DBC personality disorder training

Training run by DBC associates, this one day course would provide an introduction on the group of complex emotional and behavioural problems which include those receiving a diagnosis of personality disorder and other related difficulties (e.g. complex post-traumatic stress).

These represent a series of disorders which manifest themselves in everyday social work practice and often involve those clients for whom staff find it difficult to develop effective interventions. For example, 70% of parents involved in care proceedings were found to have a personality disorder, and those working with adolescents with conduct disorders and self-harmers will be familiar with the difficulties presented by this group, particularly managing issues like mood regulation.

This course will provide participants with the following learning outcomes:

• Understanding of the causes and background to complex emotional and behavioural disorders e.g. substance abuse, self- harming, PTSD, conduct disorders etc.
• Personality disorder and related difficulties.
• Effective working with this group.
• Understanding of the impact of childhood abuse and neglect on the development of emotional and behavioural regulation.
• Range of effective interventions /effective management of dependent and destructive clients.
• Working with risk and responsibility, and the promotion of responsible agency support
• Understanding of the importance of belongingness and the use of social learning.
• The use of social learning
• Considering the management of transitions in clients with disordered attachment – beginnings and endings.

The facilitator of this event is Ellie McGuire, an associate of DBC.

To find out more, please take a look at the DBC website.