A fresh look at interacting with children

Introduction
This participative one day workshop will provide strategies for teachers to empower and value themselves and the children they work with. Participants will be provided with techniques and tools for application to children with special needs.

Target Audience

• Special needs teachers
• Teachers with a pastoral role responsibility
• Teachers of children with behavioural needs
• Class teachers
• Newly qualified teachers
• Education welfare officers

Benefits

Empowering and valuing yourself:

• Recognising the importance of, and adopting, a positive framework for embracing change
• Acknowledging what we do well, and valuing it's worth
• Raising awareness of what is important in our lives and reflecting on whether we are honouring what we value
• Exploring how things can be improved
• The importance of taking one step at a time
• Recognising and valuing what difference intended changes will make on our lives
• The impact SMART Goals have on engendering success

Enabling you to connect with your children by:

• Providing you with exercises and models to encourage children's learning and growth
• Creating an environment in which children will share difficulties, explore options for change and celebrate success
• Creating deeper rapport
• Reviewing active listening, use of questions and offering support

Provide techniques for the children that will:

• Raise understanding and appreciation of valuing themselves
• Utilise their skills in visualisation and dreaming
• Prompt them to value and appreciate themselves and others
• Stimulate an interest and understanding of the power of goal setting
• Appreciate success or progress (there is no such thing as failure) towards a goal

Teaching children is not easy. However as you already know, the difficulties are more than outweighed by the satisfaction in seeing children grow, develop, thrive and progress.

My course is founded on the principle of coaching, as a coach you create powerful collaborative relationships, these are centred around the child's situation and their aspirations. It enables you to break down the communication barrier and create the relationship you want with children.

It is my intention that this course will be one of the best things you have ever done and will be extremely fulfilling.

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