This training will give you an understanding of how shared decision making is applied in practice.
The aims of this training are:
- To explore the range of decisions young people may be involved in your service.
- To explore the complexity of decisions and the level of influence children and young people have in decision-making
- To explore the key issues and challenges for professionals and young people when making decisions together
- To explore how the Open Talk decision-making model and other tools can support decision-making and how we can make decision-making more explicit


Before this training you should have completed:
- Introduction to the THRIVE Framework for system change
- Mentalizing
- Introduction to Neurodiversity: Focus on autism
If you have not yet completed the above courses – return the the Courses tab at the top of the page to find them.
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We recommend that you undertake this training in whatever way suits you and your learning best. For example, you may want to:
Take regular breaks throughout
Pause and come back to training another day
Print some sections to read off screen
Discuss what you are learning with colleagues to deepen your understanding
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Course Content
Shared Decision Making is…
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Timeline: when shared decisions can be made
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Decision making with young people
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Decision making with young people: case study exercises
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OpenTalk shared decision making tool
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Shared decision making top tips
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Decision making useful resources
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