Engaging children: Creative conclusions

Self-directed online training

Event description

Practitioners can intentionally create opportunities for children to share what they have found helpful in dealing with problems with other children facing similar circumstances.

This course explores practices to help children connect with and contribute to others, as well as finishing your work with them.

This session will cover:

In this course you will work towards developing your confidence to use a range of practice skills in:
– creating opportunities for children to share what they have found helpful in responding to problems with other children facing similar
circumstances.
– concluding individual consultations with children and families in ways that are accountable, helpful and hopeful.
– ending overall work with children and their families in ways that are collaborative, acknowledging and accountable.

Eligibility criteria

You are encouraged to complete the introductory course, Engaging with children: https://emergingminds.com.au/online-course/engaging-with-children-a-foundation/ prior to beginning this course. This course introduces practitioners to the concept of engaging children as partners in practice, as a foundation for responding to child mental health concerns. Through this course, practitioners will become familiar with the key values that underpin this concept and consider how these relate to the values and practice ethics practitioners bring to this area of their work. Learners will also be introduced to the key shifts in position and perspective required to effectively engage children as partners in practice.

Categories: Capability 8 - Working effectively with families, carers and supporters, Capability 10 - Delivering compassionate care, support and treatment, Working with infants, children, and younger persons
Disciplines: Allied Health, Lived Experience Workforce, Medical, Other
Levels: Introductory, Intermediate
Lifespans: Youth, Adult

1 hour

Provided by Emerging Minds