"In a world where you can be anything, be kind." Caroline Flack
Student Sessions
In addition to our whole school bespoke training programme, we work with students and families directly covering all or a 'pick 'n' mix of the following sessions. Sessions are adapted to meet the needs of the group/individual. These sessions can be delivered both face-to-face or via Zoom.
Course Content
The Teenage Brain
Non-Violent Communication
The Teenage Brain
Focusses on the pruning process during the teenage years, teaches about the role of the amygdala in relation to the teenage years and how we can use that knowledge to have calmer responses. Based on our interpretation of the work of Dr Dan Seigel and the Solihull Approach Model.
The Anger Iceberg
Non-Violent Communication
The Teenage Brain
Students work backwards from an incident where they have been angry. They identify their values and link offended values to negative behaviour. They consider the early signs of big emotions and plan tips and techniques for expressing these needs and feelings in a more positive way.
Non-Violent Communication
Non-Violent Communication
Non-Violent Communication
This session provides students with a format for expressing anger verbally as opposed to through behaviour. It gives students the language to express themselves in a non-confrontational way. Based on our interpretation of the work of Marshall B. Rosenberg and the Center for Nonviolent Communication
The Ripple Effect
Developing Emotional Language
Non-Violent Communication
Works backwards from an incident and teaches young people the consequences of their actions. Students will be encouraged to see how their behaviour has contributed to a situation and will feel empowered as they realise how other people are responding to their behaviour and vice versa.
Developing Emotional Language
Developing Emotional Language
Developing Emotional Language
This session looks at offering without judgement. It helps students to 'own' the language they use to express themselves rather than using evaluative statements that can lead to conflict. Helps students to develop a language for expressing emotions. Based on our interpretation of the work of Marshall B. Rosenberg and the Center for Nonviolent Communication
Fair Process
Developing Emotional Language
Developing Emotional Language
We can often feel that things are not fair and this unfairness can be expressed in negative behaviour. This session provides young people with a useful tool for reflection when they hear themselves saying ‘That’s not Fair.’ and a means of free expression of their emotions.
Needs After Conflict
Shame, Scripts and Affects
Shame, Scripts and Affects
After conflict young people can often find it hard to see things from the other person's perspective. This session uses case studies to teach how conflict produces needs and these are the same for both the victim and the perpetrator.
Shame, Scripts and Affects
Shame, Scripts and Affects
Shame, Scripts and Affects
Shame happens the moment that a good feeling is interrupted. This session helps students to identify when shame has been triggered, teaches our automated responses to shame and focusses on them ‘putting it right' through the use of the restorative questions.
Self-Esteem
Shame, Scripts and Affects
Restorative Questions
As a young child we rely on other people to build our self-esteem and fill our imaginary bucket. As an adolescent, ownership of this bucked is transferred to the young adult. This is a session on self-care, doing one thing each day to ‘full your own bucket’ and someone else’s.
Restorative Questions
Planning Productive Thoughts
Restorative Questions
This session uses familiar conflict situations to help young people to further develop their restorative behaviour and responses to conflict. The case studies allow for plenty of practice using the restorative questions.
Marginal Gains
Planning Productive Thoughts
Planning Productive Thoughts
The 2012 GB cycling team won twice as many gold medals as in the 2008 Olympics using marginal gains. Young people identify the barriers that are holding them back and create an individual action plan based on marginal improvements for overall gains.
Planning Productive Thoughts
Planning Productive Thoughts
Planning Productive Thoughts
This is a really helpful session for young people and adults struggling with anxiety or intrusive thoughts. The session teaches about the opportunity that the teenage years create in the brain and provides a technique for planning responses when they are feeling anxious.
Taming the Amygdala
The Blind Men And the Elephant
The Blind Men And the Elephant
Teaching young people about their brains is really impactful stuff. This session works backwards from ‘seeing red’ to putting things right and tips for calming the primitive brain and allowing access to the pre-frontal cortex and leading to calmer and more measured responses.
The Blind Men And the Elephant
The Blind Men And the Elephant
The Blind Men And the Elephant
When things go wrong it can be really difficult for us to see things from other's perspectives. We can often get locked in an argument and focus on what we disagree on rather than being aware of how our life experiences influence our world view. This session teaches perspectives, empathy and encourages students to think about how ‘truth’ is subjective.
Restorative Peer Mediation
The Blind Men And the Elephant
Restorative Peer Mediation
Full Day Course
A one-day course training students to become restorative peer mediators (RPMs). The course combines the restorative theory sessions above the brain, conflict, perspective taking and the restorative questions. See the courses link at the top of the schools page for more information.
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Restorative Practice Training and Consultancy
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