Training Programmes

Reclaiming Youth Ireland has developed a suite of training programmes for anyone working with or living with children and youth, especially those who exhibit challenging behaviours. Trainings are listed below, with the section titles. All trainings can be delivered in-person or virtually, via Zoom.

Workshops are all independent of each other, though some lend themselves to being delivered as part of a learning and development intervention, such as Workshops 3, 4 & 5.

It is possible to work with organisation to ‘construct’ the desired or required programme of workshops. 

Workshop 1: Fundamentals of Relational Practice

Section 1: Relational History
Section 2: Relational Pioneers
Section 3: Relational Professions
Section 4: Relational Roles
Section 5: Relational Weaving

Workshop 2: Being Trauma Informed

Section 1: Trauma, ACES & Transition Trauma
Section 2: Prevalent & Impacts of Trauma
Section 3: Recognizing Trauma Signals
Section 4: Responding to Trauma
Section 5: Building Resistance

Workshops 3: Understanding Needs & Pain Based Behaviour

Section 1: Being Pain & Hurt Aware
Section 2: Brain Stuff
Section 3: Needs Models
Section 4: Reacting & Responding
Section 5: Reaction Default,

Workshop 4: Communicating & Connecting with Young People

Section 1: Active Communication
Section 2: Connecting & Connecting Strategies
Section 3: The Angry Kids
Section 4: The Dismissive Kid
Section 5: The Wily Kid

Workshop 5: Building Resilience & Responding to Needs

Section 1: Engaging Purposefully
Section 2: Promoting Strengths
Section 3: Building Resilience
Section 4: Decoding Behaviour
Section 5: Responding to Unmet Needs

Workshop 6: Integrity, Acceptance & Love

Section 1: Being an Exemplar of Integrity
Section 2: Equity & Acceptance
Section 3: ‘Other’ focused
Section 4: Trust
Section 5: Love

Workshop 7: Self-awareness and Reflective Practice

Section 1: Being Self-Vigilant
Section 2: Being Present in the Present
Section 3: Being Reflective
Section 4: Being Reflexive
Section 5: Praxis, 

Workshop 8: Using Fun and Humour with Purpose

Section 1: Defining Fun & Humour
Section 2: Macro Humour Functions
Section 3: Humour in Caring Professions
Section 4: Avoiding Banana Skins
Section 5: Humour in Relational Practice

Workshop 9: Wisdom, Wonderment, Empathy and Optimism

Section 1: Engaging in the Moment
Section 2: Wisdom
Section 3: Wonderment
Section 4: Optimism
Section 5: Empathy

Workshop 10: Safety, The Unconditional Space and Managing Change

Section 1: Risk
Section 2: A Safety Orientation
Section 3: Unconditional Spaces
Section 4: Managing Change
Section 5: Recapping the Weaving.