Tools and techniques for fostering respectful relationships

Posted: 18/11/2024

Over the past 30 years, Innovative Resources has created many card sets that explore the strengths, skills and personal qualities that build and foster healthy relationships. We’ve developed this 90-minute workshop as a deep-dive into some of these resources and how they can spark…

Card hacks for… ‘No Room for Family Violence’

Posted: 15/11/2024

Family violence is a serious and often hidden crime. Sadly, the people involved may not realise that what they are experiencing or expressing constitutes family violence. No Room For Family Violence encourages users to recognise family violence and explore what they want in their relationships….

Card hacks for… ‘Everyday Strengths’

Posted: 15/11/2024

Everyday Strengths features people, like you and I, using their strengths and skills to connect, find hope and transform their lives in simple, yet profound ways. These cards are perfect for sparking conversations about gratitude, noticing the things that bring calm and peace, the power…

Card hacks for… ‘Tell a Trusted Adult’

Posted: 14/11/2024

An essential aspect of social and emotional learning is empowering children to stay safe. By teaching them to recognise their body signals or early warning signs, we can help them respond to challenging situations.  Tell a Trusted Adult is the perfect resource for supporting early…

Tools for supporting conversations within families

Posted: 09/09/2024

When it comes to communicating—whether as social workers, counsellors, mental health practitioners, educators, health workers or parents—some of the most challenging and life-altering conversations we face are the ones we have with families. When there’s so much at stake and so many relationships involved,…

PREMIUM Strengths approach to practice – course bundle

Posted: 23/03/2023

This PREMIUM Strengths approach to practice course will help you build the skills to support others to identify, celebrate and mobilise their strengths. Why is this useful? When people are aware of their strengths and resources, they are much more likely to feel empowered to…

Exploring ways to capture the voice of the child

Posted: 30/09/2022

Overview: Many of us who have worked with children have grappled with how we can effectively include the perspective and voice of children in our program development, planning and evaluation. Exploring ways to capture the voice of the child is a core skills online…

Recognising and reframing anxiety

Posted: 30/09/2022

Overview: Everyone experiences anxiety at some time, even children. And helping clients understand their experience of anxiety can often provide an alternative way of engagement, and help clear the path to enable the other work to continue. Recognising and reframing anxiety is a core skills…

Tools for building social & emotional literacy in the early years

Posted: 30/05/2019

In this highly-engaging workshop, delivered over four 90 minute sessions (or timed to suit), we explore diverse range of original resources developed especially for building social and emotional literacy in children. The resources are tools for generating change and strategies to encourage children to…