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March 2024
Understanding Burnout: how to help prevent it and steps towards recovery eWorkshop 21-Mar-2024
Burnout affects thousands of people in helping professions across the world. People suffering from burnout may feel exhausted much of the time, may have lost empathy for the people they are meant to be supporting and their work performance may be substantially impaired. In addition, people suffering from burnout may have difficulty concentrating and may not be thinking clearly. This 3 hour, interactive eWorkshop is designed for people in helping roles. The eWorkshop will help you: Understand the difference between burnout, anxiety and depression Develop…
Find out more »Tough Conversations™ for Frontline Staff
Tough Conversations™ for Frontline Staff Psychologist, Michael Hawton and his team, present Tough Conversations for Frontline Staff. A practical workshop for those at the frontline of a school, council or service organisation to manage difficult, emotional encounters with members of the public. This workshop provides the practical elements and skills for effectively dealing with offensive behaviour as it arises and what to say to defuse strong emotions. Attendees will see video examples of both poorly conducted conversations and, by contrast,…
Find out more »Connecting With ‘Hard-To-Reach’ Young People eWorkshop 25-Mar-2024
Working with young people who are disengaging from school, family, those who care about them, means doing something unexpected: nothing ‘clever’ but something less likely so we can elicit a response of curiosity; a response of: ‘Okay let’s see…’ Each of the activities in this e workshop aims to, openly and intriguingly, do exactly this. Young people are super-physical, super-influenced by their emotions, and respond super-impulsively to what’s going on around them. This workshop will take you through a…
Find out more »April 2024
Resilience In Our Teens™ for Parents
Resilience In Our Teens™ is a child development course that aims to support you and your teen through the ups and downs of life. It is what we call a ‘parent-led’ approach, meaning that you take on the role of the coach in your teen’s life, and are able to guide them through emotionally distressing episodes. Designed & developed by psychologist, author and teacher Michael Hawton, it equips you with a practical and easy set of tools, and a solid understanding of…
Find out more »Tough Conversations™ in Child Protection
Tough Conversations in Child Protection is a one-day course for child protection professionals and family workers to help them to hold the often-challenging conversations with parents in child protection. The origin of these child protection workshops arose from a similar series of workshops already being held nationally for school principals. The workshop helps busy professionals to quickly assess and prepare for tough conversations in situations where clarity of message can make all the difference for vulnerable families.
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