Guest speaker: Creating and holding space for courageous conversations with young men in schools
At a glance
Guest speaker
Lewis Wedlock
Webinar duration
2 hours
Suitable for
Thrive Licensed Practitioners
CPD
Worth 5 CPD points
Price per place
£75 excl. VAT
Course Outcomes
‘Creating and holding space for courageous conversations with young men in schools’ is worth 5 CPD points to Thrive Licensed Practitioners.
Together, we will explore:
- Attunement to masculinities: Understanding the lived experiences, pressures, and cultural contexts shaping young men's identities today.
- Self-regulation for educators: Tools and strategies to manage your own emotional responses before and during challenging conversations.
- Compassionate critique: Approaching problematic ideas with curiosity, care, and a commitment to growth, rather than shame.
- Centring humanity in disagreement: Maintaining connection and dignity in moments of conflict, while holding space for accountability and reflection.
Who is it for?
Thrive Licensed Practitioners from primary and secondary settings.
Introducing guest speaker: Lewis Wedlock
Academic, mental health professional and masculinities educator.
Lewis has spent the last five years working with thousands of young men across the UK in secondary and higher education, engaging them in topics such as feminism, allyship, accountability, sexism, misogyny and VAWG. He has designed and delivered several interventions for schools looking to transform their masculinity school cultures, and has worked with hundreds of educators to support them in the journey towards supporting and empowering young men within their school spaces. His debut book “Masculinities in Schools” is due to be published by Sage this year.
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What you'll learn
This session will support Licensed Practitioners in primary and secondary schools to develop the skills and awareness needed to foster brave and transformative dialogues with young men.
Course structure
2-hour webinar.
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