Overview

Why boy's don't talk

It is often thought that boys find it hard to talk about their feelings and have a tendency to bottle things up. This can have a significant impact on young males' mental health. In a soceity that favours talking as an option for emotional awareness and expression we consider what other options there is for supporting boys.

These webinars are suitable for anyone who lives or works with children as well as those interested in training as a play therapist.

Key Learnings

Using neurobiological and sociological understanding as a foundation to understand gender childhood differences in expressing emotions.

Thinking about how to re-frame what we know about gender stereotypes and how this impacts on emotional development.

Reflecting and listening to how boys communicate emotions to build self confidence and reduce conflicts.

I'm not a kid, right! - a story from a play therapist's case book.

The story of Johnny opens the webinar. A powerful vignette of a seven year old who believes he has to be tough, the man of the family and expresses the emotions of teenage boy.

See, feel and experience the child's perspective on nonverbal communication, emotional awareness, play and relationships.

With Kids present a new programme of online webinars that will develop participants' observational skills, enhance playful interactions and acquire an introductory framework that will support effective ways of responding to children's emotional communications and needs that will promote lasting change.

Embedded in current research and thinking in child development, neuroscience, the impact of trauma on emotional development and attachment theory this series of training will provide insight into children's emotional worlds and encourage participants to reframe their understanding of children and their communications.