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Introduction to a Strengths Approach
Workshop Length - 3 day workshop $495 including GST
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Pre-Requisite Workshop Required - No
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Target Group - Workers in any human services role including counselling, community development, youth work, family support, mental health and disabilities.
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Outline - This workshop will provide participants with a foundation for using the strengths based approach. It will introduce participants to the beliefs and principles of this values-driven practice, and make direct links between these and the skills and processes of the strengths approach. This training will be experiential and interactive, with plenty of opportunities to reflect on demonstrations, have a go at using the ideas, skills and tools in a spirit of play and experimentation, and share ideas with other participants. Examples from recent practice will be offered for reflection and deconstruction, and attention will also be given to the opportunities and restraints participants may encounter in applying these ideas and practices in their own work contexts. Many past participants have been delighted to have a shared language to describe their existing practice ideas, and to take the ideas beyond what they already know, developing a richer understanding of some of the values, beliefs, principles, skills and techniques, setting the scene for professional growth through practice, reflection and further training.
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Outcomes - At the completion of the workshop participants will have:
1. Identified and explored:
• the key principles and beliefs of a strengths approach
• the stages and processes of strengths- based work.
2. Practised key skills of the approach:
• externalising
• reframing and ‘normalising’
• exploring exceptions and identifying strengths
• defining pictures of the future and developing goals
• developing proposals for action and plans
• ensuring change is noticed and measured
• using strengths tools (strengths cards, etc.)
• using ‘change documents’ such as certificates and letters
3. Discussed implications for service delivery and organisational processes including:
• client-owned recording and information systems
• implications for service delivery for specific work contexts.
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Workshop Details
Start Date: Tuesday, June 01, 2010
End Date: Thursday, June 03, 2010
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
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Workshop Registration
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