Training courses
TRAINING COURSES IN 2012
The Michael Palin Centre is a team of experienced specialist speech and language therapists working in the field of disorders of fluency, with a range of additional post-graduate qualifications. Members of the team are involved in clinical work with children and adults who stammer, offering a full individual consultation service, specialist therapy packages on an individual or group basis, a range of teaching within our national teaching programme, supervision of generalist and specialist therapists, writing and research.
We approach stammering from a multi-factorial perspective and tailor our treatment accordingly. We collaborate closely as a team and with others in the profession, and place an emphasis on working with the whole family system. Our approach is integrative and responsive to the needs of each individual. Alongside fluency therapy, we aim to address issues of behaviour management, develop family problem solving skills, increase children's self-esteem and offer support to parents. We help the children and their parents to make changes in their view of the stammering problem, in their view of themselves and of their coping ability, in making choices about how they approach problems and in making changes in behavioural terms.
We draw on a range of psychological treatment methods in our work, in particular Personal Construct Psychology, Brief Therapy and Cognitive Therapy. We believe that psychological reconstruction of the problem facilitates long-term maintenance so we place equal value on addressing the psychological aspects of stammering as well as the behavioural components.
Courses run from 9.15am until 4.45pm each day.
For an application form please download here or call us on 020 3316 8100. Please note the MPC email address has changed and is now mpc.admin@nhs.net
Palin Parent-Child Interaction therapy for children under 7 who stammer
8th - 10th February 2012 (3 days). Cost: £150 (please note participants need to purchase the manual Practical Intervention for Early Childhood Stammering: Palin PCI Approach by Elaine Kelman & Alison Nicholas (2008) prior to the course)
Palin Parent-Child Interaction therapy for children under 7 who stammer (2 day workshop)
28th -29th March 2012 (2 days) Cost: £100 (not including cost of the manual. This shorter course requires participants to read the manual in advance)
NEW COURSE FOR STUDENT SLT'S: Palin Parent-Child Interaction therapy for children under 7 who stammer
17th - 19th July 2012 (3days). Cost: £150 (please note participants need to purchase the manual Practical Intervention for Early Childhood Stammering: Palin PCI Approach by Elaine Kelman & Alison Nicholas (2008) prior to the course)
10th-12th July 2012 (3 days). Cost: £150 FULL (please note participants need to purchase the manual Practical Intervention for Early Childhood Stammering: Palin PCI Approach by Elaine Kelman & Alison Nicholas (2008) prior to the course)
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Primary school children who stammer: realising their potential
This course focuses mainly on children aged 7-12 years
13th - 15th March 2012 (3 days) Cost:£150. FULL
19th-21st September 2012 (3 days) Cost: £150
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Secondary school children who stammer: realising their potential (13-18 years old)
24th -26th September 2012 (3 days) Cost:£150
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One Day Introduction to Working with Children Who Stammer
26th July 2012 (1 day) Cost: £30
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5-Day Course, an overview of working with children who stammer
21st -25th May 2012 Cost: £250 (Please note participants need to purchase the manual Practical Intervention for Early Childhood Stammering: Palin PCI Approach by Elaine Kelman & Alison Nicholas (2008) prior to the course)
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Masterclass in working with children who stammer (for experienced SLTs)
13th June 2012 Cost: £50
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An introduction to Cognitive Therapy
7th -9th November 2012 (3 days) Cost: £150
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An Introduction to Solution Focused Brief Therapy
12-13th September 2012 (2 days) Cost: £100
Building Skills in Speech Management
11th-12th June 2012 (2 days) Cost: £100
Measuring Clinical Outcomes for Stammering Therapy
14th & 15th November 2012 (2 ddays) Cost: £100
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STUDY DAYS - NEW!!!
We are looking to run a number of study days in 2012 about a range of topics. If you would be interested in attending please complete the application form.
Cost £50 (1 day)
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Stammering and additional needs - details to follow.
14th September 2012 (1 day). Cost £50
Stammering and perfectionism - details to follow
6th December 2012 (1 day). Cost £50
TRAINING WITHIN HEALTH TRUSTS OR REGIONS
The Michael Palin Centre has developed a National Teaching Programme over the past few years. Members of the team have been running training courses for SLT teams within their own Primary Care Trust enabling teams (and neighbouring teams) to access training and develop a whole team approach.
Cost: £1,000 per day (+ travel & accommodation)
INDIVIDUAL TRAINING
We offer a one-week observation and training programme to speech and language therapists within the Centre. Therapists can specify the client group they wish to focus on and we try to arrange a programme to suit their needs. During the week there are opportunities for clinical observation, skills practice, reading and discussion with members of the team. Cost: £300
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INTENSIVE GROUP THERAPY TRAINING
These 2-week programmes are held during the Easter and Summer holidays for 10-14 year olds and their parents, and in the Summer holidays for young adults, 15-18 years old. We invite speech and language therapists to observe and participate in these groups. Experience in a variety of group management skills and intervention strategies is gained in a highly practical context. Cost: £600
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Click here to read about therapists' experiences of attending these courses and the impact it has had on their working lives.
Supervision