Children's modules

PART ONE OF THREE

Certificate in Working with Children

In this module we are talking about how to provide a safe, nurturing, supportive space for children to freely express verbally, emotionally, pictorially & through 3.D mediums their feelings & their stories. Through play the child naturally expresses what is being reflected around them, how they feel inwardly, what's happening in their world & how colour, line & shape expressed on paper makes you feel better.

Discover through sand stories & symbol work. - Play with sand & toys to make a story.

Squiggle Play. - Sharing line, colour & shape with another can be uplifting

Reflections around you. - How do we see & feel about people in our lives.

Children's inner journey. -What's happening inside my body through creative visualization.

This module also includes how to use the seasons to go with these expressive activities & to assist in providing an inspirational & energetically appropriate environment for the child.

The environment, though encouraging free play, may set the intent to support the child, holistically. i.e. mentally, emotionally, physically & spiritually.

Introduction to Sand play for children

Sandplay has been a part of children's everyday play forever, from the tribal child to the beach, to the sandpit in the Kinder & School. Children in most cases love sand & create with it to make mountains, lake, rivers, valleys & so the list goes on.

Add natural materials & / or toys & / or figurines & a wondrous story emerges.

Through the sand of time the child creates, releases, expresses as children have through time.

Archetypal Symbology & Personal Mythology go hand in hand as we explore the use of symbols. The symbols may be from a meditation, painted, made in clay, drawn with chalk on a blackboard, drawn with a pencil or created out of playdough. The toys & figurines played with or selected may be a symbol. These symbols come from the psyche of the child & manifest before us so that we can explore through play & story.

A holistic approach to children's wellbeing would include, of course, the physical aspects of releasing & expressing through the physical body through gentle structured movements, dance, free movement, role play & physical release in a safe, supportive & productive way. This module explores ways of doing this & how to create the space to facilitate the activities.

Bio energetics, Creative Dance, Physical Expression.

Relaxation Visualization, Relaxing the Body, Emotions, Mind & using the Spirit.

My Favourite Symbol - Role play, Imagination, Physical Release, Raising Awareness.

Me in the Middle- How the child feels in their physical world.

Spiral Maze- A board game of feelings with an answer on how to be in their physical world.

This is an experiential day of being a part of these activities to foster self-healing & personal growth within self & to learn how to support children in theirs.

Activities for children

There are many wonderful activities for children from bubble blowing to making dream catchers. This part of the course provides us with knowledge of some of these activities & what each one provides for the children we are working with. We learn about creative ideas & equipment on a low budget & yet providing opportunity for children to express, release & create life skills.

Problems: Before & Now - exploring the hurt inner child.

Every child has a hurt, wounded child within. This inner child may be the birth baby, the toddler coping, the pre-schooler trying, the creative child stifled, the loving child unloved & so the list goes on. With you as a support facilitator “The child” heals “The wounded inner child” & you co- create an atmosphere of healing together.

The circle of Wisdom

A game created by my young friend Louka to assist in creating Life Skills through symbols & drawing. An experience not to be missed.

The body tells us in marvellous ways what is troubling us, concerning us or what is an issue for us. We learn here how to guide the child into exploring the issues by bringing the focus into the troubled part of the body & finding out what it is trying to tell us. This process gives us the tools to do this. We learn it in this section of the course

Within us are many buried treasures that we may not even be aware of. How do we find these treasures within with the child? We assist the child into a space of exploration using many tools to discover & help treasures to emerge.

A writing process & / or drawing process to raise awareness & allow the subconscious & / or the wounded child to speak up. An experience of self-expression for us all.

A self esteem activity to be done with a group.

Practicing using sand & figurines & the symbology associated with this is essential. In this part of the course we practice participation & facilitating in the sand stories.

Meditation & visualisation for Children, by Jennifer Cook.

This part of the course is all about meditation with children. The course helps us to learn how to:

Create meditation for children.

Correctly read meditations to children.

Channel freely meditations for children.

The day teaches us about the do's & don'ts & how to create, provide & ensure a safe situation & environment for each child.

We shall co-create children's meditations with fellow students.

We shall participate in & be given children's meditations created by Jennifer Cook. The end result will be a collection of skills, tools & meditations to share with children.

This day is expanded on, in “The Advanced Working with Children” course - Part Two of the Diploma in Holistic Children's Counselling.

This part of the course is divided up & added to the other modules & is a time to discuss case studies, activities done with children, opportunities, difficulties & problems with your fellow students & teacher. These “Case Studies” & “Debriefing Sessions” will eventually add up to approximately 2 hours of extra time held before or between other modules.

PART TWO OF THREE

Advanced Certificate in Working with Children

Drawing out the Pain

Children are able to express painful memories, feelings & subconscious fears & issues through Drawing with crayons, textas, pastels, pencils, chalk & pens.

The following activities & processes use drawing to express these negative feelings:

Big drawings with both hands.

Balloons for a loved one & the Balloons we share.

My Sad Imaginary friends home.

Good bye Grandpa / Grandma.

These processes are created to draw out bad feelings. They are not feel good processes.

Children say & do things with puppets that they may not say or do themselves.

Puppets speak on their behalf sometimes & act out feelings, thoughts & ideas. The puppets become an extension of the child.

The puppet can be a symbol that the facilitator can use open ended questions with, to bring through a gestalt role play exercise.

Puppets are powerful expressive representatives & in this Module we learn lots more about Puppets & Puppetry.

We can make puppets too.

In the module we make & use puppets & dolls playfully.

More about meditation as a study.

A deeper understanding of what meditation does for you, where it can take you & what levels.

This module is shared with the students of Meditation Teacher Training course & will take you to new places.

We shall be taking them into the realms of the inner child & the Wonder Child within.

A co-Creation in Meditative experiences.

This is definitely not one to be missed

Self Expression through 3 Dimensional Art Activities

Children are often very comfortable working in these 3D mediums. They find it to be fun & experiential & you're providing an outlet for them to release physically & emotionally.

This part of the course gives us the opportunity to set up these activities & go with the process as it unfolds.

Together you & the child co-create an experience of self expression & healing

Co-Creation with the Older Child & Special Needs

Older children & adolescents may be a little challenging to work with at times & it is very important to understand that respect & trust are essential for a good working relationship.

This module provides some activities, processes & ideas to use with the older children & adolescents & some ways of being with these individuals as individuals.

Journaling for the older Child.

Art for the Older Child.

Processes for the Adolescents.

How to listen, reflect & create Life Skills with Adolescents.

How do we counsel Children?

What do children need from us?

Working with parents.

Professional & being Authentic.

Using what we have learned & knowing how.

Sharing children's activities & meditations created by fellow students

Create a process for children to express anger release & or emotional release.

Create a story for children. The story is for telling & you may use puppets or aids if you wish to compliment the story.

Journal your processes in an “Assessment process journal”. Write & or draw about your processing & how you feel you benefited, learned or grew from the experience. Also record what you had difficulty with.

Type up process sheets for processes done in module 1

ie: Me in the middle.

Forever a part of me.

Memory book. Remember.

Remember to include : Aim

Conclusion eg: Journaling,

Affirmations, Mandala, Life Skills

Thesis - four A4 pages on a topic of interest that relates to working with children OR create a workshop for children.

Setting up the space.

Program / Procedures / Methods.

Evaluation - how you evaluate the workshop

& anything else you would like to include.

Any processes you are asked to do at home, please do in Art/ Assessment Journal to be handed in at random through out modules.

Dibs-In search of Self -(Library)

A Child's Palette - Rikki Hilder (available though Open Hands)

PART THREE OF THREE

Certificate in Holistic Counselling Skills

Module No 1 - Part of Diploma in Holistic Counselling

Introduction to “ Being a Counsellor”

This module provides the experience & teaching required to develop skills & ways of being to participate as holistic counsellors & to live holistically.

There are both traditional & contemporary methods & modalities explored & a hands-on experiential approach provides familiarization with the methods & modalities.

Who is a holistic Counsellor ?

The role of the Counsellor.

The holistic approach.

Setting up an environment to facilitate counselling.

Preparing to facilitate counselling

Basic holistic counselling skills

Positive use of our voice.

Reflective listening.

Silent periods - for reflection & processing.

Honouring the process

Honouring the client

Honouring the inner healer.

Intuitive development.

Client Counsellor report & reflection.

Meditation & visualization.

Psychic development.

Module No 2 - Counselling Skills Part of “Diploma in Holistic Counselling”

With combining traditional counselling skills & a holistic approach we are able to delve deeper into the psyche of client & our selves.

By using the processes outlined, clients are able to obtain goals, objectives & an inner peace can be obtained.

By utilizing existing skills, summarizing & using processes, it is the Counsellor's objective to support the client to a position of calmness in their life, direction & to have a completion of the counselling process in the moment.

Creating affirmations

- facilitator to client

Rationalization -(needs & wants)

Determining triggers & catalysts

Creating positive from negative.

Module No 3 - Part of Diploma in Holistic Counselling

Practitioners Self Care

It is so important for the practitioner to take care of self for the benefit of self & also essentially for the benefit of the client in their care.

Place personal needs to one side whilst counselling & work with it later for self-care. i.e. supervision or self care.

Meditation & Preparation

The Practitioner working holistically will benefit & gain from the work done with others.

Module No 4 -The Professional Part of Diploma in Holistic Counselling

As a holistic Counsellor how can we manifest a professional career?

Client record keeping

Manifesting your abundance

Boundary setting with clients

How to set up a professional business

Support for the professional Counsellor

Setting up a counselling room

Debriefing & supervision

Module No 5 - Areas of Support Part of Diploma in Holistic Counselling

By using the holistic approach, which covers utilizing - healing support, you are able to fulfil the whole person.

Various modalities can be used to support the client & self.

Different modalities are often used for the same problem but with different clients.

By learning the different modalities & being able to facilitate these modalities, we are able to offer an enrichment of life to a client.

Motivation towards self-development & healing

Expenditure of energy

The inner child - support & healing the inner child

Life stages & cycles

Understanding family

Consolidating Counselling Skills for Children

These days have been created to bring together all aspects of all three parts of the Holistic Children's Counselling training program to consolidate the tools , activities , processes, skills and holistic ways of being to assist you in creating a truly holistic way of working with children.

This day is to be participated in when all areas of counseling skills and Working with children certificate courses one and two have been completed in all Requirements of on campus training are met.

These day will emphasize how all the certificate courses are holistic in nature and to ensure and reinforce the emphasis placed on including the mind, body, spirit and emotion/heart in our work with children.

It will be a time of self exploration, companionship, professional development and spiritual upliftment and for those who have completed all requirements for The Diploma in Holistic, Children's Counselling it will be a celebratory day of GRADUATION.

A.H.H.A Accreditation.

Competency Tasks….W.W.C.1.

For the student to: Create the space and process to experience in.

Participate in tutorials and lectures and discussion groups relating to creating the space and mediums/media to work with the child holistically.

Develop methods through participation in activities and processes set and created for this purpose.

Discover through sand stories and symbol work and to demonstrate the ability to facilitate, set up and pack up thematically with sand trays figurines and toys.

Participate in squiggle play activities and demonstrate the ability to follow through on free expression created within the activity.

Participate in the process `reflections around me' and facilitate in the process.

Participate in the process of an inner journey through visualization through the body.

Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between children and the seasons.

Demonstrate the understanding of creating an environment of free play and yet facilitation.

Sand Stories and symbology.

Demonstrate an understanding of sand play with children and to create and support the creation of a sand story as a process.

Participate in the lectures and tutorials to obtain an understanding of symbology.

Demonstrate an understanding of archetypal symbology and personal mythology in all aspects of holistic well being with the child.

The holistic approach in experiential processing.

Participate in activities that involve the principles of movement and bio- energetics.

Participate in a relaxing visualization.

Participate in role play processes provided and facilitate a role play process.

Participate and facilitate `Me in the Middle.'

Participate and facilitate `The spiral Maze.”

The wounded, hurt inner child.

Demonstrate the ability to use simple processes to create life skills for self.

Participate in the processes Before and Now/exploring the hurt inner child and The Circle of wisdom.

Facilitate these processes with another.

Power processes for children.

Participate in the following processes in facilitating and being facilitated;

Holistic Body Focus.

The Individual star.

Meditation and visualization for children

Participate in meditations for children.

Create meditations for children,

Participate in lecture, discussion group on correctly reading meditations to children.

Channel freely meditations for children.

Co-create meditations with fellow students for children.

Case studies/ Process practice reviews.

For the student to participate in 2 hours of extra time between the modules for debriefing and process practice case study.

For the student to discuss progress and problems, ideas and stopping, blockages and strengths in regard to practicing processes with children participating as case study.

This is above the time allocated to case studies in off campus time.

To be supported in off campus process practice.