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Pictability™ Training

Experience a new way to build rapport with families

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™ is a novel strength-based tool for professionals to understand a 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.

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. Pictability is shown to increase families' readiness to engage with professionals!

Support parents to set a vision for their child and family with an internationally acclaimed visioning tool that informs your family-centred approach.

As a Pictability facilitator, you will inspire and guide families in their journey, and identify areas that require professional support. Pictability creates an achievable map for a good life.

Put families in the driver’s seat Pictability encourages playful exploration.

Families reconnect with what's important to them, their family and their child. Promote a holistic approach to family wellbeing Research shows that parents often place all their energy into a child with a disability or delay.

Pictability recognises the importance of parental well-being and considers the whole family.

When a family thrives, the child thrives. Focus on strengths and abilities Pictability shines a light on a child’s strengths. It encourages families to focus on the things their child can do, opening the possibilities for a bright future. Parents learn to get started on setting and prioritising achievable goals.

Pictability also clarifies which goals need professional support to begin planning 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).

Train to become a Pictability™ Facilitator

Become a Pictability™ facilitator and support families to set a vision for their child, family and self with this awarding-winning, internationally acclaimed visioning tool that will inform your family-centred approach.

Professionals can join our scheduled Pictability trainings: NZ450 per participant.

We also deliver tailored programs for large organisations. Please contact Dr. Annick Janson to discuss group discounts and workshop times.

Training sessions are run by peer workers and professionals who have completed the Pictability™ Facilitator Training and are accredited to run the workshops. We can train your team up to 20 participants per workshop.

Module ONE - 2 hrs

In this introductory session, ECI professionals will be introduced to a novel, evidence-based way to build raport with families whilst starting their planning sessions using PictabilityTM,

Trainees experience the power of Pictability from a parent’s perspective to understand its value for families, by creating their own Pictability vision.

Module TWO - 3 hrs

In this practical workshop, professionals will:

Learn about the theoretical foundations of Pictability.
Become familiar with the Pictability process.
Practice skills to facilitate their first Pictability session.

Module THREE - flexible

In this practical session under the guidance of a Pictability facilitator, you will be paired with another ECI Professional to:

Role play your first Pictability session as facilitator and parent.
Reverse your roles to experience both perspectives.
Analyse your first facilitation experience.
Receive coaching from the Pictability facilitator.

Certification process

Professionals keen to learn about Pictability™ can do Module one and two.

In order to become a Pictability™ Facilitator, a trainee must complete all three modules.

Pictability graduates can elect to enter the Pictability Certification Program.

What do professionals say about Pictability™ ?

Growing family commitment

What parents can teach service providers

A versatile visioning tool

Working with parents who have a learning disability

A practical way to plan

Personal insights of a professional

Croatia

Mali dom is a service provider in Zagreb. Their team welcomed the Pictability Training (see our blog post).

Albania

Extract of a professional training session: The impact of the Pictability experience.

NSW Innovation project

Listen to teachers and parents at Bankstown Early Intervention school, Sydney, NSW say about using Pictability in the school environment. Their vision is for child voice to be amplified throughout their school years!

Dr. Colette Muir, New Zealand Starship Hospital Paediatrician reflects how Pictability can help parents communicate their vision to professionals. Click here for a series of testimonials from professionals who have done the Pictability Experience of Pictability Facilitator Training.

What next after Pictability™ ?

We developed the Pictability™ tool to engage families about a future of hope and inclusion for their child with special needs.

Parents and carers raising children with special needs can join the Now & Next programme (www.nowandnext.org) to build family capacity through participation. It accomplishes this by running evidence-based programs to increase families' empowerment, hope, agency and wellbeing.

In peer groups (face to face or via zoom), they learn to:

Formulate and achieve inspiring goals for their children with Pictability™
Build novel positive partnerships with professionals
Optimise their informal networks

Please contact Dr. Annick Janson for more information.

Contacts

In Australia: https://plumtree.org.au/contact-us

Rest of the world: Pictability@egl.ac.nz or Dr. Annick Janson.

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