Akamas
Experience Learning
LIFE STORY WORK: ENABLING CHILDREN TO MAKE SENSE OF THEIR LIVES
This course covers child development and the creation of narrative and enabling traumatised children to form a strong and positive personal narrative.
Content and Structure
Session one: Child development and the creation of narrative
- Personal narrative: how we explain ourselves to ourselves
- The seven steps of attachment and the creation of narrative
- Life story and the seven dimensions of child development
- Informal and formal life story work
- Working directly with children day by day to enhance their life narrative
- Using the review system to encourage and enable formal life story work
- Linking informal and formal life story work
- Teamwork: working together to build the life story
- Implications for practice
- Evaluation
Learning Outcomes
This course will enable you:
- To understand the creation of personal narrative throughout the seven steps of infant attachment
- To link life story work to the seven dimensions of child development
- To recognise the importance of both informal and formal life story work
- To think about strategies to enable traumatised children to form a strong and positive personal narrative
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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