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SUBSTANCE MISUSE & FAMILIES

OPTION 2 MODEL TRAINING

A THREE-DAY COURSE

If you are interested in developing your family intervention skills

within substance misuse you may be interested in this 3-day course.

Substance misuse is no longer a single client issue.

We need to engage families to address change.

Substance Misuse professionals and Child & Family professionals

need & want effective models for family interventions.

This course will help you think about approaches, engage the whole family,

& provide you with skills, techniques & a tool kit of family interventions.

Tuesday 1^st, Wednesday 2^nd & Thursday 3^rd December 2009

Daily: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

City Hall

Cardiff

The cost for attending this course is £300.00 per person.

Payment will be required prior to the start of the course.

Participant Feedback:

“The course was concise & well-paced”

“Great to have such a defined, clear model; such specific tools & adaptable, useful resources”

“…a great facilitator & really brought the ethos of the project & the many great tools used to life for me.

everything will get translated into practice”.

Because numbers will be limited, please indicate your wish to attend by responding by email to the address below no later than Friday 20^th November 2009

For further information please contact:

Option 2

House 54

Cardiff Royal Infirmary

Newport Road

CARDIFF CF24 0SZ

Tel: 029-20460111

Training Programme

Day 1

09:15 - Coffee

09:30 - Introductions

11:00 - Break

11:15 - The Process of Behaviour Change

12:30 - Lunch

01:30 - Solution Focussed brief therapy

03:00 - Break

03:15 - Option 2 process

04:30 - Close

Day 2

09:30 - Motivational interviewing

11:00 - Break

11:15 - Visiting the Family

12:30 - Lunch

01:30 - Exploring values

03:15 - Break

03:30 - Exploring Strengths

04:30 - Close

Day 3

09:30 - Goals

11:00 - Break

11:15 - Skill acquisition

12:30 - Lunch

01:30 - Maintenance meetings

03:15 - Break

03:30 - Support structures and evaluation

04:15 - Close

Contact us for more details

Substance Misuse and Families - Option 2 three day training

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Supervision in Outcome Focused Services

A One-Day Course

Tailor made for you

To express an interest please email Option2@cardiff.gov.uk

Training and Consultancy Services

Following several years of developing and successfully delivering the Option 2 model, we regularly run courses and workshops across the UK, flexibly designed to fit your organisations needs.

We are the UK experts in brief intensive interventions with families incorporating Motivational Interviewing and outcome focused practice.

Our Training & Consultancy Service is available to assist you & your teams in:

Engaging families in behaviour change
Effective approaches to Mental Health, Substance Misuse, and Domestic Violence
Helping parents meet their children’s needs

Option 2 Model & Resources

For teams interested in the approach of the Option 2 Model, we offer a range of training opportunities

from half-day workshops focussing on a particular Option 2 tool,

to 4-days training & support to organisations wishing to set up a service based on the Model.

Option 2: Implementing the Option 2 model
Practice Toolbox
Substance Misuse Counselling in the Child Protection Arena
Awareness Raising and Effective Approaches

From a skill base of motivational approaches & outcome focussed work

20 years experience in evidenced based practice

Refocusing Organisations

For organisations interested in outcome focussed interventions with families, we offer a range of packages from ½ day workshops aimed at expanding practice techniques & resources, to a year’s management & workforce training with supervision & coaching.

Packages can include any & all of the following: