Akamas
Experience Learning
ADDICTION AND SELF-HARM: HELPING CHILDREN TO MANAGE MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR
This course covers unmet needs, shame, emotional coping and helping children to recover and adapt.
Content and Structure
Session one: Unmet needs, shame, and emotional coping
- The seven elements of the infant attachment process.
- Adaptive and maladaptive behaviour in response to unmet needs.
- The impact of overwhelming shame.
- Coping and resilience: self-protection and self-harm.
- What substances do children and young people misuse?
- Creating an environment in which the child feels safe
- Recreating the seven elements of the attachment process
- Teaching children about attachment and addiction
- Helping children to self-regulate
- Helping children to find a protector self
- Implications for practice
- Evaluation
Learning Outcomes
This course will enable you:
- To understand the impact of unmet needs on emotional coping
- To recognise behaviours associated with cycles of addiction
- To identify the substances commonly misused by young people
- To think about ways to help children to manage their maladaptive behaviour patterns
Key Features
The price includes provision of training packs consisting of:
- Course outlines
- Handouts
- Evaluation sheets
- Attendance certificates
Booking Information
If you have any questions or would like to request details by post, please complete our Enquiry Form or call 01453 541860.
"Akamas has delivered training in a professional manner which has been well planned and positively received by staff. I would be happy to recommend their training to other organisations."
Pritpal Sodhi - Training and Development Manager (Fostering and Adoption), Kent County Council
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