Dear Principal/CC: HOD Life orientation

Schools are increasingly faced with new challenges and staffs are often ill equipped to deal with some of the following issues:

• Drugs and alcohol

• Reporting sexual abuse

• Dealing with physical abuse

• Trauma

• BBM and online predators

• Pornographic downloads from your school’s network

• Teen pregnancy

Please note that due to the practical nature of this workshop, numbers will be limited and bookings will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.

Section A

The first section of this workshop will assist your management and learner support staff to develop protocol and procedures for the above problems. Delegates will be informed about NEW LEGISLATION and your schools responsibility and compliance with the following legislation:

• Criminal procedures act

• Children’s act

• Schools amendment act

• Child justice act

Section B 

Deals with setting up an effective trauma de briefing team and will enable your school to effectively identify, understand and deal with incidents of trauma. 

Case studies

• Death of a learner at school

• Attempted suicide

• Bus accident – sports team

• Abduction of a learner from school

Delegates will cover the following topics:

• Types of trauma

•  Identifying the symptoms

• The brains response to trauma

• Counselling model

• Practical trauma de briefing training

Aims & Objectives

• To provide each delegate with a base protocol and procedure  manual

• Each school will receive  a compliance check sheet for self analysis

• After completing the workshop delegates will have the ability to perform a trauma debriefing as well as develop and manage a school base trauma support team

Cost and information

The cost of this accredited full day workshop is R 450.00 and includes:

• Manual on CD ROM

• Support notes

• Lunch and refreshments

• Certificate

• Time: Registration 8:30, Start @  9:00 -16:00

 

Venues & Dates Cape Town:

• 2 May 2012 – St Peter’s prep

• 3 May 2012 – Waterkloof primary school

• 4 May 2012 – Rynfield primary (Benoni)

For any queries please contact 031 5726690 or 083 3308535

Facilitator – John Buswell

This workshop will be presented in Johannesburg, East Rand (Gauteng), Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London – if you would like to receive these dates and venues for your colleagues in these areas please contact our admin office

This workshop is suitable for social workers, psychologists, school management, educators and school governing bodies

Please complete the Booking form below.

Registration: 8:30, starting at 9:00 and ending @ 16:00

Payment can be made via EFT to:

Rape Wise

Bank: ABSA

Branch code: 632005

Account number: 9116055338

 

(This form can also be printed and faxed to 086 696 7807 or admin@rapewise.co.za