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courses available currently:

  • An Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Mediation - a two day course for practitioners, teachers and support staff working with young people
  • Setting up a Peer Mediation Scheme: a 1-day introduction to designing and delivering confronting conflict peer training programmes for young people
  • Working with Identity and Prejudice a two day training for front line practitioners facing challenging contemporary issues and tensions in their work with different groups of young people
  • Training for Trainers - for trainers, group workers and facilitators who want to develop their skills in confronting conflict work and related areas such as communication skills, anger management and assertiveness

 

 

An Introduction to the Principles an Practice of Mediation

This is a two day course for practitioners, teachers and support staff working with young people.  An introduction to the principles and tools of mediation practice. (This will be the first steps to becoming a mediator)

 

aims

  • To explore how you can use the mediation approach in your everyday work with young people

  • Understand more about peer mediation, explore how you can best support young peer mediators or conflict workers in their role         

Dates: 22nd & 23rd June in London

Price:   £200.00 per participant

 To book this course please complete our booking form.

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Setting up a Peer Mediation Scheme

This is a one day introduction to the key principles and issues for those new to setting up and running peer training programmes with young people.

aims

  • to introduce you to key principles for designing and setting up peer-led programmes with young people.

course includes

  • What's involved in setting up peer led programmes: covering, for instance, length of programme, number of sessions, placements, support and resources, and working with other agencies.
  • Identifying target groups.
  • Exploring possible obstacles and challenges and how to overcome them.
  • Best practice monitoring and evaluation procedures.

Dates: 13th July 2009 in London

Price:    £100.00 per participant

To book this course please complete our booking form.

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Working With Identity and Prejudice

This is two days of training for frontline practitioners facing challenging contemporary issues and tensions in their work with different groups of young people.

 

aims

 

  • Explore identity, difference, community and conflict.

  • Try out new ways to work with these issues.

  • Gain confidence, skills and tools for your future practice.

Dates: 21st & 22nd April 2009 in London

             29th & 30th June 2009 in Leeds

Price:   £200.00 per participant

To book this course please complete our booking form.

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Training for Trainers

This course is for trainers, group workers and facilitators who already have some experience in delivering confronting conflict or related work with young people and adults. It shares and explores some of the frameworks and themes that underpin Leap Confronting Conflict's work with young people and adults.

aims

  • to develop a strong foundation for delivering training in confronting conflict work.

course includes

  • Identifying your core principles for delivering confronting conflict work and their relationship to how you work in the room with participants
  • Identifying realistic and relevant learning outcomes, and designing a programme appropriate to the needs of your client group
  • examining the use of questioning in order to promote inquiry and self reflection
  • exploring safety, responsibility, choice and permission as they apply to your work as a facilitator
  • Identifying your support needs in relation to your continuing professional development

Dates: 4th - 6th March 2009 in London

             10th - 12th June 2009 in London

Price:  £300.00 per participant

Participants are expected to attend all three days of the course and to have at least one year's experience of delivering and facilitating group work with young people and/or adults

To book this course please complete our booking form.

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