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tandem with skills teaching to deal with the realities in their lives that
are severely challenging.
On reflection, the authors would recommend that in future courses,
trainers take more time to emphasise the importance of participants
accessing additional support to cope with whatever comes up during
the course. This was in fact suggested by one of the participants in
the follow-up interviews.
The issue of non-attendance by some members was raised. Although
there were a few apologies, it was clear that others who had begun the
program may well have chosen to drop out. This needed to be rais