Training: Building resilience amongst staff working with children with additional needs

We recognise that working day-to-day with children who struggle with their behaviour, have social and communication difficulties, or have other conditions which require additional support. This can take its toll on staff.

Teaching / care staff are required to manage the complex dynamics that can occur between themselves and the children in their care, and between the young people themselves, at the same time as ensuring children are supported to achieve their potential. This is a tough job and can leave teachers, TA’s and care staff feeling frustrated and burnt out.

Within this two-hour workshop, delegates will have/learn:

• An opportunity to explore the particular challenges that staff face when working with children with additional needs
• Discussion regarding the emotional impact on staff of working with these children
• How staff can take care of themselves and build their resources and resilience
• How staff can begin to make sense of violent / aggressive / challenging behaviour – what might be the factors that influence a child’s behaviour?
• Developing an example formulation to bring together the different bio / psycho / social factors underlying difficult behaviour and beginning to explore strategies that can help.