LEARN I MATTER - BECAUSE RELATIONSHIP HEALTH MATTERS 

Develop your understanding and skills in helping with anxiety or difficult behaviour..

Because you can make a difference!

I'm Dr Cathy Betoin and I love sharing the resources of The I Matter Framework to help introduce thinking about a Relationship Health Approach to improving wellbeing.

CONSIDER AN 'I MATTER' RELATIONSHIP HEALTH LEARNING JOURNEY

 HELP YOURSELF AND HELP OTHERS

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Strengthen adult and child well-being
for difficult times with solid foundations!


We provide resources that support relationship health education in a form that is easy to understand and practical for professionals and non-professionals.  This aims to help you progress joined up thinking.

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Relationships with children and other adults can be very confusing!  There is very little preparation so no wonder we often feel out of our depth, especially when there is anxiety or difficult behaviour. Now however there is a science we can learn.  It shows us how to understand better.   It also shows us how the care and role modelling that adults offer young people now in home, school and community, impacts child and adult wellbeing now and in the future for the individual and for the people around them.   So, the understanding and skills of every individual and organisation matter.   What can you do?  You can: 

MAKE TIME TO BECOME I MATTER AND RELATIONSHIP HEALTH INFORMED - THEN MORE SKILLED

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Who are we?  I Matter Training Ltd and Relationship Health Matters CIC work together in the Kendal, Morecambe Bay area in an exciting partnership to help professionals and parents and organisations to find more clarity so that they can help move forward with challenging situations with more confidence.

How do we help?  We provide you with online and printed resources that are designed to facilitate reflection and discussion in your own home, school and community.   We also help professionals figure out how to use the resources for best impact in their own organisations.   People start in very different places.  However I Matter learning always benefits from local discussion.

Who do we help?   The resources are designed to be accessible to everyone who wants to learn.  We work with professionals including GP's, Teachers, Psychologists, Counsellors, School Nurses, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Social Prescribers to help them strengthen their own understanding of the research evidence on what improves wellbeing for adults and young people with both typical and additional needs. The aim is to provide practical psychoeducation that can help you work with others to improve outcomes and results on issues that matter.

Why should I learn more?  We are living through challenging times that are rocking the security of everyone.  In the middle of this our relationships can be pushed hard, but they are also a key detail that can make most difference to the ability of adults and young people to cope.   So it pays to become well informed

 What's the priority focus? I Matter Training can be a foundation for, or a complement to, a wide range of well known approaches.  Whether you are wanting to feel better prepared to prevent problems, progress some early intervention or have some very specific concerns, then a better understanding of what the research evidence is telling us about improving wellbeing for adults and young people can make a really active difference.

Our commitment is to improving joined up thinking and practice around young people and families.  We are a Kendal based network of Primary Care Networks and local Schools, offering training that engages, so that we can work more effectively together.

Better understanding and skills can save a huge amount of time and h​eartache!  

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  • I Matter Training

    “The Kendal Integrated Care Community has adopted the I Matter Framework as a foundation for our thinking about how to work together in our community to help those who are struggling. Professionals and non-professionals are learning together. It feels good.”

    GP Safeguarding Lead Kendal Integrated Care Community

  • I Matter Training

    “The I Matter approach of considering the adults needs alongside those of the children is such a useful way to look at things and has turned the dynamics on its head for me. I have realised my stress levels are having a huge impact on all of us as a family and learning to change this is starting to make a difference.”

    parent of teenager with challenges

  • I Matter Training

    “EVERY teacher and parent would benefit from this programme. Parent carers are a group of people I would like to get this to. This would be a fantastic opportunity to bring a very isolated group of people together to improve the situation they are in. ”

    Children and adults of all ages

  • I Matter Training

    “I am a HLTA but also a parent and foster carer. I work with primary aged children, have 3 teenagers, and foster toddlers! This programme has been so valuable for each and every relationship I encounter on a daily basis. ”

    Trained for work and home purposes

  • I Matter Training

    “This programme has had a big impact on my own well-being which has meant that I have been more able to cope better with the expected and unexpected aspects of life in a calmer rational manner!! ”

    Key Stage 4 Leader and Parent

  • I Matter Training

    “The registration questionnaire really got me thinking. I realised how isolated I had let myself become and that this was not helping me or my child. I took action the next day and phoned a friend. I also made another follow-up appointment to speak with my GP. ”

    Parent

  • I Matter Training

    “The first time I completed the questions I didn't really understand what they were all about. By the third time I really understood what was being asked. At first we were really stuck. However It has been exciting to see the progress.”

    Parent of child with explosive behaviour

  • I Matter Training

    “This training has been so much more than I expected it to be. I have learned so many things that have changed my understanding of myself and of my child. I have worked with many services before this but this has really made the difference. Now I know why I Matter ”

    Parent of child with additional needs

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