Training Courses

(Updated 13th July 2010)

Playing Matters is offering the following training programmes in 2010/2011:

Children Matter: EDINBURGH WORKSHOPS

Two-Day CPD workshop for School Staff, Counsellors, Arts Therapists, Trainees:

"An Introduction to Play Therapy & Therapeutic Play: Working with Children & Young People"

Saturday 6th November and Sunday 7th November 2010

Children Matter: Course for professionals working with children and young people, held over three weekends in London and Edinburgh in 2011.

• London: 7th/8th May, 4th/5th June, 3rd/4th July 2011
• Edinburgh: 21st/22nd May, 18th/19th June, 9th/10th July 2011

An accredited course for professionals, linking theory with the practice of working with children, young people (and adults). There are three Units:

• Child Development & the Development of Play
• Attachment Theory linked with Practice,
• Strategies for Communicating with Children & Young People.

Active Listening Matters (6-day accredited course for Social Workers, Community Youth Workers, Nursing staff, and those requiring knowledge and skills to listen to and work with children and young people)

• North-East: July to September 2009

For information, please contact Brenda Meldrum, Director, Playing Matters, 59 Defoe House, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DN / 0207 628 1763.

Playing Matters is an OCN London Region Training Provider