Fegans Training
Welcome to Fegans Training. Our informative and affordable training benefits a range of professionals that support families and young children, including counsellors, teachers, social workers, refuge works, foster and adoption parents, and family support workers. Occasionally, specific topics or approaches may mean that the training is only suitable for delegates working within a therapeutic environment.
All workshops will take place on Zoom until further notice.
Do please contact us for more specific details, if needed.
Marcia Bluck & Jan Lampard - Talking about Diversity in the Therapy World
17 September 2021 - 9.30am to 4.30pm
£85
Marcia Bluck – Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Organisational Development at RMB Consultancy Services Ltd.
Jan Lampard – an Integrative Counsellor, Supervisor & Trainer, who brings 16 years of experience and knowledge working with children, young people, adults and families.This course will provide an overview of key considerations when thinking about engaging with people from a diverse range of backgrounds. It will focus on racial identity and how that might play out within the therapy space, however, using the intersectionality approach we will be able to translate this to other situations.
Looking at the elements that might form our world view and how that unconsciously informs our approach and how we can better understand the lived experiences of diverse groups will ensure that we can provide an inclusive response to their needs. This will then form a relevant look at how we can walk through what we learn during the actual therapy process.
Using a range of methods from presentation, group discussions, videos and self reflective tools this course will provide a strong foundation for inclusive therapy practices.
Julie Buckroyd - Working Therapeutically with Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders
12 November & 26 November 2021 - 9.30am to 12.30pm
£85
This workshop offers a general introduction to working with clients in this area. It aims to offer a conceptual framework for understanding the misuse of food, using attachment theory, and then to offer a wide range of strategies for working with clients. Central areas for consideration include, emotional language, attachment history, self esteem, body esteem and identity, relationships and self soothing. The workshop is active and interactive; participants should be willing to reflect on their own eating behaviour and attachment history as well as that of their clients.
Julia Buckroyd is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of Hertfordshire and a therapist in private practice, specialising in working with people with all sorts of problems with food, weight, shape and size. She is particularly interested in the meaning and function of the manipulation of food and looks for triggers to episodes of food misuse. She believes that clients are unlikely to abandon their eating habits unless they learn alternative means of life management and so focuses on helping clients develop better means of emotional regulation.
Esther Green - Safeguarding
15 October 2021, 9.30 - 1pm (ref: SGJ21B)
£69
Course Details: We all have responsibilities when it comes to safeguarding children, particularly in these incredibly challenging times. This live and interactive online training course will give a practical overview of what you need to know should you have concerns about a child’s well-being or safety in your day to day work.
The training will include an update on safeguarding & child protection legislation and guidance, as well as reflection on possible current case scenarios and practical examples. The aim is for this training to give all participants an increased understanding of their safeguarding responsibilities in the workplace as well as highlighting some useful tools and resources.
Tracy Bennett - Exploring Resilience in Children and the Importance of Parental Wellbeing
28 January 2022 - 9.30am to 4.30pm
£85
Tracy Bennett is an independent social worker with over 22 years of experience supporting both birth and foster families and their children. She specialises in equipping caregivers whose children are affected by Developmental Trauma with the tools to effectively support their children.
Underpinned by extensive research in the fields of Attachment and Neuroscience, this course provides valuable insight into the key factors which enable children to develop resilience and those factors which increase their vulnerability. Exploring the incredible plasticity of the brain and the way it develops rapidly throughout childhood, shaped by relational and environmental factors, this course considers how participants can support children and their families and increase their individual and collective resilience. It introduces the PACE Model by Dr Daniel Hughes as an effective way of connecting with children and families affected by trauma to strengthen the parent/child bond and build children’s resilience.
Papyrus - Suicide Prevention Part 1
11 March 2022 - 9.30am to 11am
£25
This Education and Training programme equips individuals, groups and organisations with the knowledge and skills to better understand suicide and suicide prevention. Through presentations, tutorials and training products PAPYRUS support communities to become suicide safer.
SP-OT - Suicide Prevention - Overview Tutorial
Key Objectives:
· To understand the prevalence and impact of suicide.
· To explore the language, and the challenges, when talking openly about suicide.
· To recognise the ‘signs’ that may indicate someone is having thoughts of suicide
· To consider how we can all contribute to a suicide safer community.Papyrus - Suicide Prevention Part 2
25 March 2022 - 9.30am to 1pm
£55
SP-EAK - Suicide Prevention - Explore, Ask, Keep-Safe
An Introduction to Suicide Prevention skillsKey Objectives:
· To consider the attitudes, myths and stigma that surround suicide.
· To recognise and explore the ‘signs’ that may indicate someone is having thoughts of suicide.
· To encourage an open, safe and sensitive conversation about suicide with a person having thoughts of suicide.
· To support a safety plan with someone thinking of suicideChristiane Sanderson - Domestic Violence
May 2022 tbc
Foundations of Mental Health for Schools
After working with many children, parents and schools to help those children who are struggling in mainstream education, Fegans and Schudio have put together this FREE course in order to aid teachers educate children that may be experiencing difficulties within the education system.
-Includes an introduction to Attachment Theory
-Includes how children's brains are affected by early trauma
-Will help teachers to understand the reason behind the presenting problems
-Practical advice to help teachers and children within school
-Help teachers understand different issues facing young children in education
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