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FREE one-day workshops
The Tree of Life - responding to vulnerable children
David Denborough and others from Dulwich Centre Foundation

Thanks to funding from the Collier Charitable Fund we are delighted to announce a series of free workshops for those working with vulnerable children. These are open to those working with children from refugee families, those working with children in the child protection system or at risk of being involved in the child protection system, and those working with Aboriginal children, families and communities.

The first two free workshops were held in early August

Tuesday 5th August: Open to those working with children from refugee families

Thursday 7th August: Open to those working within the child protection or with children at risk of becoming involved in child protection system

The next workshop is to be held in Port Augusta on the 30th September. This workshop will be facilitated by David Denborough and Carolynanha Johnson-Koolmatrie. It is designed for those working with Aboriginal children, families and communities.

'The Tree of Life' is an approach developed by Ncazelo Ncube and David Denborough (Dulwich Centre Foundation). It is a way of working with vulnerable children that is fun and easy to use and yet at the same time enables children to speak about their lives in ways that make them stronger. This approach, based on narrative therapy ways of working, has proved so popular, both within Australia and Southern Africa, that we have received
many requests for training. The approach is suitable for use in schools, private practice, hospitals and community settings - anywhere in which people are working with groups of children. It has also been adapted for use with individual children, adults and grandparents! These one day workshops will introduce participants to some of the key ideas that inform this novel approach and then enable everyone to walk through the process so that they are fully equipped to put it into practice in their own contexts.

The workshops are being hosted by the Dulwich Centre Foundation with the generous assistance of the Collier Charitable Fund.

To register, please contact Virginia Leake c/o dulwich@senet.com.au

Places will be limited, so please book as soon as you can. Thank you.