TRAINING EVENTS

Day 1 will provide an introduction by showing what VIG is, how and why it works by exploring underlying psychological theories of intersubjectivity and looking at the current research evidence. There will be an emphasis on using VIG with young children in families although the range of applications will be introduced. The skills training part of the course will focus on learning to select suitable strengths-based clips from videos of parents and young children using the ‘contact principles’ which are at the core of VIG. All participants will get the chance to prepare a film.

Day 2 will provide experiential training in conducting a ‘shared review’ of the video with parents where participants will bring a 10 minute film of a parent and child from their own practice. Participants will be filmed reviewing the selected clips in role play and receive video enhanced coaching in small groups. At the end of the day they will be prepared to review the film with the family and to start VIG supervision.