Our Live Online Training Opportunities
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NB Booking for some of our courses is managed through EventBrite, for which booking fees may be applied.
We also occasionally list courses that are presented by Dr Sue Jennings but are run by third-party providers. Booking for these courses may be through the provider concerned.
PRO-active play for children who wait
TICKETS ONLY £25.00
Wednesday 6 May, 1800-1930pm (UK time)
Pro-Active Play is for children who have to wait: whether for the outcome of a court case, or for assessment, or for therapeutic intervention. The children we are talking about have already been waiting for someone to see that there may be issues to deal with. Distress, meltdowns, and changed behaviour in response to trauma, abuse or neglect, appear gradually, and then someone decides to do something. And then there is usually a slow answer to an urgent struggle.
If we can enable play (not play therapy or therapeutic play), children will be able to focus their energy and distress on the playful process. What I have called in other contexts ‘maintenance play’. By building or painting or exploring, all the several facets of play, there will be benefits for both the child and the family. Since many of these children will be overwhelmed by their experiences, it is important not to overwhelm them with too many choices. A small range of very specific resources are recommended which take a child ‘back to the basics’.
This webinar will focus on the basic principles behind Pro-Active Play and provide examples and methods for practitioners.
Only £25 (including Eventbrite fee)
sand play and stories
TICKETS ONLY £25.00
Wednesday 3 June, 1800-1930 (UK time)
or Friday 5 June, 1200-1330 (UK time)
This short course demonstrates the basic skills of sand play and how it can be developed for storytelling in schools and therapy.
Playing in sand seems to be loved by most children as well as young people and many adults. Children have happy memories of playing on the sea-shore, together with jumping over waves and searching rock pools. Digging and building in the sand seems to be the lasting activity with castles and moats and seaweed decorations. Many children are also drawn to a sandpit in the garden or playground and it forms a popular activity in outdoor play.
Only £25 (including Eventbrite fee)
trauma-informed teaching and therapy
TICKETS ONLY £25.00
Wednesday 17 June, 1800-1930 (UK time)
or Friday 19 June, 1200-1330 (UK time)
Trauma is the effect of an extreme experience on an individual or group, such as a school class. It may be caused by a single event (Acute Trauma), persistent events (Chronic Trauma), or multiple events (Complex Trauma). Every trauma has different impacts on children, who often respond with the flight, fight, freeze + responses. The impact of traumas on children cannot be dismissed or ignored - children don’t just ‘get over it’ - as the impact of the Covid crisis has shown.
This webinar looks at the impact of trauma on children and offers simple interventions for teachers and therapists.
Only £25 (including Eventbrite fee)