A comprehensive Neurodiversity course for Foster Carers to be delivered live or virtually live.
This course will cover the following issues:
Considering the risk factors for children in terms of home, the community and school
- Demystifying a number of behaviour terms including ASD, AD, ADHD, BD, CD, ODD, PDA
- Mood and Motivation management
- How to support families with structure and boundaries for children at risk
- Outlining a series of strategies to support challenging behaviours including, aggression, defiance and passive resistance
- Effective communication and developing rapport with children and parents
- Relationships between siblings and peers including the issue of bullying
- The role of multi- agency intervention
- Considering the key features of resilience and role models for children at risk
We will develop a series of case studies during the day to outline specific issues and how to apply strategies to support children and families
Course objectives
- To provide delegates with the confidence and skills to support children and families with challenging behaviours
- To understand the key traits in a number of behavioural conditions
- To be able to develop a framework to problem solve a number of scenes and situations
- Strategies to manage specific behavioural issues
- To help children and families plan for transitions
Contact Fintan at [email protected] for more information.