Our Training Programmes are designed for - Social Workers - Psychologists - Therapists and other allied disciplines - Parent Mentors

Our ratings by course participants over the past 2 years have averaged out at:

• 9 out of 10 for presentation
• 9 out of 10 for course handbooks
• 9 out of 10 for food and training environment when the course has been held at Family Futures
  

          2012 Training Programme

    

To apply for any of the below courses, please download

a BOOKING FORM and email it to

training@familyfutures.co.uk.

For more information on any of the above

courses, please email

training@familyfutures.co.uk or speak to Azyta

on 020 7354 4161

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Please note that Family Futures Associates are eligible for a fee reduction on all 1-day course and conferences
To find out how to become a Family Futures Associate, please contact training@familyfutures.co.uk

         Other Courses We Offer

       Please email training@familyfutures.co.uk if you are interested in
       buying in any of our training courses and we will be happy to help

Theraplay®
Family Futures is pleased to be able to host the Theraplay® introductory certificate course. Family Futures is committed to running the complete Theraplay training course to enable UK participants to qualify in Theraplay®. We therefore also host the intermediate course and supervision days.
For further information, please click here
For further information please contact training@familyfutures.co.uk
020 7354 4161

Parent Mentoring Courses
Family Futures has devised a 5-day course for parents wishing to be parent mentors and for social workers who are training and supporting parent mentors.
For further information, please click here

DECISIONS ABOUT CONTACT
making face-to-face meetings safe and meaningful for children who are adopted or fostered
Decisions about contact are too often made on the automatic assumption that it is a ‘good thing’ for looked after children, and that there is no alternative.  But the reality is that contact can become a bargaining tool, a means of easing adult consciences, and at worst, a re-traumatising experience for the vulnerable child.  If we are serious about making contact safe, meaningful and valuable for children, we need a clear framework for assessing the child’s needs, an evidence-based rationale for contact included in the adoption or child care plan, and skills for making the encounter a therapeutic experience.    

This course provides:                                

• An overview of developmental trauma as the underpinning theoretical basis for decision-making and planning
• A framework to guide the decision-making process
• Clarity,  grounded in case examples, on the distinction between supervised contact and facilitated contact, and what can make the former re-traumatising and the latter therapeutic

Who is the course designed for?                                                    
Staff from Adoption, Adoption Support, Fostering, and Looked After Children teams: adoptive /foster parents and carers: Guardians, Clinical Psychologists: Local Authority solicitors

Who will present the course?                                       
2 members of the Family Futures Therapy team with a specialist interest in this area                 

Will there be any handouts?
Each participant will receive -                                   
1) A training manual, 2) A unique peer-training CD for sharing key information with their colleagues 3) Option to arrange post-training consultation with course presenters 
4) A certificate of attendance                                                                                                               

BEYOND ORDINARY PARENTING
what every adoptive parent and foster carer wants to know about Developmental Re-Parenting
A 1 Day Introductory Course*
Please click here to download flyer
There is a growing recognition that children who are in foster care or adopted, who have experienced repeated traumas in infancy and/or childhood and have attachment difficulties, require something more than ordinary family life.  Family Futures has worked with many parents over the last ten years, finding out together what works in helping families bond, work through the trauma, and grow.  This workshop will introduce Family Futures’ core principles of therapeutic re-parenting, from both a social work and a parent’s perspective. We will look at how challenging behaviour can be understood as a communication about unmet needs, and how the original trauma has affected brain and central nervous system functioning.  The course will stress the importance of addressing difficult behaviour on a cognitive, affective, and a sensory motor level.  We will provide:

• A sound theoretical framework for Developmental Re-Parenting, essential both for foster and adoptive parents and professionals supporting them

• Innovative strategies: how to provide Developmental Re-parenting at critical times during the day

• Real life case examples of the multiple benefits of parenting in this positive way

Who is the course designed for?                                                                     
Adoptive/foster parents, social workers, link workers, clinical psychologists, paediatricians, child psychiatrists
                                                                                
Who will present the course?
2 members of the Family Futures Therapy team with a specialist interest in this area    
 
Will there be any handouts?
Each participant will receive -                                     
1) A training manual, 2) A unique CD for sharing key information withcolleagues, partners and other family members 3) Attendance Certificate 4) Option to arrange post-training consultation with course presenters

ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK training
An effective and evidence-based model
Presented by Alan Burnell & Elaine McCullough
Social Workers know only too well that without a clear, evidence-based framework for assessing Looked After Children and their needs, significant details can be missed.  If this happens, we run the risk of errors in the decision-making process, with the potential to threaten the stability of a subsequent placement. 
This interactive and highly rated workshop will introduce the comprehensive ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK from the Family Futures ‘Assessment Handbook’.  
The workshop will cover -

• How to use the Assessment Framework
  
• How to assess -                                       
   i) the child’s degree of trauma and attachment style    
  ii) whether a sibling group should be placed together or separately                            
  iii) a child’s needs for contact with birth relatives           
  iv) the sort of parenting the child needs, introducing the innovative Family Futures framework for matching

Participants are encouraged to share their own experience of assessment to explore how the framework can be used in practice.  

Who is the course designed for?                                            
Staff from adoption, post-adoption, fostering and Looked After Children teams

Who will present the course?                                  
Alan Burnell; Registered Manager and Elaine McCullough; Clinical Psychologist / Therapist, Family Futures          
 
Will there be any handouts? Each participant will receive -         
i) a copy of the Handbook
ii) a peer-training CD with keynotes from the workshop, so that they can present the Handbook to colleagues on return to their own workplace
iii) Attendance certificate
iv) Consultation with trainers, on issues that arise on using the Handbook after the workshop, is available by arrangement       
Cost: £150 + VAT (includes refreshments, lunch & all of the above)
Associate Rate: £120 + VAT
For further information please contact training@familyfutures.co.uk
020 7354 4161

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For further information on any of the above courses, please contact Azyta Farzadneia; Training Services Co-ordinator training@familyfutures.co.uk   / 020 7354 4161