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ADOPTION & ATTACHMENT
COURSE
This course is credit rated by the University of Greenwich |
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| ADOPTION & ATTACHMENT
COURSE 2008/2009 |
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A POST-GRADUATE TRAINING COURSE & MA FOR
SOCIAL WORKERS, THERAPISTS & PARENT MENTORS
CONTEMPORARY ADOPTION & ATTACHMENT
QUALIFICATIONS ACHIEVED
The course is part time over two years, commencing in September
each year. The course leads to an MA. For those
participants who wish to complete the optional academic component
of the course, Year 1 has been accredited
with 60 learning credits at level 3; participants who successfully
complete both years will gain 60 credits at M level.
SUITABILITY & ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The course is designed for qualified social workers and therapists, adoptive parents and foster carers who have a parent mentoring role.
The course is aimed at people who are active in the field of fostering and adoption and have a desire to change and develop their practice in line with contemporary theory and research in the field of trauma attachment and family permanence.
| FIRST YEAR:
FORMING A FRAMEWORK |
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FIRST TERM - Contextualising Contemporary
Family Placement
Topics Covered
- Introduction to the course - Making Attachments
- Weekend Workshop: Trauma and Attachment by Dan
Hughes
- Parent Assessments - Who are you looking for?
- Core Values: Evidence based practice or practice based
evidence?
- Impact of Trauma - The neurobiology of change
- Parenting the 'child who hurts'
- Paediatric Perspectives - Invisible wounds
SECOND TERM - New Approaches and Practices
Topics Covered
- The Intensive Attachment Programme - Unlocking the
past
- Weekend Workshop - Developmental re-parenting
- Assessing Children - Child's play?
- Once Upon a Time - Life story work and disclosure of
information to children
- Paedophiles and Paedophile Culture - Deep secrets
- Pulling it all Together - Theory and practice of family
attachment therapy
- The Neurophysiology of Trauma - The chemistry of love
- Contact - Continuity or contamination?
THIRD TERM - Looking into the Future
Topics Covered
- Neuro-Development healing - A holistic approach
- Theraplay - Playing with attachments
- Weekend Workshop - The Drama of Adoption
- The role of supervision and consultation - An analytical
perspective
- Reunions and Teenagers - Going back or moving forward?
- Course participants: Planning projects - Research:
Methods, University of Greenwich - Making your own
way
- End of year, combined workshop with year 2 and guest
speaker
| SECOND YEAR:
THEORY INTO PRACTICE |
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- Three terms of three half-day supervision groups per
term (2-6pm Thursdays)
- Practice application project (6 half-days per term)
Consultations will be arranged throughout the year with
participants
| CONTRIBUTORS
TO THE COURSE |
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| Caroline Archer |
Author |
| Alan Burnell |
Social Worker |
| Adrian Briggs |
Consultant |
| Christine Gordon |
Parent Mentor |
| Dr Deborah Hodes |
Paediatrician |
| Dr David Howe |
Professor or Social Work |
| Dr Daniel Hughes |
Psychologist |
| Dr Richard Lansdown |
Educational Psychologist |
| Jeanne Magagna |
Consultant Psychotherapist |
| Dr Judith Meeks |
Consultant Neonatologist |
| Colwyn Trevarthen |
Professor of Developmental Psychology |
| Jay Vaughan |
Drama Therapist |
| COURSE FEES |
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| First Year |
£3,000 + VAT |
| Second Year |
£1,500 + VAT |
*Fees can be paid monthly, quarterly or annually
over the three calendar years covered by the course
Application to do the first year as a stand-alone course are welcome, but it should be noted that candidates are not eligible for a formal qualification without completing the second year.
| INTERVIEWS |
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Interview will be
held between June - September
Please send Applications to our Training Co-ordinator, Family Futures Consortium, 35 Britannia Row, Islington, London, N1 8QH
Tel: 020 7354 4161
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