TRAINING

Working in Partnership with Parents Training

This course is aimed at individual schools and is offered as a full day or 4 twilight sessions. Alternatively schools may wish to select a combination of one or more sessions. Sessions are practical and offer the opportunity to review current practice and plan future developments. The course aims to enable participants to engage parents/carers as valued equal partners in exploring solutions to difficulties.

• Session 1 – Working in Partnership: audit current practice, explore barriers, identify benefits, action planning
• Session 2 – Providing information: review current documentation, plain language and clear communication guidelines, other sources of information
• Session 3 – Working Together to Prevent Difficulties: effective communication, negotiation
• Session 4 – Productive Meetings: Annual Review, formal and informal meetings, solution focussed framework for handling meetings.

IPS (Independent Parental Supporters) Training

Last updated on September 5, 2006