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Meriden Family Programme

Training Trainers Course 2012

The Meriden Programme held the annual Training Trainers Course in March.     This course is open to those who have completed initial training in Behavioural Family Therapy or in other psychoeducational approaches to the management of psychosis. The purpose of the course is to provide participants with the skills necessary to train and supervise multi professional groups of staff in the use of family work.

The course is participative in nature and provides participants with the opportunity to practice skills and to receive feedback from fellow participants and from the facilitators. Those attending will learn skills for use in straightforward training and supervisory situations, and also how to handle unexpected events and awkward questions.

The course was well attended with participants travelling from as far as Uganda and Australia.  The course received very positive feedback :

“Very comprehensive programme, lots of information to cover.  Structure of week helped us build on skills and enhance coherence”

 “Content all very clear, specific and focussed on our learning needs.  Very helpful and effective in meeting my learning objectives”

“Very relevant.  Group work really helped to consolidate knowledge and learning”

 “Presenters were all clear and had a passion for BFT which was very motivating.  Good use of humour and encouraged questions from audience”

The next Training Trainers 5-Day Course will take place in Birmingham 4^th – 8^th March 2013. If you would like further information about this course please e-mail Sam Farooq: sam.farooq@bsmhft.nhs.uk 

Behavioural Family Therapy Training 5-Day Course

 15-19 October 2012, Uffculme Centre, Queensbridge Road, Moseley

Those who undertake the training should have a commitment to working with families and should be comfortable using a practical, here-and-now approach.

For more details please see the event document under the Training and Conferences link.

SCIE Think Family Update

New SCIE E-learning: Parental Mental Health

This newly launched Social Care Institute for Excellence e-learning resource is freely available to all and accessible on their website www.scie.org.uk.  It provides audio, video and interactive technology to assist in exploring the nature of parental mental health and its impact on families. Divided into 8 modules, it explores themes such as the “Family model”, the “Think child, think parent, think family” principles of the SCIE guide 30, whole family working and effective communication with families.