Training
In this section you will find information about courses currently being offered by organisations which cover areas associated with working with young people disengaged or disaffected from school and their families.
Listening to Children: Research and Consultation
This ten-week training course is designed for those who work with children and young people and want to improve their skills of research and consultation. Run by the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR), it involves a combination of online learning and classroom sessions based at the University of Edinburgh. Bookings are now being taken for spring 2008. For further information, email: L.marshall@ed.ac.uk
Effective Community Work - A New CPD Opportunity - A six-session evening class
The aim of the course is to support participants to critically analyse and articulate elements of good practice. The course is aimed at those qualified in Community Education and related fields. There will be an option for assessment and accreditation towards the Advanced Professional studies Programme. The course will be delivered on the Jordanhill Campus or can be delivered at a time and place to suit you. For further information, email: janis.mcintyre@strath.ac.uk or phone 0141 950 3988.
The Positive Behaviour Team: Training Opportunities
The ‘Promoting Positive Behaviour’ Team is seconded to the Support for Learning Division of the Scottish Government and has a remit to provide training and ongoing support to schools and education authorities to assist with the development of approaches to promoting positive behaviour throughout Scotland. The Team is led by Maggie Fallon and is made up of 8 members. Each team member has lead responsibility for a specific thematic positive behaviour approach, including The Motivated School, Solution Orientated Schools, Developing Empathy Training for Staff, Being Cool in School, Nurture and Restorative practices. The team has the responsibility to share these approaches with schools and staff across Scotland’s 32 local authorities. There are now opportunities for voluntary sector practitioners to access local joint training through the team. Initial queries about promoting positive behaviour and the team should be made to Derrick Bruce who leads on residential care/looked after children and the voluntary sector. To find out more about local training opportunities then please contact the team member with lead responsibility in your local authority area.
Contact details for all team members can be found here
Fast Forward Positive Lifestyles
Fast Forward is a national voluntary organisation based in Edinburgh working with young people and adults providing quality health education focusing on a range of subjects regarding young people’s health and well being. Up coming training courses include young people and self esteem, peer education and cannabis information session.
Download the Fast Forward’s Training Brochure in PDF format
The FRIENDS Programme: a proven, preventative approach to support children’s anxiety and emotional wellbeing, Stirling, numerous dates
The FRIENDS programme is endorsed by the World Health Organisation and supported by the Scottish Government. The programme teaches children practical skills to identify anxiety-increasing thoughts and replace them with more helpful thoughts, learn how to manage anxious feelings, and to use strategies to overcome problems rather than avoid them. The 10-session programme can be delivered to a whole class, small group or individual, with additional sessions for parents.
Download more information about FRIENDS in PDF format
Download the FRIENDS application form in PDF rormat
Right Track Scotland: Training Courses
Right Track offers education, training and employment opportunities to young people and unemployed adults requiring additional support to enter the labour market. Right Track offer a number of training courses including Managing Difficult and Aggressive Behaviour, Dyslexia Awareness and Data Security.
More information is available here
Mental Health First Aid
As with physical health, mental health first aid is based on the idea that the earlier a person can get help the better. It teaches people how to recognise the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, how to help in a crisis, and to guide people towards getting assistance. Penumbra has designed a course aimed at everyone in Scotland, whoever they are and wherever they live and work.
Contact: Penumbra
Tel: 0131 475 2414
Email: Kathleen.peter@penumbra.org.uk
Children 1st Child Protection and Training Consultancy
Children 1st Child Protection Training and Consultancy equips organisations involved with children, young people and families to be competent and confident about protecting children.
Our staff and associate trainers are skilled in child protection practice, policy and research and have experience and understanding of a wide range of specific issues and settings. We have worked with local authorities, voluntary groups and charities assisting them to play their part in keeping children safe.
Our training packages are suitable for any organisations involved with children and cover a wide spectrum of topics including
- Introduction to Child Protection
- Child Protection and the Law
- Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003
- Sexual Abuse Awareness Raising
- Multi Agency Child Protection Programme
- Understanding Emotional Abuse
- Communicating with Children
- Supporting Children as Vulnerable Witnesses
Programmes can be tailored to meet the needs of your organisation or group. From a 3 hour session to a more in-depth event, we can provide the right service to you.
For more information please contact Kathleen McInulty Service Manager or Pia Muir Administrator Tel: 0141 418 5674 or Email:
Barnardo’s Snakes and Ladders
Barnardo’s Paisley Threads Service has developed ‘Snakes and Ladders’ a unique training opportunity, that allows participants to understand more fully the complexities and frustrations young people face today.
For more information go here
Supporting children dealing with loss and change, Edinburgh, May 20th
This event will look at how to help children deal with loss, change and bereavement
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Understanding and managing problematic behaviour, Edinburgh May 22nd and June 12th
Problem solving and coping mechanisms in young people, a two-day course
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An introduction to emotional intelligence and resilience, Glasgow, May 27th
An introduction to emotional intelligence and resilience when working with children under 8
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An introduction to working with ADHD and autism spectrum disorders, Glasgow, June 3rd
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Assertiveness with and for children and young people, Edinburgh, June 5th
This one-day workshop is designed for all those working with children and young people who are either too passive or too aggressive.
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New! – Telling my story – analysing and reporting outcomes, Edinburgh, June 5th
This workshop will cover ways to analyse information to work out if you are delivering outcomes. It will also consider how to use information to create a self evaluation report and to use the report to “sell” the project to stakeholders and improve project delivery.
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New! – What are my outcomes, Glasgow, June 26th
This workshop will explain what an outcome is and what it is not. It will also explain how to set the right outcomes and outputs for your project. Some simple methods to start you on the road to measuring outcomes will also be discussed.
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Building confidence with positive communication, Glasgow, June 9th
This event will look at ways of building personal confidence by using positive communication
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Promoting positive behaviour in the early years, Edinburgh, June 10th
An introduction to managing behaviour in the early years
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Anger management: working with young people, Glasgow, June 19th
Explore how anger management programmes can be developed for use with young people
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New! – What are my outcomes, Edinburgh, July 24th
This workshop will explain what an outcome is and what it is not. It will also explain how to set the right outcomes and outputs for your project. Some simple methods to start you on the road to measuring outcomes will also be discussed.
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New! – The Challenging Classroom: Practical Solutions for classroom behaviour, Edinburgh, September 8th
This event will be delivered by Bill Rodgers, internationally renowned behaviour management expert, and is important for all those involved in behaviour management in schools.
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New! – Behaviour Management: A Whole School Approach, Edinburgh, September 10th
This event will be delivered by Bill Rodgers, internationally renowned behaviour management expert, and is important for all those involved in behaviour management in schools.
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New! – What are my outcomes, Glasgow, September 4th
This workshop will explain what an outcome is and what it is not. It will also explain how to set the right outcomes and outputs for your project. Some simple methods to start you on the road to measuring outcomes will also be discussed.
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New! – Collecting information to report on outcomes, Glasgow, September 18th
This workshop will cover how to set outcome indicators to help you decide if you are achieving your outcomes. It will also cover methods and tools to collect information about outcomes. The workshop will help participants to draw up a simple monitoring and evaluation plan for your project.
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Managing Behaviour: Including the Troubled and Troublesome, Glasgow October 4th
One in a series of standalone one day conferences addressing issues of behaviour management.
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