Online Nurture Group Theory and Practice Course
DATES: 4 x evenings - 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th November 2020
TIME: 4.30pm to 7.30pm
VENUE: Online via Zoom
FEE: €200 per participant to cover the cost of resources and books, and also correction of the optional assignment should you wish to submit it for certification.
TRAINER: Niamh Brennan
This course is suitable for:
- Those who wish to set up and run a nurture group.
- Those who wish to support children in the transition back to school
- Those who wish to support pupils who need to ‘settle to learn’.
- Those who wish to support 'at risk' children.
- Teachers and SNAs who want to adopt a more nurturing approach while working with children who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties, attachment difficulties, low self-confidence, low self-esteem, low resilience, self-regulation and/or self-expression difficulties.
Nurture Group Theory and Practice Course - supporting all students to learn
- The practicalities of setting up and running a nurture group – early years, primary and secondary
- Up-to-date research in attachment theory and neuroscience and the practical applications in the classroom
- Child development and learning: the effects of loss, trauma and neglect on learning and behaviour
- Using the Boxall Profile to assess pupils’ developmental difficulties, blocks to learning and to devise practical strategies to support them in transition back to class
- Developing the curriculum to promote students’ social, emotional and learning skills
- Developing a whole-school nurturing approach and promoting wellbeing
- Monitoring and evaluation through a structured, evidence-based, planned approach.
Delegate resource pack will include:
- Course materials
- A copy of the Boxall Profile (primary)/Boxall Profile for Young People (post-primary) Handbook
- A copy of Beyond the Boxall Profile: Strategies and Resources/Beyond the Boxall Profile for Young People: Strategies and Resources publications.
All participants will have the opportunity to submit an assignment for certification as a Certified Nurture Group Practitioner.
Course Properties
Course date | 05-11-2020 4:30 pm |
End Date | 26-11-2020 7:30 pm |
Capacity | 30 |
Fee | €200.00 |
Tutor - Speaker | Niamh Brennan |
Select Hours | 12 |
Location | Online via Zoom |