Using counselling skills with staff, children, parents and carers

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Using counselling skills with staff,
children,parents and carers
The National Programme for Specialist Leaders of
Behaviour and Attendance innovative,
effective, practical
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Aims

• To explore how counselling skills may be used at
  different levels and in different situations to
  support staff, pupils, parents and carers
• To consider how person-centred counselling theory
  relates to professional practice and workplace
  ethos
• To have an understanding of the basics of
  counselling and be able to communicate this to
  others
• To learn about some of the main types of
  counselling approaches used with pupils and their
  families

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Session Outline

• Previous session Review of intersessional
  activities 10 minutes
• Overview Using counselling skills with staff,
  pupils,
• parents and carers 10 minutes
• Discussion of the reading and preparatory
  activity
• Aims
• Links
• Activities 1 hour 45 minutes
• 1. Person-centred counselling theory 25
  minutes
• 2. How counselling skills are used to help
  pupils
• with behaviour and attendance difficulties
  35 minutes
• 3. Applying cognitive behavioural approaches
  25 minutes
• 4. Promoting a positive ethos 20 minutes
• Session review