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Tuesday
20th August 2019.
The online resources for What's the Buzz? Primary Students 2019 revised edition is now available for members.
Monday
28th July 2019.
Archie's BIG BOOK of Friendship Adventures is now available online. You will find it under Online resoures once you have logged in. You can preview the first three chapters by clicking here.
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Overview of online TRAINING MODULES
While you will find everything you need to run a successful program in both What's the Buzz? books, the TRAINING MODULES have been built to provide a much deeper relational and strategic insight. They contain a wealth of ideas about how to best deliver the program, and designs to cleverly circumven tpredictable teething troubles we've learnt through experience. The TRAINING MODULES are ideal for facilitators who are not able to attend our Training Days at Sophia.
As you can see below, there are 4 online TRAINING MODULES. These take about 2 hours to complete and give automatic online accreditation. You will be able to print an accreditation certificate as evidence of professional development.
TRAINING MODULE 1, planning a programme
This module takes about 30 minutes to complete.
You may work through the questions randomly or sequentially.
Log out at any time. Your progress will be saved.
Once you have accessed each question from each of the TRAINING MODULES you will receive online accreditation as an 'Online registered facilitator'.
- Why is the programme structured precisely?
- Who are the participants likely to do best?
- Who are the participants likely to perform poorly?
- Who can facilitate What's the Buzz?
- Is the programme designed for mainstream classes, or for small targeted groups?
- How are parents/ caregivers informed about the programme? Is consent required?
- When is it best to distribute the 'Pre group TEACHER and PARENT social functioning surveys?
- Why collect data?
- Why organise a 'Parents Only meeting'?
- Will the skills taught successfully transfer into the child's daily life?
TRAINING MODULE 2, running a programme
This module takes about 30 minutes to complete.
You may work through the questions randomly or sequentially.
Log out at any time. Your progress will be saved.
Once you have accessed each question from each of the TRAINING MODULES you will receive online accreditation as an 'Online registered facilitator'.
- Do children need a psychological assessment to attend?
- Are parents required to buy a copy of the book?
- Want a few 'QUICK TIPS' to get off to a great start?
- How should I physically arrange the group?
- How do I maintain continuing feedback to parents?
- Is it necessary to display an outline of the lesson on a whiteboard (or butcher's paper)?
- When and how should I introduce the Group Rules?
- Why is it important to provide continuing feedback to a group?
- Should I expect all children to participate all of the time?
TRAINING MODULE 3, running a programme
This module takes about 20 minutes to complete.
You may work through the questions randomly or sequentially.
Log out at any time. Your progress will be saved.
Once you have accessed each question from each of the TRAINING MODULES you will receive online accreditation as an 'Online registered facilitator'.
- What are the potential triggers for tricky student behaviour?
- How might I respond to an anxious child?
- What are my options if faced with difficult or disruptive behaviours from a child?
- Is it useful to provide participants with folders?
TRAINING MODULE 4, concluding a programme
This module takes about 15 minutes to complete.
You may work through the questions randomly or sequentially.
Log out at any time. Your progress will be saved.
Once you have accessed each question from each of the TRAINING MODULES you will receive online accreditation as an 'Online registered facilitator'.
- When do I distribute POST-GROUP social functioning feedback sheets?
- What do I do with the POST-GROUP sheets once they come back?
- When should the final debrief with parents occur?
- Is there scope for a child to do the programme again?
- Are the two parties and two certificates really necessary?
- What is the value of a training day? Is it worthwhile?