Skills Education & Awareness Training:

Working with Asian women who Self-harm

Thursday 7th April

Newham Asian Women's Project:



This is a basic practice-based course aimed at helping participants to
work more effectively and appropriately with young Asian women who
self-harm and who maybe vulnerable to suicide, as well as supporting
participants to use the Self-harm Training Pack with their colleagues
in a safe and appropriate manner.



Content:

* exploring what self-harm is, why people self-harm and the functions
of self-harm;

* relationship between self-harm and suicide;

* why young Asian women may be at higher risk;

* the role of culture and self-harm and addressing inter-cultural
working practices;

* managing responses, attitudes, beliefs and feelings about self-harm;

* exploring and identifying possible practical and easily accessible
responses to self-harm.



Price: £80/£120 (includes Breakfast, Lunch & Refreshments + a Silent
Scream: Training Pack worth £25).



This training is free to Newham and City & Hackney PCT staff.



We can also provide in-house training.



Contact: Gurpreet Virdee on 020 8472 0528 or teens@... or
http://www.nawp.org