Theme
The objects around us are intertwined with our feelings and experiences. Exploring our relationship with objects can help us tell our stories and give us a greater understanding of other people and ourselves. The course will demonstrate how objects can be used as an accessible tool to evoke, release and relieve emotions, how objects can become a safe home for these feelings, and how a focus on objects can free the imagination and promote creative practices and relationships.
Learning Outcomes
How objects can be meaningful.
Powerful and precious objects.
Using objects to tell the world who you are.
Uncomfortable, puzzling or painful objects.
Using objects and collections of objects to make difficult situations easier.
Exploring life stories through objects.
Who should attend?
The course is designed for foster carers and social workers to build on their initial training and is a natural progression and development of life story work. The training will focus on the individual, their story, and how to incorporate this into the work they do with children and young people.