Healthy Minds Northern Ireland in-person training - CPD accredited, Nov2022

Healthy Minds training is coming to Northern Ireland

We’re delighted to offer our most popular CPD-accredited training workshop free of charge to Northern Ireland professionals working with deaf children and young people.

What is Healthy Minds training?

Our interactive Healthy Minds workshop is packed full of creative ideas to help you run activities to support the emotional health and well-being of deaf children and young people. It tackles issues such as low self-esteem, isolation, stress and anxiety.

The training is for professionals working with deaf children and young people in education, health, social care and leisure. It will be focused on the Northern Ireland context.

This training has been supported by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland through the Department of Health Mental Health Fund.

Learning outcomes

The training will leave you feeling inspired and confident to help deaf children and young people explore ideas and create positive strategies for dealing with change, managing deafness, developing confidence and building social skills. You’ll receive the Healthy Minds resource and learn how to use it.

Key Themes

• Exploring what a Healthy Mind is and why it is important
• Ways to develop good emotional vocabulary
• Identifying support mechanisms and networks
• Understanding identity
• Owning and managing deafness

What we’re offering

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn alongside Northern Ireland professionals working across different sectors and settings.

• 6 hours of free CPD accredited training.

• Open to Northern Ireland delegates only.

• For professionals working with deaf children and young people in education, health, social care and leisure.

• Content will be focused on the Northern Ireland context. You’ll have the chance to share experiences and ideas and learn from colleagues.

• Options for training include in-person, online or hybrid (trainer delivers online to a group setting). Training locations throughout Northern Ireland will be available.

• Excellent networking opportunity.

• The first two training courses will be delivered in-person in November 2022 and continue throughout 2023, with in-person and online options.

FAQs

Should I attend more than one session?

Each session is a roll-out of the same Healthy Minds course, delivered multiple times to reach the widest possible professionals across Northern Ireland. Once you complete your course session, you will receive your certificate and relevant resources.

I work with younger children/teenagers – will the training be suitable?

We believe the Healthy Minds guidance is suitable for all ages and abilities. The key is in the skills of the facilitator. As part of the training course, the trainer will encourage delegates to reflect on the children they support and consider how they can creatively amend some of the activities or tools to meet the needs of the children they have in mind.

Can we have the resources without attending the training?

As part of our quality assurance, the Healthy Minds guidance document is only available for those who have attended the training.

Do I need to do any prep before attending?

Yes, you will need to complete the following two tasks prior to the live training session:

• pre-event survey: a mandatory survey to gauge current confidence levels
• e-learning module: ‘Healthy Minds for professionals, pre-event information’ is a mandatory e-learning module that will take roughly 30 minutes to complete.

Both of these will be available for completion on our online training hub, the week before your workshop.

Do I need to book my own communication support?

No, we will book this for you. All communication support requirements including captions and BSL interpreting are available by request only. Please indicate your preference on the booking form.

What if I need to cancel?

If you are unable to attend and need to cancel your place, please contact us at [email protected]. We may be operating a waiting list and therefore would be able to offer your place to another professional.

Do I need to be a member?

No, however if you'd like to become a Professional Member you can join for free. Our membership allows you to join our community of over 30,000 professionals who are supporting deaf children, young people and their families throughout the UK.

Furthermore, as a Professional Member you can also benefit from our 5% discount on our other online training CPD-accredited courses. For Educational Members we offer 10% discount per delegate. If you work in education and would like organisational membership for your early years, school or further education setting, join our new Educational Member (fees apply: £30-60 per academic year). Once you’re registered you will receive your training discount code.

I’m not sure if I’m a member

We can help you with this. Please email [email protected] and we’ll clarify your membership status.

Host or Publisher National Deaf Children's Society Training