Knowing you, knowing me: life story work – therapy or child’s play?

When: Monday 28 May 2012
Where: Birmingham (exact location tbc)
Delivered by: Joy Rees and Louis Sydney
Duration: One day
Registration time: 9:30 -10:00am
Workshop time: 10:00am - 4:30pm
Closing date for bookings: Friday 11 May 2012
Maximum participants: 80

Conference description

Specialist adoption social worker, Joy Rees, uses her extensive experience to develop an innovative family-friendly approach to life story work to build a sense of permanency, identity and secure attachments for adopted children.

Child and adult psychotherapist, Louis Sydney, applies his clinical experience to help children and families understand the therapeutic benefits of life story work. Using a number of techniques he will offer parents strategies to help children with their troubled life stories.

Joy and Louis will help adopters appreciate that life story work is an essential therapeutic tool for adopters to give their children a positive sense of who they are and hope for the future.

Who should attend?

Prospective adoptive parents
Adoptive parents
Carers
Practitioners (social workers, care workers, teachers, therapists, health visitors etc)

This conference will enable parents and carers to:

Understand the importance of life story work for their children
Understand its therapeutic value of life story work
Use therapeutic techniques to enhance their children’s sense of security, self-esteem and identity

This conference will enable practitioners to:

Work more confidently with adopters, carers and therapists
Understand the value of life story material in a new and vital way
Engage more effectively with adopters to help support their children

Prices (per person)

Parents/carers

Members of Adoption UK : £72
Non-members of Adoption UK: £135 (includes a 12-month individual membership to Adoption UK)

Practitioners

Members and non-members of Adoption UK: £135

All prices are inclusive of VAT and include attendance, handouts, refreshments and a light lunch

Book a place on this conference

To book your place on this conference please complete and return the below booking form

Booking form: Knowing you Knowing me - 28 May 2012 - Birmingham

and return to:

Adoption UK Training Team
Linden House
55 The Green
South Bar Street
Banbury, Oxfordshire
OX16 9AB

Any questions?

For further information or to book over the telephone, please contact Abi Jeffs, Training Administrator, on 01295 752240 or email training@adoptionuk.org.uk