Introduction to the Bamboozle Approach – Online Training Series

Bamboozle are excited to announce a new series of live online courses that share the key elements of our methodology which have been developed by Bamboozle practitioners over the past 30 years of working with learning disabled children and young people.

Our work is often described as ‘magic’. But it isn’t. It is the rigorous application of our beliefs, principles and strategies. These can be taught. We share our Approach with parents, carers, teachers and theatre practitioners in the UK and across the world.

We are passionate about sharing our Approach with practitioners and educators as this enables more and more disabled children to experience the highest quality theatre and creative education practice as well as explore their capacity to interact meaningfully with the world around them.

The first in this series is our Introduction to the Bamboozle Approach Online course running from 13th January – 3rd February 2025.

These 90 minute sessions are delivered live via Teams and will give you the opportunity to watch techniques in practice and to spend time in discussion with some of Bamboozle’s most experienced practitioners. The course will give you ideas for creative learning sessions as well as behavioural and linguistic techniques and strategies that you can apply in your practice immediately.

This course is particularly suitable for teaching staff or practitioners who work with learning disabled young people.

This four part course includes:

Session one:

• An introduction to the Bamboozle Approach
• Creating an Enabled Space – a practical demonstration of how to put a group at ease and enable its members to engage
• Praise – a discussion about the effects of praise and alternative ways to give value
• Discussion and Q&A

Session two:

• A practical demonstration of how to use a character to build an interactive narrative
• Looking at how children and young people can be involved in shaping the narrative
• Ways of developing the narrative to include different workshops and activities
• Discussion and Q&A

Session three:

• Exploring ritual – a practical demonstration of a ritual
• Developing ritual as a tool for enabling engagement, valuing children and young people and celebrating their achievements
• Ways of adapting ritual to use in a variety of scenarios for a variety of purposes
• Discussion and Q&A

Session four:

• Free exploratory play – creating a controlled environment in which children can explore freely and on their own terms
• How child-initiated engagement and interaction can be developed
• Adapting free exploration into more structured learning
• Discussion and Q&A