ABSTRACT
Provision for Young Carers / Perspective / Change / Future General Issues covered in this session Penultimate session - Identify what local organisations can offer Young Carers What kind of support is available to the young carer?What activities, groups or clubs would you like to be part of?What hobbies, interests, new ways of doing things have we identified? Session 5 Endings - focus on the support previously identifiedHow do you think you will manage?Find a comparison within your own life of a time of change - how was it?Reassure and remind about the work covered in the sessions Reaffirm ways of coping.Offer to find out about any National Helplines, medical or practical information etc.Prepare for ending of these sessions by encouraging thinking around:- if this was our last session, what would you wish you had said?Help to bring out and face any difficult feelings about finishing the sessions.Ask if there is anything left over they would like to look at during the final session?Ask permission to talk to professionals/parent/referee with anything relevant that has come out of these sessions. The Future - What changes would you like to see in your life?What are the changes you would like to see happen at home?Have you decided on making any definite changes?What changes are you thinking about making?Is there any help you need to make those changes?Encourage self-belief.Revisit other sessions where necessary.Think about feelings around change and the future.Think about hopes and dreams for the future.Help identify what are the important beliefs about the future. Other Ideas Role play with puppets the desired future.
