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Showing posts with label groupwork. Show all posts
Showing posts with label groupwork. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

24 Hour Deals

We are extremely excited to bring to you today an amazing 50% discount on one of our most popular and demanded courses:

THE ESSENTIAL TOOLKIT FOR RUNNING GROUPS http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=67

Please explore the website for detailed description of the course and download PDF leaflet for further particulars.

This special deal is available for 24 hours only. Until midday tomorrow (7 September 2011) you can book this course online with 50% discount, paying only £70 + vat for it. Same discount applies to telephone bookings made within this period (call: 0870 241 7294 with your credit card details).

If you are not paying for yourself and need your organisation to be invoiced – please make sure that the letter of authorisation from your manager with the invoice address reaches us by the midday tomorrow by fax (fax 0870 199 1838) or e-mail (info@skillsdevelopment.co.uk) and you will still be able to enjoy the same 50% discount.

We hope you will find this course topical for your work and take advantage of this short-term offer.

More 24 hours deals are coming to you shortly – keep an eye on our e-mails or our Facebook page (search “Skills Development Service Ltd”).

Monday, 4 July 2011

How group work can help

A recent study, funded by the MS Society, found that many people with MS have problems with depression and anxiety. Previous studies have suggested that depression in MS can lead to patients failing to take their medication and a reduced quality of life.

But there is hope as researchers found that MS sufferers who attended group sessions had fewer problems with anxiety and depression and the impact of the disease on their daily lives was reduced.

The researchers also found that costs were reduced by £470 per patient for those who attended the therapy sessions compared with usual care. It was shown to almost halve the cost of visits to the GP, falling from £11,340 at the start of the study to just £5,832 at the eight month follow up. The costs of outpatient hospital visits were also slashed from £32,592 at the beginning of the study to £21,534 at the eight-month follow-up.

If you're interested in increasing your staff's ability to run groups then attend (or commission in-house) our essential toolkit for running groups' course

Friday, 8 October 2010

SDS Report: What’s the Ideal Size for a Therapy Group?

As you remember we promised to share with you our report on the ideal group size based on your responses.


The report is now available here: http://www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/seminars.php?courseid=67
 – just follow the link: “Is there such a thing as the “ideal” group size? We asked our delegates of their opinions on the subject. Read our report based on your replies here.”

You still can add your comments to this discussion in our blog: http://sdsmedia.blogspot.com/2010/09/request-for-help-whats-ideal-size-for.html or contribute to many other debates of hot topics in psychology and health care: http://sdsmedia.blogspot.com/

A quick reminder: EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT OF £26 on "The Essential Toolkit for Running Groups" seminars is available only until 15 OCTOBER 2010.

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