New edition of Parent Sense: a protective play tutorial

Do you teach or want to learn about protective behaviours? Available for immediate download through my book shop, Parent Sense is not available anywhere else.

For just $10.50 you can print and hand out as many copies as you require – no restriction, no further permissions required.

Written in an easy to understand way, Parent Sense teaches carers how to protectively play and how to keep their kids safe from sex predators. A study at home tutorial (or an etorial as I have dubbed it), it provides information on child sexual assault, tells you what to do if you suspect sex abuse and is jam packed with protective play ideas.

If you are a trainer and want to offer protective behaviour training, then Parent Sense IS the basis of your training program AND your core handout.

Perfect for day care settings, play dates, child therapists, youth workers, foster carers, schools, or parents who want to teach personal safety to their children. Use this valuable resource as a once off or store it for multiple print outs to hand out when ever you want to share protective behaviour, no go tell or personal safety information.

If you do not yet know the BITSS model of protective behaviours then you are behind the times. Buy it now and keep your kids safe through protective play.

 

BITSS of Protective Behaviours is a play program designed by Megan Bayliss from Imaginif.

 

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Surviving Adolescence

Yesterday I facilitated a workshop on how to survive adolescence. Hosted by Hambledon House, it was a free workshop for anyone affected by adolescent behaviour: parents, teachers, grandparents, aunts, etc.

With only two hours available,  we hardly touched the surface. I do believe, though, that every participant walked away from the workshop understanding that the major developmental task of adolescence is separation and that six months in the life of a teen is a long time (interests, friends and behaviours change quickly).

For those who want to run something similar for your client groups, this was the outline that I followed (handouts are linked and you are welcome to use them with credit back to author please):

Ice breakerDeep Speak: pick a card and answer the question from your own perspective. Think of a teen in your life. Imagine that you are that young person and now answer the question from their perspective.

Adolescence is about thinking through to different levels and they love these sorts of questions. You are about to discover why.

Tasks of Adolescence: Handout. Go through the 11 tasks – in a nut shell, adolescence is about separation from us as parents/carers/adults.

Active Listening: Adolescents always say….you never listen to me. Well, let’s have a look at how to listen properly.

Effective attending (Handout) has 3 parts to it –

  1. Soler (Sit square on, Open body language, Lean slightly forward, Eye contact, Relaxed posture)
  2. Your psychological noise
  3. Their psychological noise (including their tasks of adolescence).

Overall messages to take away:

  • The major task of adolescence is separation, and,
  • six months in the life of a teenager is a looooong time. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
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How to survive an adolescent

As much as I am tempted to suggest: ingest heavily and go to bed, I will not. This is a serious issue and it calls for some serious action.

Come and learn about the tasks of adolescence and what you can do to survive the necessary and developmentally appropriate turbulence.

Interactive and practical, all parents of a teen are welcome to attend. Sharing with other parents lessens your isolation and confirms that you are NOT a bad parent.

Failing wanting to learn and improve your home life, come and cry with me…I have gone through six adolescents and therefore require a month away in a five star resort on the Seychelles…six months in a row!

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Play therapy: certificate course in Sydney

Sydney Centre for Creative Change launches new training course in August 2010

12 day Certificate in Art and Play Therapy for Children and Young People

More information on the Certificate Course in Art and Play Therapy

Work confidently with children and young people.
Feel re-inspired and creative about counselling.

This certificate course offers you an experiential introduction to working with children and young people using a range of art and play media. In addition to theory, you will gain skill practice with the use of these methods, applicable in both individual counselling and group work settings.

What the research shows about play therapy:

It works!

Play therapy is a developmentally responsive intervention widely used by child therapists but often criticized for lacking an adequate research base to support its growing practice. Bratton, Ray, Rhine and Jones (2005) conduted a meta-analysis of 93 controlled outcome studies (published 1953–2000) to assess the overall efficacy of play therapy and to determine factors that might impact its effectiveness. The overall treatment effect for play therapy interventions was 0.80 standard deviations. This means that the average child receiving play therapy rated better after treatment that 80% of children who did not.

Further analysis revealed that effects were more positive for humanistic (non-directive) than for nonhumanistic (directive) treatments and that using parents in play therapy produced the largest effects. Play therapy appeared equally effective across age, gender, and presenting issue.

Reference

Bratton, S.C., Ray, D., Rhine, T. & Jones, L. (2005); The Efficacy of Play Therapy With Children: A Meta-Analytic Review of Treatment Outcomes Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 2005, Vol. 36, No. 4, 376–390

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Life Writing Workshop in Cairns

If you have lived beyond childhood, then you have an interesting story or experience to tell. Let author, bibliotherapist and child sexual assault therapist, Megan Bayliss, help you tell it. Attend a one day Life Writing workshop in Cairns to learn how to begin writing your story (and working through your pain if there is pain beneath your skin).

Life writing is a genre that covers autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, journals, letters and travel writing. To be qualified to Life Story write you need only have experience of life and a desire to write. Whether you want to publish, discover, heal or merely record history, this workshop will help you sort your story and give you a framework of presentation.

Based on principles of psychology, social work, counselling and the rules of life writing, learn how to write your life story.

Right Write your Life

Who: Anyone with an interest in writing their story or learning how to journal as a way of personal growth. Whether you want to publish, practice or record family history, if you can put words on a page, you can attend this workshop. Old, young, male, female, this workshop is open to all writing stages and abilities.

Why: Life writing train with a published author AND a therapist. Kick start your writing career, memoirs or simply create beautifully embellished written keepsakes for your family.

When: Saturday 29th May

Time: 9am to 4pm

Where: My Other Mum training room, 212 McCormack St, Manunda (directly opposite Traders Lane)

Cost:$200.00 + tax

Included: Course materials, lunch, morning tea and a bag of tools to start your Life Story journal.

What to bring: Pen and note pad, scissors, glue.

Register: Email Megan Bayliss to request a registration form.

Further information: Life Story Workshop

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