Inter Personal Skills Training
In October 2008, Brian conducted training for staff preparing to work with military offenders. This training consisted of Inter Personal Skills modules, based on Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) which is used to train UK prison officers.
The modules are very interactive and below is some of what the students had to say about the training and Brian.
| Feedback Areas | What the students had to say |
| Learning | "I will be able to look at people differently when communicating" "......learned a lot about myself as a person too" "I found the active listening very beneficial" "I have learnt how to handle different situations better" |
| Evaluation of Key Objectives | "....I found it very interesting as it something I had never done before, and the things you do naturally just sort of click" "I definitely learnt, and revised a lot. I also found where I had some weaknesses and where I was strong." "I have learned to listen to people more and the importance of tone and body language" |
| Trainer Evaluation | "Very passionate about his job" "Very good subject knowledge" "Produced a good learning environment and was responsive to the group" "Brian's lessons were pitched at the perfect level, with just the right amount of humour. We wern't expected to learn too much at once" "Trainer kept us enthused with wit and humour. Clearly passionate about the subject." |
| Other General comments | "It was a good course and I found the instructor very friendly and approachable" " enjoyed the course, I found it informative as well as being fun to join in" "Use of flip chart and cards was good, NO PowerPoint was a bonus" "This was the first time in my life I have done anything like this. It will be very important to me" |
| What students liked best | "the team games" "Relating the skills taught to actual situations that might happen" "The relaxing delivery" "Stress topic" "The games" "Learning about rapport" "The way each subject was broken down" |
| Inter Personal Skill Course content |
| Module 1 | Effective Communication |
| Module 2 | Working in Teams |
| Module 3 | Assertiveness |