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Communicating & Direct Work with Traumatised Children & Teens

Communicating & Direct Work with Traumatised Children & Teens

This one-day course provides an opportunity to consider communication techniques for traumatised children aimed specifically at those working with children between 3 and 18 years of age.

Delivered by: Richard Rose

What you’ll learn

Techniques for reaching the ‘hard to reach’ child
Listening and interpretive skills
The significance of feelings and ‘magical feeling’
Trauma and recovery
Techniques for communicating and recording
Issues of Confidentiality
Addressing sensitive issues and providing appropriate responses

Description

This one-day course provides an opportunity to consider communication techniques for traumatised children aimed specifically at those working with children between 3 and 18 years of age. The course will introduce theories and practice rich in examples as well as inviting contribution and group engagement.

Those who attend will have the opportunity to try out these techniques and to actively consider their current work and evaluate how these approaches might benefit their service users.

The day will include 20 different approaches and those who attend will be able to use many of these in their day-to-day practice.

This course is also available for organisations to commission for in-house delivery for more information visit our ‘Commissioned Training‘ page.

Course Dates and Times

13th October 2026 9:30am-4:30pm (GMT) – this course is now FULLY BOOKED

9th February 2027

Requirements

Computer, tablet or smartphone to view live tuition via Zoom

Enquiries

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Success Stories

“This has by far been the most valuable training I have completed since qualifying as a social worker 16 years ago. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge, it's been amazing and I'm looking forward to continuing this journey.”

Diploma student 2024

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