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Life Story Work
Helping Young People Understand Their History & Process Trauma
Trauma Processing
Join The FREE Five Approaches to Life Story Work Workshop
This FREE Workshop is for foster carers, special guardians, adoptive parents and practitioners who want to know more about how to deliver Life Story Work.
The five approaches are five defined methods of Life Story Work that can be used to support care experienced young people. The approaches have recently been published in the British Journal of Social Work. Their aim is to create a common understanding within Life Story Work practice for parents, carers, practitioners and stakeholders. This common understanding can help ensure the right support is provided to young people at the right time and that there is consistency across research, training and practice.
During the workshop the five approaches will be introduced with information about how they can be used by important people in the young person's life.
Check Out the BJSW Published Paper: What is Life Story Work? How defining approaches can bring clarity to research, training & practice (Neal & Matthews, 2024)
Workshop Dates
New Dates for 2025!
The Five Approaches To Life Story Work
December 5th
10 am - 11.30 am GMT
10 am - 11.30 am GMT
The Five Approaches To Life Story Work
February 12th
11 am - 12.30 pm GMT
11 am - 12.30 pm GMT
The Five Approaches To Life Story Work
March 5th
4.30 pm - 6.00 pm GMT
4.30 pm - 6.00 pm GMT
The Five Approaches To Life Story Work
March 18th
10.30 am - Midday GMT
By signing up you gain access to all dates and can attend the date that best suits you. All workshops are the same with a variety of dates available.
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What Is The Workshop?
The Workshop
- What: A 90 minute long online live workshop that explains what life story work is, the benefits of life story work & introduces the five approaches.
- Facilitators: Run by Laura Neal & Kim Matthews, Life Story Therapists and authors of the BJSW published What Is Life Story Work paper.
- Where: Held online on Microsoft Teams
- When: Three dates are available; November 19th (10 am), 26th (5 pm) and December 5th (Midday). All times are GMT. The same workshop takes place on each date (you only need to attend one).
- Who Is This Workshop For: Foster carers, special guardians, adoptive parents, practitioners and stakeholders who want to know more about life story work and how the five approaches can be used in practice to support care experienced young people.
- Questions: Yes, you can ask questions during the workshop and we will answer as many as we can.
What Does The Workshop Cover?
- Life Story Work: What Life Story Work is.
- Importance: Why Life Story Work is Important in supporting the emotional and mental wellbeing of care experienced young people.
- Research Base: What research tells us about the potential benefits of Life Story Work.
- Five Approaches Origins: Why the five approaches were developed and their underpinnings.
- Five Approaches In Practice: How the five approaches can be used in practice by foster carers, special guardians, adoptive parents and practitioners.
- Working Collaboratively: Use of individual approaches at different points within the young person's journey to provide a collaborative approach between parents, carers and practitioners.
- Further Training & Resources: Further training and resources will be recommended that can support you to provide the approach to life story work that fits your role.
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By signing up on the right you will have access to all available workshop dates so you can attend the date and time that best suits you. We will email you with reminders and joining links for the online workshop prior to each date. You only need to attend one date, come to the one that best suits you.
Workshop Dates
New Dates for 2025!
The Five Approaches To Life Story Work
January 16th
10 am - 11.30 am GMT
10 am - 11.30 am GMT
The Five Approaches To Life Story Work
February 12th
11 am - 12.30 pm GMT
The Five Approaches To Life Story Work
March 5th
4.30 pm - 6.00 pm GMT
The Five Approaches To Life Story Work
March 18th
10.30 am - Midday GMT
By signing up you gain access to all dates and can attend the date that best suits you.