Resources
The PEAL programme has been organised into a
facilitated training day with pre-course preparation activities.
The preparatory activities enable practitioners to reflect on
practice and look at what is already happening in settings. These
activities are contained in a pre-course book of PEAL activities,
which is sent to practitioners a month before their training day.
They are designed to take place in a practitioner’s own setting and
to be worked on over the equivalent of one day, fitting in with
other work requirements.
The training day is participative and led by an experienced
trainer. Practitioners work in groups of up to twenty. Exercises
are designed to take them through a process; reflecting on what
it’s like for parents and what support can be offered. They look at
how their own attitudes may hinder or help engagement. Examples of
what others are doing are shared, skills are practised and plans
made. The training programme is explained and all the resources
used are contained in the PEAL training guide.
Throughout the programme, key elements of the PEAL model –
authentic relationships, communication and partnership – are
examined and related to current research into what works best and
why. The PEAL reader gives an overview of the PEAL training day and
more information on the research that informed the key elements of
the model.
Further information