Narrative work
| Audience | Foster carers, Adopters, School support staff |
|---|---|
| Course Level | 3 |
| Hours | 10 |
Learning criteria
- Explain how narrative forms part of child development
- Identify key dimensions of child development and narrative formation
- Explain how childhood trauma can affect narrative formation
- Identify key elements of formal and informal life story work in helping children build narrative
- Describe how you can enable children and young people with impaired narrative formation to begin to make sense of their lives
- Show how you can work with children and young people with distorted narratives to develop a strong and positive sense of identity
Learning outcomes
- Understand how childhood trauma affects the creation of life narrative
- Understand ways in which you can develop skills in narrative work