Courses at The MPC

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Costs

Check our website for the price of each course.

UK-based organisations can pay by invoice. An administration fee of £20 per person will be added to the course fee if paying by invoice.

Group discounts: available when booking for 10 people or more. Contact [email protected]

Only 1 discount code can be used at a time and discount codes can not be combined. This includes discounts for group bookings i.e. you can not use a discount code and a group booking discount together.

Where a course is already discounted we may refuse the use of an additional discount code.

Who can attend

Most of our workshops are for qualified speech and language therapists. Our ‘Building Confidence and Resilience’, ‘Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)’ and ‘Solution Focused Brief Therapy’ workshops are open to all other professionals and our Palin PCI course is open to student SLTs close to qualification. We are happy to guide you with course selection, please contact us.

Observing for either one or two weeks is for qualified speech and language therapists only.

Our courses and resources are in English, with the exception of translated courses – as indicated when making a booking. As participants will actively engage in spoken exercises, a good understanding and use of the English language is required. We deliver Palin PCI in Spanish and Turkish.

Conditions of attendance

The training is for you to attend, so you can confidently deliver the therapy ideas yourself. The materials and content are the property of the Michael Palin Centre. You MUST NOT:

– video or audio record any of the training.

– share the handouts and resources with colleagues – they are for paying attendees only (please note that this also includes any attempts to rewrite or present the content in an alternative form).

– translate handouts into your own language for anything other than personal use. If you wish to discuss translation of our materials, please contact us at [email protected] – there are specific processes that need to be followed for materials to be translated.

– provide any of this training to others.

Confidentiality

All workshops include client material (i.e. photos, videos, written case summaries) that has been agreed for use in teaching.

We do not allow taking photos of slides with pictures of clients, or making video recording of client videos.

Please feel free to post on social media about your experience of training with us but do not post any client-related content.

Handouts

We will send you handouts and the Zoom registration information for online courses two weeks in advance of the course start date.

We hope that you will enjoy sharing your experience of training with us with your colleagues however please do not distribute handouts either in hard copy, electronically or on social media.

If you are observing for one or two-weeks you will have access to clinical resources. These are for your personal use only and are not to be distributed either in hard copy, electronically or on social media. If you are attending as a trainee for one or two weeks you will have access to client information. We require all participants to be aware of and agree to the obligation that we have to maintain confidentiality.

Attendance certificate

We provide attendance certificates within a week of course completion. To qualify for a certificate you need to attend the full course.

If you need to cancel your booking

There is a one month cancellation requirement for all of our workshops. If you cancel more than one month beforehand you can transfer to another course or be refunded. Please note when you are issued a refund for a cancellation, you will be charged a small fee which is taken by the company that processes the payment. Unfortunately, this means you won’t receive the full amount you paid.

If you cancel within one month of the workshop we can sometimes accommodate your booking on another course. If this is not possible you will be charged the full fee.

If you have booked to attend as a trainee for either one or two weeks please let us know as soon as possible if your plans change as there may be others who would like the training place.

If we need to cancel or re-schedule a course

We need a minimum of approximately 15 participants to confirm a course. If we need to postpone or cancel a course we will let you know one month beforehand. Please bear this in mind if making travel or accommodation arrangements. We will ask you to confirm receipt of confirmation of a change to a course and to confirm if you would like to attend the new dates.

If we need to cancel a 2-week observation

We may not be able to confirm that a 2-week therapy group is running until one month beforehand. Please bear this in mind when deciding whether to apply to attend and when making travel and accommodation arrangements.