POSTPONED: Accredited Practitioner Training Course: Working with Vulnerable Groups

Course Unit Summary: Five workshop days that will equip participants with creative drama and improvisation skills and practical knowledge specific to working with different vulnerable groups in the community and in the CJS.
At the end of this course participants can expect to have a bag full of practical material, ideas and exercises that will enable them to run workshops with different vulnerable groups in the community. Alongside practical approaches to running a creative workshop we will cover questions such as methods of behaviour modification or how to deal with potentially violent situations in group discussions and simulated role-plays. As a whole the course will enable participants to understand both opportunities and restrictions when working with vulnerable groups in different settings, including the Criminal Justice Setting.
Course: Practitioner Training
OCN course unit title: An Introduction to Developing and Delivering Arts Projects with Vulnerable Groups
OCN course unit code: GC6/3/ER/005
OCN level: 3
OCN credit value: 3
Course Tutors: Kathrin Yvonne Bigler and Megan Bunting
This unit will enable learners to:

• Understand different vulnerable groups that an Arts Practitioner may work with
• Understand the limitations of working with groups in the Criminal Justice System
• Understand how to develop strategies for dealing with potentially violent situations
• Understand methods of behaviour modification and apply these to challenging behaviour
• Understand the security responsibilities that must be applied when working with vulnerable groups both in and outside a secure setting.
• Understand techniques for addressing low levels of motivation among learners in CJS settings.


Day 1: Monday 9th November 2009
- Understanding different vulnerable groups in the community
- Different practical approaches to working with them in a creative set-up

Day 2: Monday 16th November 2009
- Improvisation and Devising Basics
- Working with groups in the Criminal Justice System

Day 3: Monday 23rd November 2009
- The Yes Mantra in Improvisation
- Strategies for potentially violent situations
- Methods of behaviour modification

Day 4: Monday 30th November 2009
- Security Responsibilities for an arts facilitator
- How to address low levels of motivation in Criminal Justice System settings

Day 5: Monday 7th December 2009
- Conclusion & group performance piece devised in a day

Times: 10am-4pm


Delivery Centre:
The Meeting Room
The Business Development Centre
7-15 Greatorex Street
London
E1 5NF

For more information and to sign up to this course please click here

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Comment by Abi Knipe on November 5, 2009 at 2:45pm

This course has been postponed until very early 2010 - please contact me with any queries and watch this space for the new dates!