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Residential Study Weeks for Continuing Professional Development

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Study Programme 1: Supporting Children through Play Therapy - Approaches & Techniques

Five Day International Study Programme in Reggio Emilia, Italy

The five-day International Study Programme enables participants to learn specialist Clinical Play Therapy approaches & techniques to support children's emotional health & wellbeing. Participants actively experience & learn how they can be positive catalysts for change & transformation in children's & families' lives. The innovative learning environments & interactive exhibitions in Reggio Emila demonstrate best practice that can further help to transform children's lives, and can inspire practitioners within their own settings to replicate some of these key ideas.

2010 Study Programme Dates

Easter 2010 Monday 5th April to Friday 9th April

Summer 2010 Monday 2nd August to Friday 6th August

Fees: £1450.

Fees include accommodation & full board (ie all meals provided), from Sunday afternoon (the day before the programme starts) through to the following Saturday morning.

Please email training@euphelia.com to enrol on this specialist five day programme.

Advice on travel to Reggio Emilia can be provided if required.

Study Programme 2: Supporting Children in the Early Years ~ The Pedagogy & Practice of Reggio Emilia

Five Day International Study Programme in Reggio Emilia, Italy

Reggio Emilia, a city in Northern Italy, is widely known for its approach to educating young children. Founded by Loris Malaguzzi (1920 - 1994), it is a constructivist programme, based on the philosophy and practice that children are active constructors of their own knowledge. The Reggio Emilia method is made possible through a carefully articulated and collaborative approach to the care and education of young children.

The five-day International Study Programme enables participants to be fully immersed in the theories & practice of the Reggio Emilia approach. It enables understanding, reflection, & integration of key theories & practice for each participant, inspiring & developing their professional practice for supporting young children's well-being.

2010 Study Programme Dates

Easter 2010 Monday 12th April to Friday 16th April

Summer 2010 Monday 16th August to Friday 20th August

Fees: £1450.

Fees include accommodation & full board (ie all meals provided), from Sunday afternoon (the day before the programme starts) through to the following Saturday morning.

Please email training@euphelia.com to enrol on this specialist five day programme.

Advice on travel to Reggio Emilia can be provided if required.

Study Programme 3: Promoting Resilience: Supporting Children's Emotional Development, Health & Wellbeing

Play Therapy & the Natural Landscape

Five Day International Study Programme in the United Kingdom

Clinical Play Therapy uses a range of specialist approaches and techniques to support, develop & extend children's play themes. This enables children to be scaffolded step-by-step in the acquisition of new behaviour, as well as understanding their thoughts & feelings. Troubles, worries, emotional & behavioural issues that are barriers to children's development & learning can be resolved & worked through, using the specialist techniques & assessment processes within Clinical Play Therapy.

This five-day Study Programme enables participants to understand the importance of promoting resilience when working with children with emotional & behavioural issues. Strengths-based, adaptive behaviour can be supported by Clinical Play Therapy, and participants will learn how to achieve this, using themes & activities based within the natural landscape. Participants will also complete some experiential learning, through their own engagement in Clinical Play Therapy activities, for their personal development & transformation. The setting of the beautiful, tranquil & richly abundant natural landscape will enable participants to fully experience the strengths within this approach to children's wellbeing, which can then be developed within their own professional setting.

2010 Study Programme Dates

Summer 2010 Monday 23rd August to Friday 27th August

Fees: £1450.

Fees include accommodation & full board (ie all meals provided), from the Sunday evening (the day before the programme starts) through to the following Saturday morning.

Please email training@euphelia.com to enrol on this specialist five day programme.

Advice on travel to the United Kingdom can be provided if required.

Professional Resources

Vygotsky, Active Learning & the EYFS. This presentation helps students understand how an aspect of a key developmental theory can be practically applied within the EYFS and their early years setting. Please read the presentation NOTES that take you through the presentation.
NICHED Report: Bertram & Pascal's Assessment Model for Quality Play
Child Protection Policy sample document
Research Brief "Birth to Three Matters: a review of the literature"
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs): supporting early identification and intervention for children with SEN
Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
Play as Culture
What to do if you are worried a child is being abused
gender perspectives in family education
child development theory: nature & nurture
BERA Research Report - (Definition of what Quality Play is) Pedagogy, curriculum and adult roles, training and professionalism
Sensory Integration
Temperament and Emotion
Evaluation of a puppet interview to measure young children's self-reports of temperament
Attachment Doll Play: A tool for assessing the Internal Working Models of young children
Play Therapy: models and approaches
Pre-school Provision - two examples

Stage 2 Resources

Effective Practice with Young Children: 2008 EYFS Practice Guidance
Effective Practice with Young Children: 2008 EYFS Statutory Framework
Effective Practice with Young Children: 2008 EYFS Profile Handbook
Key elements of effective practice (KEEP)
Principles for the early years
The Primary Framework
Child Development: children's brain development

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