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12 Dialogues: Facilitating Constructive Engagement with Boys and Young Men
This training day is for those professionals working with boys and young men, who want to facilitate constructive dialogues with them about safety, empathy and respect – for themselves, for their male peers and for women and girls.
The aim of the training is to empower – through knowledge, skills and confidence – a widening range of professionals to help boys and young men achieve their potential – for themselves and as positive assets to their peer-groups, their places of education, their communities and, in time, their own partners and families. The focus is on the goal of fostering violence-free relationships, families and communities and on helping to remove obstacles to safe, empathetic and respectful lives – all through constructive, reflective dialogue.
FOUNDATIONS: 12 DIALOGUES is an innovative one-day training for those who work with boys and young men in a range of contexts: Education, Youth Work, Youth Justice, Family Support, Social Work and beyond. You will spend the day with a group of fellow professionals from within your own field and/or related fields, looking at the ways in which societal values and expectations can cause a range of behavioural and attitudinal issues with boys and young men which are not in their interests – or in the interests of those of the women and girls in their lives.
The training covers the underlying themes and practical mechanics of delivering a programme framework called ’12 Dialogues’ which has been rolled out to over 3000 professionals since summer 2021 to overwhelmingly positive feedback: https://menatworkcic.org/feedback-3/
A key aspect of the programme is identifying a positive vision for boys and young men, something to work towards. Themes explored will respond to the needs and experiences of the demographics you work with but will typically include: #friendship #empathy #autonomy #misogyny #sexism #vulnerability #risktaking #peerpressure #bullying #manosphere #mentalhealth #porn #grooming #control
The training has material relevance to professionals in all sectors where direct work with boys and young men is undertaken – and more broadly to all with an interest in the safe, empathetic and respectful development of boys and young men.