Training Days 'We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them"
Albert Einstein - Connexions West Of England
- Bristol Social Services
- Gloucester Connexions
- Vinney Green Young Offenders Institution
- Learning Skills Council
- Bristol City Council
- Norton Radstock College
- City of Bristol College
- Connexions Cornwall and Devon
- BAND
- Off The Record
- Filton College
At present all training days stand as one day courses but could be extended to suit the needs of the particular client group. Anger Management  “You must be the change you wish to see in the world”
Mahatma Ghandi Explore anger within a safe and supportive structure. - Look at personal experiences from different perspectives.
- Practically explore interventions that could be used with clients and oneself.
- Gain ideas for practical games and activities that can be used with people to support safer self expression.
Who will benefit? - Managers, Team Leaders, Facilitators, Anybody who works with people. Understanding Challenging Behaviour  “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves”
Carl Jung Participants will have the opportunity to: - Look at personal experiences and boundaries around challenging behaviour
- Confront our own stereotyping and labelling
- Explore challenging behaviour in response to personal space and body language
- Practice helpful communication strategies and interventions for dealing with challenging behaviour
Who will benefit? - Anybody who works or has contact with challenging behaviour, Managers, Support Staff, Teachers, Connexions Staff, Health Workers, Social Workers, Youth Workers, Community Workers. Addiction Awareness  “True life is lived when tiny changes occur”
Leo Tolstoy At the end of the day participants will have: - A greater understanding of addiction.
- An awareness of the different addictions and asked the question why?
- Explored the progression of the illness.
- Understood the concepts of denial and enabling.
- Have an overview of recovery and choice
- Explored the feelings of the addict.
Who will benefit? - People with an interest in the field of addiction, . Creative Ways of Working with Groups  “Trust that still, small voice that says; ‘This might work and I’ll try it' ”
Diane Mariechild - Gained ideas for practical exercises, games, activities and topics that can be used in creative group work.
- Experienced the process of Circle Time and learnt about the values and assumptions that underpin its process.
- Had the opportunity to explore how the excercises can be adapted depending on the needs and abilities of the group.
- Experienced personal creativity as a resource.
Who will benefit? - Anybody who works with groups of people. Willing To Play - An Introduction to Dramatherapy  “Play is the exultation of the possible”
Martin Buber At the end of the day participants will have: - Experienced a drama therapy session and a drama therapy process.
- Learnt some basic therapeutic structures that can be used with people.
- Gained ideas for practical games, activities and exercises.
The opportunity to explore how these activities can be adapted depending on the needs of the client group. Who will benefit? - Anybody who works with groups of people and is interested in the creative process. Bullying Explored  "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood"
Marie Curie The training will provide course participants with the opportunity to: - Explore issues of bullying within a safe and supportive structure.
- Give opportunities to explore personal experiences of bullying from the different perspectives of bully, victim and witness.
- Practically discover both long and short term interventions.
- Begin to find ways of promoting a more bully free environment, culture or system.
Who will benefit? - Managers, Team Leaders, Connexions Staff, Teachers, Social Workers, Youth Workers, Community Workers, Learning Mentors, Health Workers.
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