Multi-family groups in schools e-learning

Unit 1:

Participants will learn how to:

• use two different ways of helping children, parents and school staff design targets that will be relevant and useful in the family group
• lead a planning phase of a first group meeting so that individuals are fully engaged and know how they will participate in the group
• run an action phase of the group using a Lego activity that involves parents and children working together in different configurations
• lead a reflection phase which highlights lessons learned and changes observed, from the children and parents’ participation in the previous action phase
• lead the group on how to help children and parents think about the best ways of transferring changes initiated in the group, to the classroom and home

Unit 2:

Participants will learn how to:

• use target setting enabling feedback from all members of the group
• lead the group in employing alternative ways of planning, including the speedy planning procedure
• use warm-up activities and group cohesion games
• enable children to gather filmed feedback from peers and staff at school and how to use this in the family group to review progress
• lead the group using spaghetti model making and composite group portraits activities
• use reflection techniques in the multi family group.
• Lead discussion about how changes arising in the family group will be transferred into the classroom and home
• lead a group ending session.

Unit 3:

Participants will learn about:

• systemic family therapy theory
• multi-family therapy theory
• mentalization-based therapy theory, including the relevance of epistemic trust
• targets, planning, action, reflection and transfer concepts as they relate to the above.

Upon booking onto the programme, you will receive a confirmation email. Access to the training will be granted and you will be emailed your joining instructions. 

If you have any questions or have problems logging in, please email training@annafreud.org. Access to the online training is granted for 10 months from the course date you booked.