NB: If you are taking this course as part of our Live Advanced Diploma in NDP, please do NOT book here through Eventbrite. You will be emailed the course access details.

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PLEASE NOTE: This is a 2-part course taking place on Saturday 14 August and Sunday 15 August 2021.

PART 1 takes place at 0800-1100 or 1400-1700 BST (GMT+1) on Saturday 14 August.

PART 2 takes place at 0800-1100 or 1400-1700 BST (GMT+1) on Sunday 15 August.

TICKETS: £75 (plus Eventbrite's booking fee)

Purchasing a ticket enables you to attend both parts of the course.

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TRAUMA & ATTACHMENT

Working with Children and Trauma through Neuro-Dramatic-Play: ‘Creating an alternative pathway’

Children who have experienced trauma have lost their emotional resources to deal with crises which usually develop through healthy attachments within the family. However children who have not received adequate nurture in the early years, will also struggle to cope with trauma because of abuse or neglect.

The basic needs of hope and trust are usually damaged through trauma (Maslow 1968, Erikson 1965/95), and children need direct work using semi-structured therapeutic play in order to move forward.

NEURO-DRAMATIC-PLAY

Neuro-Dramatic-Play is an attachment based intervention that focuses on early playful relationships. Through play it emphasises a combination of basic trust, security and ritual, with stimulation, exploration and risk. Ritual and risk form the basis of children both feeling safe with the desire to explore: the Ritual-Risk Paradigm.

Neuro-Dramatic-Play enables people to become more playful and to think ‘outside the box’. It encourages people to be more independent and self-reliant. It affirms people’s identity and self-esteem, with the building of social relationships. It is an ideal approach for working with children who have been traumatised, neglected or abused, as well as children who experience meltdowns.

Course Content

Day 1:

• Assessment of coping skills and planned intervention. Use of Lahad’s 6-part Story (Lahad 2000) and PASAA (Jennings 2010).
• Re-visiting attachment theory in relation to trauma, play and resilience (Cyrulnik 2005), including the ‘circles of attachment’.

Day 2:

• Re-discovering the senses through play. Creative visualisation and therapeutic stories.
• Meeting the Monster! Triumph over trauma.

Both days include practical techniques in movement, voice and sensory play.

Leaning Outcomes

• Common symptoms of trauma reaction
• Confusions that can occur with other diagnoses
• Interventions through Neuro-Dramatic-Play
• Intergenerational trauma
• Strategies for individuals and groups

This course is recommenced for:

• Counsellors
• Therapists
• Teachers
• Parents
• SENCOs
• Foster Carers
• Social Workers
• Play Therapists
• Art Thearpists
• Drama Therapists
• Family Support Workers

Everyone receives the eBook: ‘When the World Falls Apart’ which can be downloaded from the Online Event Page on registration.

The presentations, notes, and stories will be sent in advance of the course. You will receive a Zoom invitation at least 24 hours in advance.

Your Trainer

Dr Sue Jennings is a Play and Dramatherapist. She was awarded the lifetime title 'Professor of Play' by the European Federation of Dramatherapy for her pioneering work in Dramatherapy and Neuro-Dramatic-Play (NDP). She is Senior Research Fellow, The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham; Distinguished Scholar, University of the Witwatersrand; and Honorary Fellow at the University of Roehampton.

Sue runs training courses internationally in Neuro-Dramatic-Play which emphasise the importance of early playfulness for attachment and the development of empathy and resilience. NDP is important in addressing the effects of trauma and abuse. Sue is also researching 'Newborn Play' with a focus on 'building bodies, building brains'.

Sue is renowned as an expert on resilience and has trained both clinicians and teachers worldwide.

Sue is the author and editor of more than 40 books. She also trains carers in ‘Creative Care’, which is attachment-based creativity, to apply in work with older people and people with dementia. She was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for Arts and Older People in 2012/2013.

Testimonials from Dr Sue's Previous Courses

"Thank you for 2 days of captivating and inspiring training and thank you for the Shakespeare insights - amazing and something I will share with my colleagues. I have so much to take away and share with the children and young people I work with because of your inspirational teaching. Looking forwards to the next one. Thank you, Dr Sue."

"Thank you Sue! a thoroughly enjoyable and informative course"

"I thought there was a good balance between teaching, experiential activities and opportunities for questions. I really liked having the opportunity to work with a smaller group. That's something I think we are used to when attending face-to-face training and I really valued the experience."

"Thank you Sue. I found the course informative, it filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge. I enjoyed the break out groups, it’s always good to share in smaller groups."

"A wonderful, especially intense course that brought me a lot of joy, pleasure and the mood to work and learn from an extraordinary professional, Dr. Sue Jennings 💖 I highly recommend it - a unique experience!"

"Brilliant training, Sue ensured to encourage participants to ask questions and made feel very comfortable on an online platform!"

"I thoroughly enjoyed the training; the delivery via Zoom worked really well and the course content was excellent."

"Was an absolute gift, useful and inspiring. Will utilise the training in my work."

"I absolutely loved this workshop it gave great tips and strategies and was so relaxed and interactive all in one. Thrilled to have done it. Thank you, Sue!"

"Really enjoyed the training & would recommend it."

"One massive advantage of this current situation is that the training was online otherwise I would not have been able to do it as I don't live in England. Thank you for facilitating this. I am an experienced Play Therapist and I found it very useful. Thanks once again."