Managing challenging behaviour with children in kinship care workshop: Bradford
Join our free workshop about ways you might encounter challenging behaviour in children you’re caring for, and how to deal with it sensitively but decisively. Our workshops are a place where you’ll meet other kinship carers just like you and where you can connect and learn together.
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About the event
This workshop is for kinship carers who want to learn more about how to understand and manage challenging behaviour in the children they’re caring for.
The workshop will also cover how to support children in kinship care when displaying complex and/or challenging behaviour – as well as detailing how adversity impacts general behaviour, child development and world interaction.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
- understand why children’s behaviour may be challenging and/or aggressive
- develop responses to challenging behaviour, keeping in mind how this can impact future behaviour and regulation
- develop effective strategies to reduce and manage aggressive/challenging behaviour
- to create, find and explore further information and support
You are invited to stay after the workshop to have a free lunch and connect with the other kinship carers. Please make a note of any dietary requirements in the booking form below.
After the workshop you will receive information and the presentation slides by email, along with a feedback survey.
About the venue
Our Kinship workshop takes place at Leonardo Hotel Bradford, 2 Thornton Road, Bradford, BD1 2DH.
For details on how to get to the venue, visit the Leonardo Hotels website.
Parking is available at the Bradford Southgate NCP car park behind the hotel. The car park address is New Southgate, off Thornton Road, Bradford, BD1 2AP.
Parking costs £5.85 for up to 3 hours and £7.80 for up to 4 hours if you pay on the day. If you use the NCP app on your phone, parking is £2.85 for up to 3 hours and £3.80 for up to 4 hours.
Bradford is in a clean air zone. There is information about driving in clean air zones and paying for your vehicle on the GOV.UK website.
Visit the First Bus website to plan your journey.
The nearest train station is Bradford Interchange, about a 10-minute walk from the venue. Bradford Forster Square train station is a 12-minute walk,
To plan your journey and buy train tickets, visit National Rail or Trainline.
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Accessibility
The venue is fully accessible with step-free access. If you have any additional accessibility needs, you will be asked about this on our booking form. Please let us know so we can make this event as comfortable as possible for you.
Who will be there?
Our events are a warm, supportive space to learn about this topic, as well as meet and connect with other kinship carers.
This event is open to up to 25 kinship carers. Unfortunately, we ask that children do not attend this event. Local authorities will not be in attendance.
What happens if you need to cancel your place?
We understand that life gets in the way sometimes, so if you need to cancel your place please do try and let us know as soon as possible.
You’ll be able to do this through:
- the email confirmation you received when you first booked
- or by filling out our training and support enquiries and complaints form
Who runs this workshop?
This workshop is run and facilitated by Al Coates MBE.
About Al Coates MBE
Al is an independent social worker, who supports kinship carers, parents and foster carers to manage challenging and aggressive behaviour.
Al and his wife have extensive personal experience, having adopted three children themselves in 1999, then becoming foster carers to two more in 2008. They went on to adopt those children and their sibling in 2013.
Al has used his own experience to campaign and raise issues around adoption and fostering, working since 2015 with the Department of Education. Al was awarded an MBE in 2018 for services to adoption, and has founded/co-hosts the Adoption & Fostering Podcast.
Book your space
When you book your free place, we’ll ask you about your experience as a carer, your gender, age, ethnicity and other demographic information. This helps us make sure that the services and experiences we offer are as inclusive as possible and that our advice is relevant to your locality.
We will also ask about your accessibility needs. This is to ensure that you have a comfortable experience on the day.
Get in touch
If you have any questions or concerns about this or any other event, our team can help. Just fill in our training and support enquiries and complaints form and someone will get back to you.
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