Dyslexia aware therapeutic mentoring, addressing the emotional repercussions of dyslexia

What is this training?

This stimulating two day intensive workshop offers understanding of and practical applications to address the emotional repercussions of dyslexia. It is appropriate for all those who support dyslexic people such as counsellors, trainers, supervisors, social workers, youth workers, tutors, teachers, teaching assistants, managers etc. The workshop has been designed as a foundation for professionals, who already have a basic understanding and practice of working with dyslexia, who wish to enhance their work within a basic counselling/coaching framework with a therapeutic element.

If you are looking to further develop your skills and confidence in working with dyslexic clients using the GroOops approach or add some new techniques to your tool box, this is the course for you.  

What you'll be getting?

Experimental two day workshop

You will join like minded individuals for a two day creative and therapeutic-coach based workshop addressing the emotional repercussions of dyslexia based in a tranquil, harmonious setting that nurtures personal and professional well-being and self-care.

We will be focusing specifically on sharing our learning from ten years of our GroOops dyslexia aware counselling experience, helping you to develop your personal practice further and offering ways to pass it on to your client base in creative ways. You will leave this workshop with improved clarity and understanding of:

• How dyslexia can impact on the emotions.
• When and why dyslexia impacts on emotions. Life stages and experiences specific to dyslexia that can create an environment for emotional disharmony and confusion.
• Full appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of dyslexia.
• Creative and psycho-educational strategies to support the development of self-knowledge, resilience, self-confidence and self-advocacy.
• Confidence to incorporate new understanding and skills into your client work.
• Community support and professional development with like-minded others.
• Ongoing access to further dyslexia aware training opportunities.

Why is GroOops dyslexia aware counselling different?

There are any number of assistive technology and skills based strategies specifically designed to support the dyslexic learner. However, at GroOops we believe that someone in emotional distress because of their dyslexia is not in the right frame of mind to absorb still more information. Many clients are overwhelmed when they find they are dyslexic and are trying to make sense of who they thought they were, who they are, and who they can be. Others have no idea that dyslexia is anything more than something to do with reading and writing and are confused and disorientated by their seeming inability to cope with life generally and their emotional reactions specifically. Dyslexia is so much more than a difficulty with reading and writing, both through its inherent constitutional weaknesses but also in its potential, and often disregarded, outstanding strengths.

At GroOops we believe that dyslexia can impact on the emotions in very profound and insidious ways. Our ten years of experience have shown that, if unaddressed or misunderstood, dyslexia can impact in subtle and distressing ways on every aspect of a person's life from their personal relationships through to their ability to contend with their environment. When these challenges are addressed therapeutically our clients have the opportunity to develop an integrated sense of dyslexic identity, build resilience and self-worth, learn to become their own self-advocate and develop a sense of purpose and meaning in life.

The reason our training programme is so successful is because we know and understand what therapeutic skills need to be developed and what strategies you require as a professional to bring about the potential for change and help dyslexic clients live more self-compassionate and meaningful lives.

Day one: a familiarisation of how dyslexia can present itself; strengths and weaknesses; life course experiences; the raft of emotional repercussions that can occur and why. 

Day two: focuses specifically on practice. This training is highly experiential, making use of personal experiences, case studies, videos, small groups, creative experiential exercises and live supervision demonstrations. Integrated are aspects of psycho-educational approaches, mindfulness, neuroscience, counselling skills and positive psychology.

Schedule of course dates

London, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th March 2017

Time: 10am – 4pm.
Venue: Finchley N3.
Cost:  Day one and two: £150

Spaces are extremely limited. For further information and a booking form please contact:

GroOops dyslexia aware counselling on 020 8346 0941, www.GroOops.org
or email: Pennie@GroOops.org.

What previous participants say:

"Excellent! Great to be in such a fantastic environment. Facilitation was structured, experiential and appropriately challenging." - Development trainer.

"It was an amazing experience to be with like minded people to discuss the emotional impact on those with dyslexia. The course has been so much more than what I expected." - Dyslexia and literacy tutor.

"An excellent course, well worth giving up my weekend for. Met such interesting people." - University well-being, counselling and health co-ordinator.

"Facilitated by a natural speaker who is clearly passionate and dedicated to her subject." - Integrative arts psychotherapist.

"From a personal and professional perspective, it was excellent!" - Humanistic counsellor.

"This is a great course! Probably relevant in many contexts - Business Coaching, Life Coaching, Teaching, School, FE, HE, social work, Youth work as well as therapeutic mentoring/counselling." - Creative industries advisor.

"It was a great experience." - ADSHE member.

"Diversity is everything and this course has tremendous diversity for both dyslexic spectrum and non-dyslexic spectrum people." - Social worker.