Bullying including Workplace Bullying
Bullying including Workplace Bullying
Peer Support
Peer Support
Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia
Emotional Literacy
Emotional Literacy
Girls' Friendships and Conflicts
Girls' Friendships and Conflicts
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Are you wanting an effective peer support programme?
We can offer:
- a peer support training programme which in August 2009 won an “Order of Australia Award” for Mount Erin Secondary College, Victoria, Australia. We are only people in the UK licensed by Stride Foundation (formerly Peer Support Victoria), Australia to use this system.
- a programme you can implement immediately
- a range of problem solving techniques for developing the work
- advice on implementing and running the scheme
- on-going support to adult trainers
- additional modules to the training
If you already have a peer support programme this training offers:
- advice on development work for your exist scheme
- top-up training on problem solving techniques such as Solution Focused Practice, cognitive behaviour therapy
- mediation
- a module on loss and bereavement
- an optional module on depression and suicide intent
- ways of evaluating your scheme to ensure it is effective
If you want peer supporters to address significant anxiety, emotional distress and low-key behavioural difficulties this training offers:
- the additional module ‘Tacking Depression and Suicide Intent’
- an understanding of the signals, presentation and rationales of a range of emotional
- and behavioural difficulties
Delegates receive a manual containing:
- a copy of the training programme with full instructions
- material for top-up sessions
- prompt cards for the peer supporters
- an explanation of the psychological theory underlying the strategies and techniques used in the training.
All training is delivered by Dr Val Besag who is an experienced teacher and educational psychologist. Val has been training peer supporters for 20 years. She was awarded a Winston Churchill Travel Scholarship in 1999 for her work on peer support. Val has been commissioned to put the scheme in schools throughout several local authorities. We offer on-going support to adult trainers.
Val is also able to offer in situ training of peer supporters in school. Contact us for costs and details of other training courses.
Who should attend?
Suitable for all those involved in the social and emotional development of young people 9-18 years. These include those working in teaching, learning mentoring and support work in schools, attendance and inclusion, behaviour support, educational psychology, peer support, children’s services, child protection and safeguarding children, children’s social care, looked after children, diversity and equality, Connexions and youth work, young carers, CAMHS, youth offending and juvenile justice.
Date : Wednesday 10th March 2010
Fee £125 including a free copy of the manual "Supportive Friends".
Location : Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse, Leicestershire LE12 8TX
Cheques payable to Val Besag. Invoices can be sent if required.
Refunds: Available if the delegate notifies us at least one week in advance of the training taking place. Substitute delegates allowed.
Please return completed form to Training Organiser, 3 Jesmond Dene Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 2ET Tel: 0191 281 7298 Email: training@valbesag.co.uk : www.valbesag.co.uk
If more than one delegate is attending then you can photocopy this form.
Please also distribute this form to colleagues who may be interested in this training.
Booking details for this course are here.
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Bullying including Workplace Bullying |
Peer Support |
Dyspraxia |
Emotional Literacy |
Girls' Friendships and Conflicts |
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| Choice of Modules: Girls' Friendships and Conflicts, Whole School Approaches, Pastoral Curriculum, Emotional Literacy, Challenging Behaviour, Low Self Esteem and Depression, Gender Issues. |
Dyspraxia |
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Choice of Modules |
Primary/Secondary Schools |
| Befriending and Buddy Systems |
| How to help others: respond to overtures, use appropriate approach behaviours, group entry skills, sustain friendships etc., |
Peer Mediation |
| Mediation is a mode of conflict resolution used in the legal system and family and community disputes. Can reduce playground conflict by 50%. |
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| Being There: Supportive Friends |
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This acclaimed programme trains groups of students to identify and befriend their peers who are in need. The training includes the use of a solution focused approach to help the student to address their problems. An optional module helps train students to identify and support those with low self-esteem or who are depressed. Val is the only licensed trainer for this course in the UK.
To discuss details please contact Val Besag on 0191 281 7298 or valbesag@valbesag.co.uk More information is available by clicking on this link |
Val's newest publications are part of her new 'Challenging Girls' series. They are called 'Addressing Girls’ Bullying' and 'Promoting Girls’ Friendships'. They have already been discussed in articles in The Observer and The Times.
Book One - Addressing Girls’ Bullying (105 pages plus CD-ROM) Dr Valerie Besag (2008)
Book Two - Promoting Girls’ Friendships (98 pages plus CD-ROM) Dr Valerie Besag (2008)
Book One focuses on girls’ bullying and Book Two focuses on girls’ friendship skills. Students are led to discover the key teaching points by a variety of techniques for example, discussions, games, individual and group activities, art and drama. Dr Val Besag was a teacher, educational psychologist and lecturer but now works independently. These materials are based on Val’s years of academic research and work in schools and other establishments with girls of all ages.
- Flexible, comprehensive curriculum materials including group work.
- Wealth of strategies and activities.
- Worksheets printable from the CD-ROM.
- Many activities also appropriate for boys and young adults.
- Piloted and evaluated in various settings.
'A wealth of good stuff.' Principal Educational Psychologist
'These materials will be a brilliant help.' Youth Offending Team.
'A massively impressive resource for schools.' Anti-Bullying Alliance Advisor.
'A comprehensive resource.' Senior Educational Psychologist.
'I have been waiting for a book such as this.' Specialist Advisor for Behaviour. Primary Schools.
Age: 9-18
Ordering information is on this order form
The book offers detailed practical advice for dealing with girls’ bullying, which will help both students and teachers to understand and combat different kinds of bullying, as well as comprehensive guidance for preventing or reducing bullying activities among
girls, including:
- Whole school approaches
- Programmes for developing emotional literacy and resilience
- Approaches for dealing with gangs
- Using methods such as art and drama
- Developing conflict resolution skills
- Student – parent programmes
- Peer support programmes
This is key reading for teachers, trainee teachers, educational psychologists and social workers, academics and researchers in the field, and others who have an interest in creating bully-free schools and societies.
Click here for a PDF version of the flier
Ordering information
Times Education Supplement : It's a girl thing (Review of the book)
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ContentsOverview of the problem, recent research, preventative and response strategies, dynamic whole school policies, ideas for videos, case studies, bullying groups and gangs, girls' bullying, homophobic bullying and text messaging. Peer support systems- befriending, buddies, mediation, counselling. Working with parents, lunchtime supervision, curriculum approaches etc.Durable 4 ring binder - 170 pages. |
Effective practice is identified within schools and in the wider community. Bullying needs to be addressed through the school policy and the daily practice of all working in the school. The range of work carried out in schools can be informed and supported by formal and informal links with others working in the community.
The information presented in this booklet is drawn from published research and proven, effective practice in schools.
Review
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Available on Amazon by clicking here
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"....one of the best reviews of what is known about bullying at present..." School Psychology International "Every school and all professionals who advise on children's problems would do well to have a copy ready to hand" Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. |
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Tuesday 14th October 2008 Norwich
Thursday 5th March 2009 York
Monday 22nd June 2009 Nottingham
Tuesday 30th June 2009 St Helens
Curriculum and Group Work Materials for primary and secondary schools |
Book Two: “Promoting Girls’ Friendships” Both books fully photocopiable plus each comes with a CD-ROM |
This training took place in Gateshead November 15th 2006, Cheadle November 20th 2006, Cambridge January 12th 2007, Birmingham June 8th 2007, London June 25th 2007, Glasgow March 17th and 18th 2008, Edinburgh March 19th 2008.
Comments received from the above training days include:
'huge amount of information', 'really interesting and useful', 'extremely valuable and thought provoking'
Led by Dr Val Besag a former teacher, educational psychologist and author of several publications on bullying. Val is an international speaker on bullying having started addressing this issue in 1985. The day will be based on recent research and proven best practice pertaining to the behaviour of girls.
Although bullying involving girls is often more subtle in character, the repercussions can be more destructive and longer lasting than the effects of the more obvious forms of bullying found among boys. Girls' quarrels can be more time consuming and difficult to resolve than the disputes of boys.
These issues involving girls have only recently been recognised.
Reg Davis |
School Link Coordinator, Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Services, Central Coast Health, Australia. |
Lynne Moxon |
Specialist consultant psychologist to the European Services for people with Autism (ESPA). |
Despite significant government funding and the introduction of a range of interventions over recent years, bullying is still in evidence in our schools. Recent research throws light on some of the complex issues involved and points to innovative ways forward. This conference will concentrate on identifying proven practical responses to the problem.
Dr Val Besag is an international speaker on bullying having started addressing this issue in 1985. She continues to address international conferences on bullying and related issues. Val is an experienced teacher and chartered educational psychologist. She was awarded a Churchill Travelling Fellowship to study peer support systems around the world, particularly those addressing depression and suicide in the young, and gay, lesbian and bi-sexual issues. Her doctoral study was on girls' bullying. Val's publications sell internationally and she was lead author of the acclaimed CD-ROM Coping with Bullying.
Conferences took place on 20 Sept 2001 (York) and 24 Sept 2001 (London). Speakers were Rhonda Briscoe (Australia) and Dr Val Besag (U.K). This conference was supported by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
Rhonda Briscoe has qualifications in teaching, special education, social work and family therapy. She has been committed to the welfare of young people during a long and varied career. She has worked as a teacher and counsellor with students in many primary and secondary schools and has been on the staff of three Australian Universities. Her current position at Peer Support Victoria in Australia involves training teachers and students in various welfare programmes, focusing especially on anti-bullying, friendship development and suicide prevention. All of the Peer Support programmes are on the philosophy that since same-age or older peers have the most influence on young people, enpowering selected students to support other, more vulnerable, individuals can have enormous personal benefits for both groups.
Being There - The Supportive Friends progamme has now been introduced into a large number of secondary schools in Victoria and is highly acclaimed by teachers as a worthwhile suicide prevention initiative.
Conferences took place on 13 June 2001 (York) and 18 June 2001 (London). Speakers were Dr Robert Dave (U.S.A.) and Dr Val Besag (U.K.).
Dr Robert Dave is a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist who is Head of the Psychosocial Department in Punahou School, Honolulu where he leads a team of six specially qualified teachers. The school has 4000 students, 300 of whom, at any time, are involved in a range of programmes addressing self development and peer support. Bob Dave has developed the programmes over the last 12 years. The school is considered a centre of excellence. He is a former faculty member of the University of Hawaii and California State University. Bob is listed in the Who's Who of American Teachers 1999.
Bob Dave wrote a book entitled "Run to the Sun." Click here: Amazon.co.uk: A Glance: Run to the Sun