Iceberg SFP?
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People involved in the international community of practice have been asking a significant question for years. 'What happens to the hundreds and thousands of people who attend SFP training, give a great evaluation and then disapear?'
recent conversations with people in the Staffordshire area suggests that they go out and get on with it. A few people I've met have enthused about the training and the impact it has had on their practice, home life and job satisfaction. They also note the benefits for their customers. What few seem to 'need' is to keep coming back to learn more as that have made SFP their own.
This may explain the small numbers who make to events, join the UKASFP and engage actively with the community. The potential difficulty is that people miss out on SFP updates, support with tough situations and the opportunity to benefit from the wealth of expertise which is out there.
Just a thought,
Steve
recent conversations with people in the Staffordshire area suggests that they go out and get on with it. A few people I've met have enthused about the training and the impact it has had on their practice, home life and job satisfaction. They also note the benefits for their customers. What few seem to 'need' is to keep coming back to learn more as that have made SFP their own.
This may explain the small numbers who make to events, join the UKASFP and engage actively with the community. The potential difficulty is that people miss out on SFP updates, support with tough situations and the opportunity to benefit from the wealth of expertise which is out there.
Just a thought,
Steve
1 comments:
Hi Steve,
Interesting post.
I agree that there is a real drop off from people who positively evaluate the training that they have done and those who follow through and get involved in networking events.
From my own experiences of training, I am always interested in what happens to people I have trained? With the work I do at Loughborough University, we do a 3 month follow up from the initial training course. This tells us that people do begin using the ideas and what aspects of their work they apply it to. The results are very positive.
Other feedback can come from randomly meeting a past participant or via email. For example, this week I had a lady email to ask permission to use one of my handouts in some resources she is producing for dieticians. She explained that she is finding SFP most helpful. But it was only by chance that I got to hear from her!
I completely agree with your words around the 'support' that people miss out on when they go it alone. For myself, my learning and practice has been helped immensley from attending the local Staffordshire interest group and UKASFP annual conference, not to mention my ongoing supervision and SF friendships.
It has got to be easier when you have like-minded around you. I feel really privileged to be working in Staffordshire with many experienced SF practitioners in the community.
Garrath
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