Forthcoming workshops

If you are interested in attending a workshop please click here to complete a booking form or contact NCT professional on 08442436000 ext. 2416/email:professional@nct.org.uk

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Please note that scheduled workshops are subject to change.

Supporting the Emotional Health of Teenage Parents (including Postnatal Depression)

Cost: £82.00 (including lunch)

Date & Time: July 8th 2009

Venue: Leicester Community Centre

By the end of the workshop, participants will have had an opportunity to

• Identify reasons why younger parents are especially vulnerable to emotional ill health (i.e. depression)
• Examine the effect of postnatal ill health on the wider family, especially the partner and child
• List the symptoms exhibited by those experiencing baby blues, postnatal depression ( PND) or puerperal psychosis
• Compare a variety of theoretical approaches to emotional health imbalance and examine the relevance of psychological and sociological stresses
• Identify support options for young parents
• Examine the barriers young parents may experience in accessing available services

Running Effective Antenatal Classes For Young Parents

Cost: £82.00 (including lunch)

Date and time: Monday 20th July 2009

Venue: New Direction South Reading

By the end of the workshop, participants will have had an opportunity to:

• Have developed an outline antenatal course adaptable to their specific needs
• Understand the different ways adults learn
• Understand how to use a variety of teaching methods
• Be able to involve clients in agends setting, reviewing and evaluation
• Have practised and understood the importance of teaching physical skills for labour
• Have explored ways to involve partners in an antenatal course.

Breastfeeding Awareness For Support Workers

Cost: £82.00 (including lunch)

Date and time:  20th July 2009

Venue: Birmingham

By the end of the workshop, participants will have had an opportunity to:

• Describe reasons as to why some women either never start breastfeeding or feel that    they have to stop
• Dispel some common myths about breastfeeding
• List at least 3 health benefits of breastfeeding and describe why
• List at least 3 things that a mother can do to help breastfeeding get off to a good start
• State one barrier to breastfeeding that exists locally and what they are going to do to help remove it

Self Hypnosis for Childbirth

Cost: £240.00 (including lunches)

Date and Time:  18 hour workshop (including breaks) over 2 days - September 2009 dates tbc

Venue: Birmingham

By the end of the workshop participants will have had the opportunity to:

• Discuss and design a short course that will suit the needs of their clients
• Explain the importance of, and demonstrate, mirroring and building rapport.
• List and demonstrate four hypnotic inductions, indication preference
• Understand, rationalise and demonstrate deepening and awakening techniques
• Explain the importance of positive language in the giving of suggestions for the childbearing year, and as a result, develop a script for future use
• List and describe the use of three methods self hypnosis and evaluate their effectiveness
• Discuss, evaluate, and monitor personal growth in confidence in using hypnosis.
• Discuss and evaluate the partner’s role in using hypnosis for childbirth
• Evaluate and describe areas of personal ”de stressing”

Running Effective Antenatal Classes For Young Parents

Cost: £82.00 (including lunch)

Date and time: 3rd week September 2009

Venue: Bristol

By the end of the workshop, participants will have had an opportunity to:

• Have developed an outline antenatal course adaptable to their specific needs
• Understand the different ways adults learn
• Understand how to use a variety of teaching methods
• Be able to involve clients in agends setting, reviewing and evaluation
• Have practised and understood the importance of teaching physical skills for labour
• Have explored ways to involve partners in an antenatal course.

The Breathing - What's it all about?

Cost: £82.00 (including lunch)

Date and time: Wednesday 7th October 2009

Venue: Farnham Castle, Farnham, Surrey

By the end of the workshop, participants will have had an opportunity to:

• Differentiate between behavioral and cognitive pain coping strategies
• Recognise a variety of cognitive pain coping strategies
• Identify and overcome obstacles to teaching breathing  in antenatal classes
• Design a script which could be used in classes
• Demonstrate teaching breathing techniques
• Adopt effective breathing teaching mechanisms into their practice