The Planned Environment Therapy Trust
with
The Mulberry Bush Training
TWO RESIDENTIAL COURSES IN THERAPEUTIC CHILDCARE
Managing a Living Learning Experience
- A residential course for managers and senior workers -
Creating a Living Learning Experience
- A residential course for care workers -
THROUGH 2010
Background
These two courses aim to introduce the principles of working in therapeutic childcare management and
practice. Both courses rely on understanding disordered attachment and early childhood damage to make
sense of distressed behaviour in children and young people and its impact on staff. Participants will be
encouraged to make use of their own feeling responses as a tool for staff management, treatment and
nurturing care. The relevance of approaches based on social pedagogy will also be explored.
practice. Both courses rely on understanding disordered attachment and early childhood damage to make
sense of distressed behaviour in children and young people and its impact on staff. Participants will be
encouraged to make use of their own feeling responses as a tool for staff management, treatment and
nurturing care. The relevance of approaches based on social pedagogy will also be explored.
Managing A Living Learning Experience: Course for Managers and Senior Workers
Having an understanding of the emotional impact on workers will aid managers and senior workers to
encourage a more resilient and effective staff team able to work alongside children and young people with more
confidence and less stress.
encourage a more resilient and effective staff team able to work alongside children and young people with more
confidence and less stress.
Creating A Living Learning Experience: Course for Care Workers
Workers will discover that seeking to understand behaviour through their own emotional responses will give
them the tools to work alongside children and young people with more confidence and less stress.
them the tools to work alongside children and young people with more confidence and less stress.
Working Method
The working method will reflect daily practice in therapeutic communities by using psychodynamic and
group-analytic approaches for understanding behaviour. It will offer a programme of practice discussions and
reflective workshops as well as facilitated self-experience reflective groups. In all these sessions participants
will have the opportunity to make connections between their personal life experiences, their practice
experience and theoretical learning. Each workshop builds on the previous one, each course is to be
embarked on as a whole.
group-analytic approaches for understanding behaviour. It will offer a programme of practice discussions and
reflective workshops as well as facilitated self-experience reflective groups. In all these sessions participants
will have the opportunity to make connections between their personal life experiences, their practice
experience and theoretical learning. Each workshop builds on the previous one, each course is to be
embarked on as a whole.
Who these courses are for
One course is for Managers and Senior Workers, the other for Care Workers. Both will be of benefit to
people who would like to develop their capacity to work with their own feeling responses with an interest
and/or experience in working with emotionally troubled children and young people in any setting. They are
likely to come from fields such as residential or day-care, specialist social work (adoption, fostering,
disability), mental health, or education. Groups will be about 14 participants. We can accept a maximum of 2
bookings from any work organisation for each course.
people who would like to develop their capacity to work with their own feeling responses with an interest
and/or experience in working with emotionally troubled children and young people in any setting. They are
likely to come from fields such as residential or day-care, specialist social work (adoption, fostering,
disability), mental health, or education. Groups will be about 14 participants. We can accept a maximum of 2
bookings from any work organisation for each course.
Workshop Staff
John Diamond is CEO of the Mulberry Bush Organisation. He has worked in the field of therapeutic child
care for many years and has advised government about child care practice.
Teresa von Sommaruga Howard is a group-analytic psychotherapist, an architect and an organisational
consultant. She conducted the experiential group on the Reading University MA in Therapeutic Child Care.
Deborah Best is an independent trainer in therapeutic child care, and has taught on courses from Diploma
level (Lioncare, Brighton) to MA (Reading University, Carlow College, the Tavistock & Portman) with many
years’ experience of SEBD education.
Dave Roberts is Head of Training and Consultancy at the Mulberry Bush Organisation and Programme
Leader for the Foundation Degree in Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People validated by the
University of the West of England.
Dr. Linnet McMahon is a play therapist and was course leader of the Reading University MA in Therapeutic
Child Care
care for many years and has advised government about child care practice.
Teresa von Sommaruga Howard is a group-analytic psychotherapist, an architect and an organisational
consultant. She conducted the experiential group on the Reading University MA in Therapeutic Child Care.
Deborah Best is an independent trainer in therapeutic child care, and has taught on courses from Diploma
level (Lioncare, Brighton) to MA (Reading University, Carlow College, the Tavistock & Portman) with many
years’ experience of SEBD education.
Dave Roberts is Head of Training and Consultancy at the Mulberry Bush Organisation and Programme
Leader for the Foundation Degree in Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People validated by the
University of the West of England.
Dr. Linnet McMahon is a play therapist and was course leader of the Reading University MA in Therapeutic
Child Care
Course Dates
For Managers and Senior Workers: 2-4 March; 10-11 June; 22-23 September
For Workers: 11-13 May; 15-16 July; 23-24 September.
For Workers: 11-13 May; 15-16 July; 23-24 September.
Venue and Cost
The Workshops will be held at
The Study Centre, PETT, Toddington, near Cheltenham, Glos. GL54 5DQ.
The Centre offers good food with comfortable single or shared rooms. The fee for each course, including all
meals and accommodation will be £1150.00. Payment may be divided as follows: £450.00 for first workshop
and £350.00 for each of the following two workshops.
The Study Centre, PETT, Toddington, near Cheltenham, Glos. GL54 5DQ.
The Centre offers good food with comfortable single or shared rooms. The fee for each course, including all
meals and accommodation will be £1150.00. Payment may be divided as follows: £450.00 for first workshop
and £350.00 for each of the following two workshops.
Further information, including travel details, will be sent out no later than a week in advance of the first workshop.
Bookings
To reserve a place, please click here for the booking form.
Complete and return with a non-refundable deposit of £100.00 to
Joanna Jansen,
Planned Environment Therapy Trust, Church Lane, Toddington,
Cheltenham, GLOS. GL54 5DQ, United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (0) 1242 621200
Email: joanna@pettrust.org.uk
Complete and return with a non-refundable deposit of £100.00 to
Joanna Jansen,
Planned Environment Therapy Trust, Church Lane, Toddington,
Cheltenham, GLOS. GL54 5DQ, United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (0) 1242 621200
Email: joanna@pettrust.org.uk