Calendar: training & events
group work, Slide Show, young people, Youth, youth work, youth work training — By Peter on February 23, 2011 4:21 pm
Training & events 2012. Both in-house & those open to all
I am currently updating this part of the site for the coming year of 2012. Events are being added daily. I have also for the moment, left the 2011 events up here in case you are interested in seeing what is possible. See you in the new year.
JANUARY
23rd Sydney
- ‘From child to teenager. What can get in the way and what can help.’ Presentation @ 2 day training workshop.
- For Save The Children.
FEBRUARY
7th Sydney
- ’2012. Let’s get this party started.’ For workers & young people.
- For Oasis Youth Services.
28th Sydney
- ‘The voice in your head.’ For young people.
- For The Level Up Calendar.
MARCH
1st Sydney
- ‘My Life My Journey.’ First group of 6 week programme. For young people.
- Belmore Youth Centre
10th Dubbo
- ‘Talking with young people who don’t want to talk to you.’
- For ‘Save the Children’
20th & 21st Canberra
- ‘Working with the edge – Engaging young people in group work.’
- For Groupwork Solutions.
27th & 28th Sydney Open to all. Organised through Pete Slattery
- Engaging disengaged young people
Venue: Inner west of Sydney, venue to be announced
Price: $440.00 including:
GST
- All meals
- Workshop notes
- 10% discount on all Pete’s resources
- Free post workshop consultation of 30 minutes. Face to face, phone, skype or webinars
- Ongoing support: email, skype, webinars.
Young people who are ‘disengaged’ have the same needs and desires as all young people. They
need to belong, to be part of something; they need connections with others,
they need an identity and to feel in charge of themselves. And many
‘disengaged’ young people are also often accessible to us. They are still in
schools, in refuges, in rehab centres, within the orbits of Juvenile Justice or
Community Services. Yet they often also carry with them (often justifiably) a
suspicious view of the world; that says that it is an unfriendly place, that
people are not to be trusted, that life is a battle, and that those who offer
help, eventually…leave. Such a young person is likely to be angry, hostile,
sad or seemingly apathetic or disinterested. Connecting with a disengaged young
person then means doing something that puts a question mark next to each of
these ideas. And if the young person has not flourished at school we had better
do something different to that. And we may need to do something for those who
are imperfect at reading and writing, and for those who are either not good at
talking, or simply do not want to talk to us. It means doing something
unexpected in our interaction, because in response, something unexpected may
well emerge within the young person. And what we create together may be
sufficiently intriguing and meaningful enough so they will continue to talk, be
involved, stay in class, stick with the programme, continue with whatever we
are offering at that moment. And just what this intriguing thing might be will
depend on who you are, who they are, where you are, how much time you
have…and your good judgement. So this workshop will look at:
The ‘theory’. What life elements help a young person grow well. And how to
introduce these or strengthen these in a person’s life
- What programs/projects have been successful in working with disengaged young people.
And why… - Strategies that are successful in groups
- Approaches and strategies that are successful in individual conversations
- How to connect with someone who may not want to talk with you, is seemingly apathetic
or hostile - How to use a range of brief strategies that do not require lengthy conversations or
indeed words at all - How to involve others as allies in the lives of young people.
This is a practical and interactive workshop that will provide you with background thinking, solid
principles and ideas and strategies that you can use with groups, families and
individuals.
Further information and bookings contact: Peter: 0418456577 or email: petersla@zip.com.aum or PayPal right here very soon.
29th Sydney
- ‘Talking with teens.’
- For TAFE counsellors
Further information and bookings: Peter : 0418456577 Email
APRIL
16th Sydney
- ‘Life after the HSC’. For young people
- Unviverstiy of Technology
MAY
1st Sydney
- ‘Finding my place.’ At Pittwater Library. For young people
- For Pittwater Council via the Community Development Officer
7th & 8th Wollongong
- ‘Working with the edge – Engaging young people in group work.’
- For Groupwork Solutions.
14th & 15th Perth
- ‘Engaging young people. Engaging the disengaged.’
- For Drug & Alcohol Office.
JUNE
4th & 5th Wollongong.
- ‘Groupwork for change – Working with the young, the not-so-young and the nowhere-near-young.’
- For Groupwork Solutions.
21st & 22nd Orange
- ‘Group Work. Advanced.’
- For the Centre for Community Welfare Training.
27th & 28th Merimbula
- ‘Young people and Engagement.’
- For the Centre for Community Welfare Training.
JULY
31st Redfern
- ‘Drug use and young people.’
SEPTEMBER
17th & 18th Sydney
- ‘Young people and Engagement.’
20th & 21st Sydney
- ‘Group work. Advanced.’
2011 Events
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The Centre for Community Welfare Training
(On the ongoing calendar)
| Course Name & Code | Course Duration and Dates | Venue Name |
| Drug Use and Young People (110512S1) | 1 day: Thu, May 12 | Sydney |
| Young People and Engagement (110623LM1) | 2 days: Thu and Fri, Jun 23, 24 | Lismore |
| Young People and Engagement (110906S2) | 2 days: Tue and Wed, Sep 6, 7 | Sydney |
| Groupwork Advanced (110921S2) | 2 days: Wed and Thu, Sep 21, 22 | Sydney |
| Conversations with Young People (110311BT1) | 1 day: Fri, Mar 11 | Blacktown |
Check out the details, & register here
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I have left the following workshop descriptions up here so you can see what we did recently as well as letting you know that they will in some shape or form be repeated in the future.
Training Workshops (Open to all) (Now completed)
For those who work with young people
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‘CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE’ @ DVD
Friday 27th May 10am to 1 pm
A return of this workshop…with ADD ONS! The content:
- How to have ‘therapeutic’ conversations…when time is short and the location less than ideal
- How to use this DVD as a self-directed learning tool
- How to use it as a trainer of others.
You get:
- The 3 hour DVD (see DVD trailer on website)
- AND a brand new different from ever before 3 hour interactive low-down on how to use the DVD as a learning and training tool…
- Workshop notes…NEW UPDATED VERSION
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YOUTH WORK @ THE BEST
Friday 3rd June 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
- What the latest brain research tells youth workers
- Research, evidence and theory to background youth work
- Stand-out programmes and approaches
- Working with disengaged young people
- Practical strategies with individuals.
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GROUP WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE @ PRACTICAL, FUN, ADVENTUROUS
Friday 10th June 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
- Theories of group work
- What’s different about running groups with young people?
- Different sorts of groups: schools, centres, camps…
- Interactive, participatory and practical
- Devise and present your own activities
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PLUS! FOR EACH WORKSHOP
- Free ongoing online support
- Free one hour face to face/fone/email consult/chat with me sometime over the next 6 months.
COST
‘Conversations…’ $80.00 inc 3 hour DVD and NEW workshop notes, morning tea
Youth work $165.00 inc morning & afternoon teas and lunch + handouts
Group work $165.00 inc morning & afternoon teas and lunch, +handouts.
< Book any two and get 10% DISCOUNT >
< Book all three and get 15% DISCOUNT >
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