Drawing and Talking - supporting children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs | Octavo Partnership

Course Date

11 Jul 2018 09:30 - 16:00

Overview

Drawing and Talking is a safe, easy to learn method of working with both primary and secondary age pupils, to help with underlying emotional difficulties that may be affecting their learning and behaviour.

Description

The DfE recently published guidance on Counselling in Schools made clear that schools have a key role in providing support to children with emotional and mental health needs. Approaches such as Drawing and Talking are useful for any school wishing to develop staff skills in this area and interventions that are effective in supporting children’s emotional needs.
The foundation course consists of a full day’s training. It is suitable for anyone who is working with primary or secondary aged pupils. No previous knowledge, training or experience is necessary. Participants will learn how to put this simple technique into practice. They will learn how to get started, how to run a session and how to deal with common problems which can arise.

Drawing and Talking is a serial drawing technique which takes place over one term. During the training there will be an opportunity to see how drawings change over time as this powerful, yet safe, healing method takes effect.

The theoretical component to the training will teach basic neurobiological theory relating to trauma, how to create a safe and containing space, the importance of endings and losses, how to deal with distress and keep children safe.

The experiential component will be an opportunity to develop the technique of mentally ‘Holding’ and ‘Being With’, another human being, an essential part of the therapeutic process. Participants will be expected to draw but no special artistic ability is necessary as it is solely to practise, experience and create the sessions for them and people with whom they will be working.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to run Drawing and Talking sessions in their schools.

Having now trained over 8000 participants in the UK, Drawing and Talking is a well established and recognised method for supporting children with social and emotional needs in a school setting.

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