Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course participants will have:
- Explored opportunities to actively integrate all aspects of a child/young person into their life story including race, gender, age, culture, disability and religion
- Considered the impact of child development, attachment and trauma when undertaking life story work
- Explored the child’s internalisation of adult messages
- Enhanced skills in communicating with children including the use of a variety of tools including genograms, stories, modern technology and games
- An understanding of how to communicate "hard to talk about" life stories to children and young people.
- Considered practical approaches to creating life story books through the Joy Rees Model and others
- Examined examples of life story books
Target Audience: Practitioners in Childrens Social Care
