TRAINING EVENTS

Court Skills for Professionals

An intensive one day course for professionals giving evidence to the Family Courts

The development of skills, understanding and confidence of those professionals who are required to present evidence to the Court, particularly those who present ‘expert’ evidence.

This course will be of interest to Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Health Visitors, Nurses and Children’s Guardians.

Love is the Drug

Babies, parents, drugs and drink

This unique combination of presentations from two Psychiatrists - Dr Shirley Gracias (Specialist in Infant Mental Health) and Dr Deborah Judge (Specialist in Substance Misuse) - brings together current thinking on the biochemical and psycho-social impact of maternal substance misuse.

We have an option of three places - all at interesting venues - to chose from. In April 2010 we will be offering this course in Manchester, in June 2010 in London and in September 2010 in Bristol.

At present we are not required to charge VAT on our courses so booking early will offer a saving of 17.5% which would be additional to the course fee.

Bond Solon (Cardiff University Certificated) training for Expert Witnesses

In conjunction with INCITE Training & Consultation

Courts and lawyers expect expert witnesses to understand their role, responsibilities and the basics of law and procedure. It is essential that expert witnesses also have the necessary competencies to produce an expert report that complies with court rules and that they are able to communicate their evidence effectively whilst withstanding the rigours of cross-examination.

NEW DATES NOW AVAILABLE - OPEN FOR BOOKING

To book for all 5 days click on book event for any day and the 5 day CUBS option will appear in the drop down menu.

please note that at present we are not required to charge VAT on our courses so booking early will ensure a saving of 17.5% that will be additional to the course fee.

Baby Love

Developing relationships in the Early Years - promoting positive outcomes

WE NOW HAVE LIMITED AVAILABILITY TO THIS COURSE. PLEASE CONTACT US TO FIND OUT IF WE HAVE ANY PLACES LEFT

A day to think and learn about the development of relationships in Infancy and how early experience shapes who we become.

Our three trainers, Anna Burhouse, Shirley Gracias and Deborah Judge are nationally recognised experts in the field of Infant Mental Health.

The training will be of interest to GPs , Health Visitors, Midwives, Early Years Practitioners, Paediatricians, Paediatric Nurses, Mental Health Practitioners and anyone interested in the development of relationships between young babies and their parents or carers.

We are offering this at the special introductory price of £70 for individual bookings or £60 when 2 or more places are booked together.

VIDEO INTERACTION GUIDANCE

For working with infants and their parents

VIG and it’s applications
VIG is a relationship-based intervention base building on moments of hope aiming to enhance communication within relationships. It is most typically used for interactions between children and adults, either parents or professionals, although it can also be used within pairs (or even groups) of adults. Its aim is to give individuals a chance to reflect on their interactions, drawing attention to elements that are successful and supporting clients to make changes where desired.

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Hilary Kennedy
Hilary is a VIGuk Supervisor, Chartered Educational Psychologist, Programme Leader of the VEROC Centre, University of Dundee, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL will lead both days of the introductory course in Video Interaction Guidance. She will be joined by VIG supervisors from the UK or Czech Rebuplic.

THE CARE-INDEX ASSESSMENT

A skills based training led by Elaine Thomson (Crittenden accredited CARE-Index trainer)

The CARE-Index is a qualitative assessment of risk in relationships.  It assesses patterns of interaction between infants and their carers and can be used for infants from 6 weeks to 15 months.  The CARE-Index may be used in the home or clinical settings.

It is essential that trainees attend all 6 days of the course

Trainees would benefit from familiarising themselves with the dynamic maturational model of attachment.  More information can be found at www.patcrittenden.com & http://www.iasa-dmm.org/. Previous attendance on Crittenden’s course in “Attachment and Psychopathology “would be beneficial but is not a mandatory requirement for this particular method.

please note that at present we are not required to charge VAT on our courses so booking early will ensure a saving of 17.5% that will be additional to the course fee.

Watch Wait & Wonder

A 2 day Introductory Workshop

Watch, Wait, and Wonder is an infant/child-led form of psychotherapy that aims to intervene in the mother-infant relationship in a way that fosters the development of a secure relational connection between mother and infant/child.

In this workshop, the theoretical underpinnings in attachment theory and therapeutic techniques of Watch, Wait, and Wonder will be described.