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Creating space for interdisciplinary and interagency learning: the Newham ‘responsiveness’ days
Author(s) -
Aggett Percy,
Brennan Joady,
Lynch Monica,
Tapsell Dave,
Totsuka Yoko
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2007.00392.x
Subject(s) - workforce , context (archaeology) , mental health , space (punctuation) , service (business) , psychology , training (meteorology) , public relations , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , political science , psychotherapist , computer science , business , geography , marketing , meteorology , law , operating system , archaeology
Family therapists in Newham's specialist child and adolescent mental health services describe an interdisciplinary and interagency training day for Newham's children's workforce; the workshop aims to develop co‐learning about communication and collaboration in the context of a rapidly changing service environment, driven by current national and local policy initiatives. The training team attempts to generate a rich learning context using three themes: networking, responsiveness and complexity. The workshop demonstrates that it is perhaps possible to embed complex communication discourses in brief, pragmatic training, enhancing collaboration between professionals in local networks.