Loading Up Your Tool Belt : Using Tools & Resources in a Strengths Based Way

Date: 14th May 2012

Facilitator: Liz Price: Trainer/Consultant

Target Group

For any human services worker, manager, counsellor, trainer, teacher, group facilitator or parent who has an interest in ways of creatively enhancing conversations.

Workshop Duration: 1 day
Additional Dates: Nov. 12, 2012
Workshop Time: 09:30 — 16:30

Workshop Outline

Human services workers are increasingly familiar with the range of conversation-building 'seriously optimistic' practice tools produced by St Luke's Innovative Resources. These hands-on tools offer rich interpretive metaphors that can act as catalysts for change for individuals, families, groups, communities and organisations. In addition to Innovative Resources, a number of other tools have recently been developed by other individuals or organisations, such as Illuminations, Mind Gardner cards, Photolanguage and Just Like When. This workshop will offer participants a number of immediately useful ideas for the use of these tools within a range of practice contexts. The client-directed philosophy behind the tools will also be explored throughout the day. Participants can look forward to a highly participative, interactive workshop in which their own creativity, storytelling and sense of humour will be encouraged. A full range of tools produced by Innovative Resources and others will also be available for sale at this workshop.

Workshop Outcomes

At the completion of the workshop, participants will have:

• Been provided with a range of immediately useful ideas for the use of the practice tools.
• Had the opportunity to experience several of these ideas in pairs or small group exercises.
• Considered the client-directed philosophy behind the tools and the implications of this for the skills of pairing tools and questions.
• Had opportunities to share and reflect on the creative possibilities for the use of the tools within their own practice.
• Been introduced to the possibilities for creating their own tools and resources.

Recommend Reading

• A Pocket of Stones
• Aboriginal Spirit Oracle Cards
• Age Of Adventure
• Being a Man Photopak
• Can Do Dinosaurs
• Cars R Us
• Deepspeak Cards
• Eames House of Cards
• Everyday Goddess
• Face It Cards
• Girltopia
• Growing Well cards
• Growing Well Tear-off Pads
• Illuminations
• Inside Out Journalling Kit
• Kids Needs
• Koala Company Cards
• Mates Traits Cards
• Mood Dudes: Ethnic
• My Feelings Cards
• Name the Frame
• Optimism Boosters
• Our Scrapbook of Strengths
• Photolanguage
• Picture This
• Reflexions
• Respect and Justice Cards
• Scaling Kit
• Shadows and Deeper Shadows
• Signposts: Exploring Everday Spirituality
• Sometimes Magic
• Stones Have Feelings Too
• Storycatching Cards
• Strengths Cards
• Strengths Cards for Kids
• Strengths in a Box
• Symbols
• Talking Up Our Strengths
• The Bears
• Ups and Downs
• What's Your Story
• Wonderful You
• Words