Thursday, March 28, 2013

Group Leaders Network - Social Skills Groups

We are looking for New Group Leaders Nationwide to start their own groups! Could this be you?

Hometrain's Social Skills Groups are play-based communication and social skills groups for children. They are for 3-5's 6-9's and 10-13's - (10-13's is a new, drama based curriculum)

The 25th May, 2013 is our first National Network and Training Event, where we will be launching our Manual 'Teaching Hometrain Social Skills Groups' - which covers everything you need to know about starting and running your groups, including curriculums for 3-5's, 6-9's and 10-13's.
It also includes all admin forms, advice and information for starting a group.
All new groups will be supported and advertised free on our website - where parents go to find groups in their area. Group Leaders also get their own @hometrain.ie address, so people contact you with this email and it helps keeps your group life seperate from your real life!

The Manual

Workshop picture
1st Group Leader event is 25th May 2013

At 25th May Workshop, will cover all aspects of running your own group, you will meet other new Group Leaders and listen to our existing Group Leaders talk about their groups.
We will introduce the Group Leaders Network, and how to share interesting info with others and use our Pinterest Boards


To pre-order your manual, your first year's Group Leader Membership and attend the workshop in Dublin on 25th May please go here.

The reason for th network and the manual together is that I started groups four years ago, and appropriate resources were few and far between, and I made many of my own. The Programmes of Activities make up much of the curriculums here in the manual, and the resources and printables back up all the teaching. As a Group Leader, you will undoubtedly have your own resources to add - which is great!

Group Leaders will be invited to use, and post items of interest on the relevant boards, i.e. found a great colouring page for your group? You pin the link to the colouring page board for everyone else to use. Had a great idea for a game? Pin up the idea on the Teaching Social Skills board.
The Pinterest boards are:
  1. Teaching Social Skills
  2. Colouring Pages
  3. Arts and Crafts
  4. Everything else!
You can view these now at our Group Leader page: http://www.hometrain.ie/leaders/

The Group Leaders will meet every year to develop the network, meet and discuss ideas, and get to know each other professionally.
It's going to be great!

Please contact me for a chat about any aspect of our groups/leaders: info@hometrain.ie

Claire.