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LOCKED DOWN or LOCKED IN? Secrets, shame and distancing in working with children who have experienced domestic abuse - Ann Dix

  • by CourseWeDo & Worth Publishing Ltd
  • 24 Nov, 2020

Recorded webinar - 20th November 2020

A webinar with Dramatherapist Ann Dix, author of Little Mouse Finds a Safe Place, to explore issues affecting children and young people experiencing and witnessing domestic abuse and violence, especially during the extraordinary circumstances of Covid. 

What might help professionals within and beyond the school system notice, reach, and support these vulnerable children and young people?

You can purchase Ann's book Little Mouse Finds a Safe Place from www.worthpublishing.com

Comments from the webinar:

  • This has been very helpful, thank you!
  • This is so lovely Ann  -allowing children to be creative and play with the characters to express their feelings - music to my ears! They are still children!
  • A really helpful webinar, thank you Ann and Andrea -lots of good ideas
  • Many thanks...… very helpful :-)
  • As a psychologist I have found that a lot of people feel that they cant talk to children about these things for fear of saying the wrong thing/ not being trained. And yet children are so appreciative of anyone who has just listened to them and empathised with them. I think this is such a key thing for these children and hope that this webinar will help anyone present who hasn't felt confident to do this to be able to do it in the future.Thank you, that was fantastic :)
  • Thank you, this was a really helpful webinar
  • Thanks very much for this informative webinar and the forthcoming recording.  I have just ordered Little Mouse Finds a Safe Place and look forward to sharing it with my students.  Really Interesting- thanks. 
  • Thank you very much, this has been very helpful :) !
  • Thank you to you both, really interesting!  Have a lovely weekend
  • Thank you for all your advice very helpful :)
  • Brilliant thanks you
  • This has been amazing, thank you.
  • Thank you this has been very informative.
  • Thank you this has been very helpful.
  • Thank you, really interesting session.
  • Thank you so much. So interesting and useful
  • Thank you! That was really helpful
  • Thank you very much - really informative and insightful 
  • Thank you, lots of really useful info and advice
  • Fabulous, thank you 


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