Understanding Self-Injury
Course available: in-house only (on a date and location of your choice)
Duration: 1 day
This course will enable delegates to develop their knowledge and understanding of self-injury, and the underlying reasons for such behaviour. Participants will also develop their confidence in working with people who self-injure.
Course contains
- What is self-injury?
- Why do people self-injure?
- Support needs of staff working with people who self-injure
- The needs of people who self-injure
- Alternatives to self-injury: harm minimisation rather than abstinence
- Resources and further sources of help.
Suitable for
Anyone who works with, or encounters, people who self-injure.
