Story Exchange - CPDL Programme
We are excited to announce our CPDL programme supporting teachers and Art Partners to teach emotional literacy through their work. Oxygen is entering year 2 of The Story Exchange Project. Generously funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund, we are working with The Story Museum and seven Oxfordshire schools around the Inquiry Question, How can oral storytelling support teachers to improve emotional literacy in the classroom?
WHY ARE WE DELIVERING TRAINING?
Our project works with students facing systemic inequity, using high-quality arts-based learning to help them progress. To support this, we aim to equip Oxfordshire professionals with training in anti-racism, intersectionality, and trauma-informed practices to better support the young people they work with.
***All training is for Teachers or art practitioners working in Oxfordshire and who are part of the Oxygen network.
Knowing me, Knowing you: Looking after ourselves and the young people we support with Nicolette Glashan & Abi Coyle, Therapeutic Arts Practitioners from Flourish Oxford
Thurs 30th Jan (10 - 4:30pm) & Thurs 13th Feb (10 to 4:30pm) at the Museum of Oxford
This two-day workshop offers a valuable opportunity to deepen understanding of the challenges young people face, while also focussing on developing empathy, building supportive relationships, and improving our own emotional resilience. Must attend both days.
Through psychoeducation and practical, hands-on activities, this workshop will help attendees to;
Enhance understanding and support of young people by exploring the social and emotional pressures they face
Access valuable psychoeducation to better understand trauma and its impact on youth
Boost overall wellbeing and emotional resilience
Discover simple, effective wellbeing practices that can be integrated into daily routines to support young people and themselves.
How can storytelling support emotional literacy through an inclusive framework with Simone Watson-Brown
Thurs 27th February 2 - 4pm the Museum of Oxford
Simone Watson-Brown (she/her) is an impact Coach and an inclusion consultant with 20 years experience working in educational and creative institutions in a number of roles.
In this practical and interactive half day workshop you will;
Explore emotional literacy and how you embody and ignite it in others.
Explore how oral storytelling technique can support emotional literacy.
Dissect how current literature in the emotional literacy space may create exclusion
Develop creative tools that engage children to develop emotional literacy
Be invited to develop your own practice of inclusion
Nurturing Resilient Learners Building Playful Connections with children who have experienced trauma with Clear Sky Children’s Charity
Thurs 13th March, Online (10 -noon) / Thurs 27th March (9.30 - 1pm) in-person at the Old Fire Station
This two part course has a specific focus on developmental trauma and attachment theory.
In the first online session participants will understand how trauma can impact the brain and nervous system and delve in to the physiological and psychological benefits of play. They will also learn how to build trust with children who have experienced trauma and explore self-regulation to support co-regulation.
The second in person session will explore the Adult-Child Attachment Play (ACAP) approach - an innovative early help model that focuses on strengthening the adult/carer – child relationship.
These sessions will be delivered by Clear Sky Children's Charity, which specialises in supporting children aged 4-18 who are experiencing emotional and behavioural challenges as a result of trauma. Through the transformative power of Play and Creative Arts Therapy, their team provides child-led, therapeutic sessions that create a safe space for children to process and resolve their emotional difficulties.
Race and Intersectionality Awareness into Practice: a Creative Enquiry with Anya Amrith and Miranda Jones
Wednesday 30th April (Online) 3.30 - 5.30pm
Led by Miranda and Anya, both Integrative Arts Psychotherapists (Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education, Islington). This online training will starting from the perspective of exploring our own cultural identities and intersections, we will look at these vital themes in a way that supports shared understanding, difference and a non-judgmental approach.
Throughout this interactive session, participants will be;
encouraged to reflect on what an inclusive approach means to them
consider what obstacles prevent implementation in their working environment, including theoretical perspectives, strategies, and creative activities.
The course aims to help delegates understand the subject, equipping them with skills to take away and use within the organisations and young people they work with.
Training has been generously funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of their Teacher Development Fund. It is to support training for teachers and artists for The Story Exchange Project.
