http://www.communitycare.co.uken-gbFri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5482/from-fantasy-to-reality-finding-the-missing-pieces-and-living-with-what-you-find.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5482/from-fantasy-to-reality-finding-the-missing-pieces-and-living-with-what-you-find.htmlThe complexity of tracing and moving towards a reunion can be challenging, exciting, time-consuming and scary. Sometimes we forget that what we eventually find can never be 'unfound', the clock cannot be turned back. This day with renowned psychotherapist and author Nancy Verrier – herself an adoptive parent – will explore all aspects of reunion, offering help in accepting and living with the new-found realities.Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5586/autistic-spectrum-disorder-asd-sexuality-and-sex-and-relationships-work.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5586/autistic-spectrum-disorder-asd-sexuality-and-sex-and-relationships-work.htmlThis 2 day course is for anyone working with people with autism in any sector – health, social care, education or youth work. This course covers all ages and aims to raise participants’ awareness of the relationship between sex and relationships and autism and improve confidence and skills to work more effectively around sexuality with people across the autistic spectrum. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5587/delivering-sex-and-relationships-work-with-people-with-learning-disabilities-practical-approaches.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5587/delivering-sex-and-relationships-work-with-people-with-learning-disabilities-practical-approaches.htmlThis course university accredited course is for staff working with people with learning disabilities who want to plan a programme of sex and relationships work with them. This course supports participants to develop their current knowledge, skills and confidence to plan, deliver and evaluate sex and relationships work (SRW) to groups and individuals with learning disabilities Pre-requisite: fpa’s Liberating Life Choices course or equivalent training Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5588/delivering-sex-and-relationships-work-with-people-with-learning-disabilities-practical-approaches.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5588/delivering-sex-and-relationships-work-with-people-with-learning-disabilities-practical-approaches.htmlThis course university accredited course is for staff working with people with learning disabilities who want to plan a programme of sex and relationships work with them. This course supports participants to develop their current knowledge, skills and confidence to plan, deliver and evaluate sex and relationships work (SRW) to groups and individuals with learning disabilities Pre-requisite: fpa’s Liberating Life Choices course or equivalent training Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5489/post-placement-blues.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5489/post-placement-blues.htmlThis workshop will help professionals think about the not commonly considered phenomenon of the post-placement blues. It will explore case material and provide pre-placement training suggestions and a space for discussing social workers’ own case experience of adopters and the blues.Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5585/sexual-health-starts-here.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5585/sexual-health-starts-here.htmlThis university accredited foundation course is ideal for anyone who is delivering or wants to deliver SRE to young people in a range of settings. The aim is to empower and equip practitioners to deliver Sex and Relationships Education with a firm foundation on which to build their content and practice as educators. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5595/core-competencies-in-sexual-health-for-youth-workers.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5595/core-competencies-in-sexual-health-for-youth-workers.htmlThe purpose of this university accredited course is to give participants knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve a set of core competencies in delivering SRE to groups of young people in youth work settings. The course takes place over 3 modules (lasting 2 days each) plus an assesment day and a study day. To gain accreditation you must attend all modules and complete 2 assignments. Please email for more information.Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5584/training-the-trainers-sexual-health-teaching-and-learning-practice.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5584/training-the-trainers-sexual-health-teaching-and-learning-practice.htmlThis is a multidisciplinary course for professionals (clinical and non-clinical) in sexual health who have a remit to train or who are interested in training other professionals. This course is for developing competence and confidence in the design, development, delivery and evaluation of sexual health training. The focus of the course is on training skills and not sexual health knowledge. This university accrdited course takes place over 3 modules of three days each, over a period of three months. You MUST attend all modules to pass this course. Module 1: 12-14 Jan, Module 2: 9-11 Feb, Module 3:16-18 MarTue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5582/moving-the-goalposts-sexual-health-work-with-young-men.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5582/moving-the-goalposts-sexual-health-work-with-young-men.htmlThe purpose of this course is to enable professionals to have the knowledge and confidence to engage young men in sexual health work Rationale: Men are socialised differently to women and they receive mixed messages about sexual health and masculinity; this has an impact on how they make decisions about sexual health. Professionals need the opportunity to think about specific issues that affect young men’s sexual health and they need to be empowered to do specialised, single sex work with young men. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5240/social-stories-for-children-and-adults-with-autistic-spectrum-disorders.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Events/5240/social-stories-for-children-and-adults-with-autistic-spectrum-disorders.htmlThe day is an introduction to social stories. It will provide participants with an understanding of children and adults with an autistic spectrum disorder and how using a social story approach can be effective in developing learning. It also explores the development of play skills and provides a useful development profile of how skills can be nurtured from an early age.Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT