Single Session Thinking: Families with Children and Youth In Practice

Single Session Thinking: Families with Children and Youth In-Practice builds on the online self-paced module and is aimed at bringing together concepts from working with the whole family with children and young people within a Single Session framework.

Applicable for practitioners in the child and adolescent field, it has a focus on how to include parents and carers to adopt a whole of family approach for better outcomes.  This in-practice component incorporates practising single-session principles and techniques for meaningful engagement of children and adolescents, and how to make the space safe for all involved.

What will you learn?

By attending this workshop, you will be able to:

• Articulate what SST is and how it can be applied to your work with children aged 5–17 years and their families
• Identify potential barriers and resources to support the integration of SST FCY principles into everyday practice
• Demonstrate the use of a single session approach, attitudes and skills in your work with children and families

Prerequisite

Completion of the Bouverie Centre’s Single Session Thinking: Families with Children and Youth self-paced online suite in the last 12 months.

Relevant Audience

SST FCY in Practice is relevant for practitioners working with families with children and young people aged 5–17 years, who would like further opportunities for skills practice and the exploration of ideas for embedding SST into their work.

Workshop Style

This is a practice-focused workshop. Emphasising the direct ‘clinician–client’ relationship, it will recap key points from the self-paced course and guide you through experiential activities to embed SST into your own practice with children aged 5–17 years and their families. There will be small group practice activities using a range of reflective processes and case discussions.