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Resource Recommendation
To celebrate Christmas and the New year we are recommending two resources. Both come from the Nurture group network. We both use this as a pre and post measure in our Play Therapy practice and find it very useful.
The first Boxall Profile Handbook is an invaluable resource for helping a range of professionals develop a precise and accurate understanding of children's emotional and behavioural difficulties, and for planning effective interventions and support activities. The Handbook includes the Profile itself, with copyright waived to allow reproduction, with clear guidelines for its use and for interpreting the results. It gives case studies showing how the Profile can be used to create effective interventions.
The second is The Boxall Profile for Young People. A restandardized version of the original Boxall Profile has been especially developed to work with older children, particularly those of secondary school age. It provides a framework for the systematic assessment of young people who may be struggling with a range of social, emotional and/or behavioural issues in a school, alternative provision or community context. It provides a range of workers with invaluable insights into what lies behind such difficulties as well as a guide to effective intervention, a structure for intervention programmes and the means to monitor and measure these outcomes.
These two resources provide invaluable help for any professional working with Children and Young people. They also represent good value with the original costing £20 plus postage and the new version for young people on special offer at £85+ p&p and get another one free until December 31st. Taken from www.nurturegroups.org
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Introduction to Play Therapy
Level 1
Do you want to know more about Play Therapy?
Then our Introduction to Play Therapy course gives you a preparatory knowledge and understanding of this dynamic therapeutic intervention. The course will explore the theories behind Play Therapy in a practical and interactive way. It is a whole day devoted to extending your skills and knowledge in a fun and interactive way. 7th January 2011 Moulton Conference Centre Northampton £95.00 Inc Vat £70.00 if Full Time Student
"I have already started to put into practise some of the techniques / games you taught, to encourage building a trusting relationship, and all is going well. "
Su Heasman (Headlands Primary)
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Co-operative Santa Says
How To Play:
This game is similar to Simon Says. The children are split into two teams. The "Santa says team" and the "non Santa says team". The leader is "Santa".
Santa will say "Santa says put your hands up in the air". The "Santa says team" will put their hands in the air and the "non Santa says team" keep still. Santa will say "clap your hands". The children in the "non Santa says team" clap their hands and the ones in the "Santa says team" keep their hands in the air. If a child moves on a command for the other team, they move to that team. Therefore no-one is ever out. Keep going with other actions and swop the Santas. Lots of laughter had by all.
Benefits:
- to work co-operatively
- to follow instructions
- to listen carefully
- to have fun
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Greetings!
As the song goes "Here it is Merry Christmas" and at JOGO we hope you have a magical and playful festive season. As 2010 turns into 2011 Jogo is committed to providing another busy year of quality training, courses include For full details of these courses and others planned throughout the year please visit www.jogo.uk.com We would also like to advise you that we have now made it easier for you to register for our courses. You can either register directly from our website or from our course email. When you click on our Register Now! button, it will take you to the booking form. You can complete the form and then choose to pay by either forwarding a cheque or PayPal. You can use either with your PayPal account or if you don't have a PayPal account you can use a debit or credit card. Please be assured that it is safe, secure and convenient. At JOGO we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in 2010 and we look forward to seeing you in 2011. Happy New Year & best wishes
Sonia and Claire.
Please feel free to contact us at any point if you would like further information about any of our trainings.
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Supporting Children at Christmas
 Christmas is a time to enjoy, celebrate and break away from the normal routine of day to day life. The last few weeks of school at this time of year seem to be an endless round of fetes, plays, musicals, rehearsals, parties, jumble sales, rehearsals, costume making, more rehearsals, etc. The usual routines seem to be lost to a sea of children wrapping their heads in tea towels, cake sales, tombolas and raffles. The usual routines and timetables that we normally value so much to provide that sense of order to the day and week are lost. The normal boundaries are changed and with it the usual expectations made of children on a day to day basis suddenly do not have the same clarity that they normally do. Add the general excitement about Christmas and children can become slightly confused about what the expected norm for behaviour is. So to ensure that the children and young people enjoy and get the most out the creative, stimulating and fun activities that are being provided, try to maintain some routines and use some simple strategies to support them. - Make a visual timetable for the two weeks
- Explain carefully and simply what you want the children to do
- Tell them how you expect them to do it
- Remind the children of expectations each time they carry out a routine, until they can do it without prompting
- Comment positively on achievement
- Make requests clear and succinct - use visual cues as well as words
- Model to the pupils what they are expected to do.
- Keep it simple - break down tasks to simple steps and teach each step separately before amalgamating them
- Have an expectation of compliance and ensure this is explicit
- Pay particular attention to the beginnings and ends of activities
- Most importantly have fun.
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Jogo has celebrated its first birthday on 14 th of November 2010
It is amazing how quickly the time has gone, in what feels like an extremely busy first year for Jogo. In the past few weeks alone, we have delivered training on Understanding the Impact of Trauma as one of our range of Tool Box courses open to all health and social care professionals working with children and young people. At the beginning of November, we delivered 'Communication Through the use of Play' to a range of education staff within the county. As you can see from the picture this was a real hands on experience! The day was spent looking at the importance of play and how very quickly we can enter the child's world of play if we create the right environment.
We also recently had a fabulous evening discussing the benefits of play for FACT. (A support group, for the families of children and young adults with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Aspergers Syndrome)
With two trips to Herefordshire to deliver training before the Christmas break and a range of trainings planned for next year we are both delighted with how busy our first year has been. We want to thank you very much for your support in being a part of this first year. |
Just to finish off, we would like to point you in the direction of a useful website for current information regarding Play Therapy www.bapt.info
Please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be delighted to help you in any way that we can.
Best regards,
Sonia Murray & Claire Harrison-Breed
Jogo
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