This 1-day workshop introduces the ‘critical thinking framework’ and provides strategies and tools to encourage critical thinking and improved decision making throughout welfare and mental health practice.
This course explores the process of minimising the influence of preconceptions and biases and making decisions based on the evidence and considering alternative explanations.
The process of critical thinking improves assessments, service and treatment planning, interventions, and ongoing evaluation of clinical and casework practice.
Learning objectives
•Discover a critical thinking/reflective practice framework for improving decision making
•Explore how to think critically about assessment, planning, and implementation
•Investigate 18 common ‘errors in thinking’ and their countermeasures
•Identify how to evaluate your own thinking and decision making
•Learn how to assess the influence of your ‘personal framework’ on your work
•Explore how to actively ‘question’ and generate ‘critical thinking questions’ to gather and clarify information
•Identify how to develop a ‘Culture of Thoughtfulness’ (encourage Critical Thinking) in your organisation
