PlayBoard’s OUR Generation programme offers a suite of training on positive mental health and emotional well-being.
Delivered by PlayBoard’s OUR Generation team, the training is aimed at staff working with children aged 4 – 11 years in a School Aged Childcare setting, school, or community group, and the parents of children who attend.
The training is open to individual settings within the Urban Village areas (North, South, East and West Belfast, and Derry/Londonderry) and will be delivered via Zoom at a time suitable to you. Settings outside the Urban Village areas but who have children attending from within the areas are also eligible to participate in the programme.
Practitioners’ Training Programme
Course aim
How play can build resilience and support children’s positive mental health.
Session 1 topics (2 hours):
Play
Adversities and trauma
How we respond to stress
Reducing the impact of adversities
Resilience
The role of play in developing resilience
Self-care tools
Session 2 topics (2 hours):
PlayBoard’s Spaces to Be Toolkit
Community relations
The Playwork approach
The Playwork Principles
Emotional intelligence
Dynamic Risk Assessment
Mindfulness
Parents’ Training Programme
Course aim
How play can build resilience and support children’s positive mental health.
Session 1 topics (1 hour 15 minutes):
PlayBoard’s Spaces to Be Toolkit
The Playwork approach
Adversities and trauma
How play can help
How we respond to stress
Self-care tools
Session 2 topics (1 hour 15 minutes):
What are emotions?
How can we manage our emotions?
Play based activities at home to help our emotions
Session 2 is delivered to parents with their children.
Training will be delivered to staff teams within individual settings, with training for parents to follow. If you would like further information or to book training contact Roberta Johnson, E: roberta.johnson@playboard.co.uk or T: 028 9080 3380.
The OUR Generation project is supported by the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
