Designing a training session on Impact of Neglect on Child Development to a Multi-Agency audience
shashi kiran
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Shashi Kiran is a Consultant Child Psychiatrist in the NHS. He is also the Named Doctor for Child Protection in his his employer trust The Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. His professional interests are Child Safeguarding, Child Rights, Philosophy of Childhood, Medical Education and training. He has an interest in development of training materials in these domains. He is also involved with the Zomba Mental Health Link, a charity which works with the Zomba Mental Hospital, Malawi and has adopted by his employing trust. He is also a governor in a primary school in Durham, United Kingdom.
Abstract
Objectives: To design a short training session that focuses on the impact of Neglect on Child Development and deliver the session to a audience made up of professionals from multiple agencies.Method: The local LSCB runs a two... [ view full abstract ]
Objectives: To design a short training session that focuses on the impact of Neglect on Child Development and deliver the session to a audience made up of professionals from multiple agencies.
Method: The local LSCB runs a two day training course on Neglect as part of its level 3 training in Child Protection. In discussion with the co-ordinator of this course, a brief 90 minute session was designed and incorporated into the existing course. This session has been delivered over the past two years in multiagency training settings.
The course is delivered by the co- ordinator who was from a social work background. There was an interest in expanding the scope of the course to include issues of child development, the developing brain and the potential impact of Neglect on these processes. My session focussed on these aspects and also drew in strands from evolution, attachment theories, social anthropology and genetics and attempted to construct a coherent and brief narrative. The themes of the session were to describe the interaction between genetic and environmental issues in development of childhood temperament, influence of attachment, ecological factors and evolution on this process. The session then described the nature of Neglect and how it could have an impact on development of structure and function of the brain and thence on wellbeing and safety of child. The session was developed to be a mix of presentation and interactive discourse.
Results: The Session has been held more than 10 times over the past two years and has been received very positively with positive feedback. with the session seen as an important part of the overall course. The LSCB training is very keen on continuing this process.
Conclusions: Multiagency training needs to consider developing training sessions that consider multiple perspectives to enhance quality of the training.
Authors
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shashi kiran
(Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust)
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Clare Gray
(Durham County Council)
Topic Area
Training Professionals and Education of children and families
Session
Oral 7 » Session 2- Multidisciplinary Interagency Approaches (14:15 - Monday, 2nd October, Asia Room)
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