Pictability Facilitator Training
A new way to plan and set goals
Unlike traditional planning methods typically led by professionals, Pictability™ puts families in the driver’s seat. Through playful exploration, families reconnect with what is truly important to them, their family and their child.
Pictability™ looks at the family as a whole. Research shows that parents often place all their energy into the child with a disability or delay. This is not sustainable in the long term and carers risk burnout and mental health challenges. The Pictability™ experience is designed to consider parents as an individual and their family as a whole. Children thrive when their family thrives. Pictability truly puts the family in the driver's seat as parents and carers are the ones who write their goals - in their native language, so this tool supports multi-cultural options.
The Pictability™ experience shines a light on a child’s abilities and strengths and helps families to focus on the things their child can do, opening the possibilities for a bright future. The experience provides a launching pad for the family to get started with achieving some of the goals which builds parenting efficacy. It also clarifies what goals the family will need professional help with thus providing a starting point for early intervention services.
A full toolkit comes with the program
The toolkit includes multiple cards and boards designed to support parents expanding on ideas to create deeper and more meaningful (ie developmental, social, learning) children goals as well as family and personal goals for themselves.
The Pictability™ visuals were co-designed with families to build capacity and inspire wellbeing and flourishing (Adler & Seligman, 2016) – informed by evidence about how parents used Individualised Funding to achieve their goals (Mahmic & Janson, 2018).
The sessions are delivered online, run by peer worker parents who have completed the Pictability™ Facilitator Training and are accredited to run the workshops. There are a maximum of 16 participants per workshop.
Dates (NZ Times) Click here to check what this will be in your location!
Module 1 : Tuesday 27th Aug 2024 (5pm-7pm)
Module 2 : Wednesday 4th Sept 2024 (5pm-8pm)
Module 3: To be determined with trainees (3 hr module)
If you cannot attend these dates, please register your interest below and we will let you know when our next zoom training sessions are.
Module 1: (2 hrs) In this session, you will:
- Be introduced to the Pictability resource from a parent’s perspective to understand its value for families
Module 2: (3 hrs) In this practical workshop, ECI professionals will:
- Learn about the theoretical foundations of Pictability
- Become familiar with the Pictability process
- Practice skills to facilitate their first PictabilityTM session
Module 3: (3 hrs) In this practical session under the guidance of a Pictability Facilitator you will be paired with another ECI Professional in order to:
- Facilitate your first Pictability session through role-play with that Professional
- Role Reverse and re-experience as a parent participant
- Analyse your first facilitation experience
- Receive coaching from the Pictability Facilitator.
