WEBINAR: DEVELOPING A WRITING AND WELLNESS PRACTICE IN YOUR CLASSROOM

Blackrock, Cork, Kilkenny, Limerick, Waterford and West Cork Education Support Centre Collaboration

This exciting and practical two session workshop ‘Writing & Wellness’ is designed to enable teachers, students and others to develop a writing and wellness practice that will enhance wellbeing and their creative practice. From short 5 minute spurts to longer sessions this course will leave you feeling inspired with practical strategies to enable you achieve success from the get-go.

Participants will be enabled to:

• Explore links between writing and wellness and its contribution to personal wellbeing.
• Practise a range of writing strategies in various genres that will contribute to wellbeing, language development and creativity.
• Engage and enjoy their creative side leading to feelings of fulfilment and joy.
• Have opportunities to share their work if they wish to do so (but no pressure!)

Intended Audience
Teachers (primary and second-level), Guidance Counsellors, Study Skills Co-ordinators, Parents, Students and others.

Fidelma is Director of Study and Careers, an education, wellbeing and careers consultancy in Galway. A teacher, teacher educator and author, her PhD is in language, creative writing and developing the writer’s voice. Laterally, she has developed a wellness practice that uses writing as a tool to enhance wellbeing. Taken together, they provide a fulfilling experience for participants which can be usefully and easily incorporated into the classroom, meeting important curriculum goals.

Her most recent book is ‘The Gifted Learner: How to Help’. It reveals a fascinating and engaging account of learnings and insights arising from her research with gifted and talented learners, ages ten to fifty-eight years of age, their parents and teachers. The book is a practical resource for teachers and parents to enable them to identify, understand and support gifted and talented learners.