s developmental age and stage. This intervention is…
Find out more »Just Right State, Melbourne
The JRS programme is for working with school aged children and their parents, to enhance awareness of their own emotional states and behaviour, and how this impacts on parent/ child emotional states and engagement patterns. JRS looks at the use of sensory activities and foods, to help children learn how to self regulate their emotional states and behaviour. It also uses cartoon characters called ‘The Scared Gang’ which represents the different survival and attachment patterns of behaviour. The different characters…
Find out more »Building Resilient Workers – Campbelltown, NSW (Nov)
Resilience has been described as the capacity to adapt well in the face of adversity and to ‘bounce back’ from difficult experiences including significant sources of stress. In the face of the specific challenges for people in the helping professions, there is growing recognition of the need for workers to develop skills and practices that enhance well-being. There is also a growing realization that organizations have a responsibility to support staff by ensuring healthy workplace cultures and practices. Building Resilient…
Find out more »Roadmap to Ethical Compliance (1-day) Workshop – Hobart, TAS
Managing the complex ethical and compliance issues that come with work in the community sector, whether this be with staff, clients, stakeholders or even government officials, can divert your precious energy and resources away from your mission and clients. As some organisations have experienced, not getting it right can also mean reputational damage and/or deregistration as a charity. This workshop shows that developing industry proven compliance tools and techniques for dealing with these issues is easier than you think and…
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