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Course Overview
This is your home for the Therapeutic Pathway 2021
Here, each month you will find the coursework and any resources relating to each session. You can also revisit any of the topics we have covered to refresh your memory.
Each topic is divided into the following sections:
- Respond
- Read
- Remember
- Receive
- Reflect
- Revise
The home learning should take around 1.5 hours to complete and can be completed in one go, or by section, whatever works best for you
Some sections will be submitted to the therapeutic team and others will be for your own reference. You will be given clear instructions at each of these stages. If you have any questions or comments, please contact [email protected]
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May – Sensory Processing
Daytime – Monday 17th May : 10:00 – 14:00
Twilight – Wednesday 12th May & Wednesday 19th May : 19:00 – 21:00
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Complex Trauma
8th March day session.
10th and 17th March twilight sessions.
29th March QA (reflective) session
Trainers: Juliet, Leila and Ed
Sensory Processing
12th and 19th May twilight sessions.
17th May day session.
24th May QA (reflective) session
Trainers: Juliet, Leila and Ed
January – Therapeutic Communication
Therapeutic Communication
(January 2021)
Part 1: Respond (Start Here)
Respond: Please click through to the questions here and answer them as best you can, based on your reflections on the course. Once completed, these will be submitted to the Therapeutic Pathway Team to Review and in due course, you will be sent your answers.
This will be submitted to the Pathway Team
Complete Part 1 (Opens in a new window)
Part 2: Read
Read: Please read at least one of the following
Part 3: Remember
Remember: Follow this link to read 3 key points from the learning, Which one ‘resonates with’ or ‘speaks to’ you – write it out and stick it on the fridge, or a post-it on your mirror/computer – or create your own – help your regulatory adult brain with a visual reminder of your parenting aim
Complete Part 3: Follow this link (Opens in new window)
Part 4: Receive
Receive: Please watch / read at least one of the following mediums
Video: Communication and Assertiveness: Master Communication and Assertiveness Skills Training (40 mins)
Podcast: How You Can Feel Less Lonely (9 mins)
BBC Sounds Podcast
Video: Emotional Regulation in Young Children (5 mins)
Video: Attachment and Reflective Functioning – Howard Steele (25 mins)
Part 5: Reflect
Take at least one element from the training to think more about, to try and apply in practice, to wrestle with, to discuss with others – topics could include:
- Assertiveness
- Passive aggression
- Body Language
- Supporting your child communicate and express themselves
- Difference between empathy and sympathy
- Are adults good at listening to kids?
- What’s it like to be heard?
- How does communication connect human beings?
- How do I feel when I’m ‘Open & Engaged?’
- When am I triggered into Defensive Responding?
- When is problem-solving not/helpful?
Part 6: Knowledge Check
Knowledge Check: To check you have understood some key points, please follow the link to complete the short quiz.
This will be submitted to the Pathway Team
Follow this link (opens in new window)
Once you have completed all the above sections, your home learning is completed
Rewatch the course
Within a week of the course being delivered, here you will find a condensed version of the training for you to revisit anything you wish
You will also find the presentation used in the training
All questions and identifying elements will be removed
Download Presentation (Password Protected pdf) – Click here
Leave Feedback for us – Click here
Reading List – Click Here (Jan 2021)
February – Positive Parenting
Positive Parenting
(February 2021)
Part 1: Respond (Start Here)
Respond: Please click through to the questions here and answer them as best you can, based on your reflections on the course. Once completed, these will be submitted to the Therapeutic Pathway Team to Review and in due course, you will be sent your answers.
This will be submitted to the Pathway Team
Complete Part 1 (Opens in a new window)
Part 2: Read
Read: Please read at least one of the following
The below are books that are optional to purchase (some have free chapters on Amazon) – If you purchase them or already have them, the relevant chapters to this uint can be found int he following locations:
The Whole Child – Chapter 12
Calmer, Happier, Easier Parenting – chapter 1
Why Can’t My Child Behave? – chapter 1
The Incredible Years – chapter 2
Part 3: Remember
Remember: Follow this link to read 3 key points from the learning, Which one ‘resonates with’ or ‘speaks to’ you – write it out and stick it on the fridge, or a post-it on your mirror/computer – or create your own – help your regulatory adult brain with a visual reminder of your parenting aim
Complete Part 3: Follow this link (Opens in new window)
OR
To help you remember the key points from this month we have created a series of Mobile Phone wallpapers for you to save and use as your background, who knows when it might come in handy! Simply follow the link and choose the one you want to save
If you use one, please make sure to take a photo and share it with the rest of the group
Part 4: Receive
Receive: Please watch / read at least one of the following mediums
Audio / Video: Brené Brown – The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting (Audio)
https://youtu.be/SLZhG90HFG8
Video: You are not your thoughts
Video: 10 Rules Of Positive Parenting for Better Behaviour
Video: Compassionate Parenting
Part 5: Reflect
Take at least one element from the training to think more about, to try and apply in practice, to wrestle with, to discuss with others – topics could include:
- The parenting I wish I’d had as a child….
- The change in parenting styles over the years….
- Anxieties about shifting towards more ‘positive parenting’…
- Balancing kids’ self-expression with guiding them to be nice…
- How do I feel about being in charge?
- How do I know when it’s good enough?
- Managing my own feelings as a parent…..
You will be asked to reflect on which one you chose in your Reflection (below)
Part 6: Revise
Knowledge Check: To check you have understood some key points, please follow the link to complete the short quiz.
This will be submitted to the Pathway Team
Once you have completed all the above sections, your home learning is completed
Rewatch the course
Within a week of the course being delivered, here you will find a condensed version of the training for you to revisit anything you wish
You will also find the presentation used in the training
All questions and identifying elements will be removed
Download Presentation (Password Protected pdf) – Click Here
Leave Feedback for us – Click here
February Reading List – Click Here
March – Complex Trauma
Complex Trauma
(March 2021)
Part 1: Respond (Start Here)
Respond: Please click through to the questions here and answer them as best you can, based on your reflections on the course. Once completed, these will be submitted to the Therapeutic Pathway Team to Review and in due course, you will be sent your answers.
This will be submitted to the Pathway Team
Complete Part 1 (Opens in a new window)
Part 2: Read
Read: Please read at least one of the following
Part 3: Remember
A –We need to REGULATE the child first, before RELATE and then REASON with them
B- New healing pathways in our children’s brains are made through our therapeutic re-parenting. We have to help them ‘wire’ it before they can ‘fire’ it!!
C- Complex Trauma impacts our children globally in their development, not just emotionally/relationally.
Part 4: Receive
Receive: Please watch / read at least one of the following mediums
Audio / Video: SevenSlideSeries: The Human Brain
Video: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Impact on brain, body and behaviour
Video: Repair of Early Trauma: A Bottom up Approach. 11 minutes
Video: Regulate, Relate, Reason. Sequence of Engagement. 18 minutes
Part 5: Reflect
Take at least one element from the training to think more about, to try and apply in practice, to wrestle with, to discuss with others – topics could include:
- How do I keep myself in a ‘just right state’ in the face of my child’s extreme emotional dysregulation. Name one or two different things I can start practicing to help with this.
- When my child’s ‘thinking brain’ is offline due to stress, who do I connect with him or her? What new ways has this course helped me to do this?
- How can I track my own nervous system in the moment using the knowledge I have gained of how my body and mind responds to stress during this part of the course
- Stemming from information gained from the course how can I teach my child about his nervous system to help him/her learn that strong emotions are a sign of his/ her pain and are something we can learn to manage together.
You will be asked to reflect on which one you chose in your Reflection (below)
Part 6: Revise
Knowledge Check: To check you have understood some key points, please follow the link to complete the short quiz.
This will be submitted to the Pathway Team
Once you have completed all the above sections, your home learning is completed
Re-visit the course
Download Presentation – Click Here
Leave Feedback for us – Click here
March Reading List – Click Here
Points that came up from the course:
List of Hacks and Ideas- Complex Trauma Training
The boy who was raised as a dog
The Coventry Grid
The body keeps the score
Deb Dana Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection
May – Sensory Processing
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