Communicating With Families course
This session outlines the importance of engaging with parents, carers and families. It will introduce you to what it means to engage families and basic principles in doing so. It introduces you to listening skills and skills in asking questions that help you communicate effectively with families.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Explain the importance of engaging with families and carers
- Explain the importance of seeing things from the perspectives of children and young people, parents and carers
- Describe the meaning of ‘engagement’ in relation to families
- Identify basic practice principles of engaging with families and carers
This session uses self assessments that help you check what you have learnt. You do not have to use them and your answers are not seen by anyone else.
Guy Larrington works as a Systemic Family Psychotherapist at the Collingham Centre, a Camhs inpatient service. He holds an MSc in Social Work and Social Policy and a Masters in Systemic Psychotherapy. He is a UKCP registered systemic psychotherapist. He has been working with children and families in mental health and social care settings since 1985.
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