Developing Emotional Literacy Through Storytelling
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.
Date/Time:
Friday 07 April 20179:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost:
£0.00 - £140.00
Location:
Dare Valley Country ParkDare Valley Country Park
Aberdare
CF44 7RG
Developing Emotional Literacy Through Storytelling
The developing emotional literacy course will explore why outdoor settings are perfect for developing emotional resilience and self-regulation and how the practitioner can facilities this. The day is practical, hands on and experiential. The day is based on learning and practicing the tools and activities that can promote emotional development through play, storytelling and puppetry.
Each participant will take away a copy of the activities & tools used during the day.
The course aims:
- To give each participant the tools and insight they need to use free play opportunities in the outdoors to promote emotional development & literacyskills.
- To give participants a bank of stories, songs and games to use in their own settings.
- To introduce participants to the Emotion Works approach to support the development of emotional literacy.
Trainer: Terri Harrison
Terri has worked with vulnerable children and young people in Camphill, Scotland for thirty years and for the last 7 years has embedded its renowned nature based intervention programme. This program and its work has been distilled into this workshop to enable practitioners to develop a learning environment filled with high quality interactions through a nurturing, free play based experiences in the outdoors. The Nature Nurture programme became a charitable company and works with Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Social Work department delivering programmes to local children. Children are referred by professional (health visitors, social workers and head teachers). Nature Nurture developed a tracking system that demonstrates the development of resilience through our intervention. This is known as the 7 Building Blocks of Resilience.