Working with Resistant Families with whom it is Difficult to Engage / Refresher Group 3

Participants will have a sound knowledge base in child development and family functioning. The course will build on existing knowledge, understanding and experience within the group and will provide a combination of didactic teaching, discussion and small group/pairs exercises. This Group 3 course can be attended as a stand alone programme.

Outcomes:
Participants will have knowledge of :-

  • Thresholds and levels of cooperation
  • Prevalence of resistant behavior and reasons for it
  • The impact of hostility on professionals and the capacity to assess harm to children
  • Disguised compliance, recognition and intervention
  • Optimism and missing  risk
  • Impact on multi-agency working and how to address it
  • Parents perspectives
  • Strategies to respond
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Skills in ascertaining what we need to worry about and identifying strengths in resistant families
  • Skills in working with hostile and threatening clients, including advance planning and keeping safe.

Please note Group 3 and above Courses can be used as stand alone programmes and/or refreshers

To book a place on a course click on the Course Title.  (See below for useful tips about the online booking system)

Working with resistant families with whom it is difficult to engage for Group 3 and above

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Early Years:
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Schools:
Please enter your Full Finest Code eg E10 1234 etc.……….. where a cost code is requested.

GPs/Dentists:
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