Designed to support Senior Leads to implement trauma informed and mentally healthy practices into their school, this course will ensure that Leads have knowledge, skills and understanding to translate the approach into policy and practice to drive crucial change and optimise the well-being of both adults and pupils in their school.
The course is officially CPD accredited by the CPD Standards Office, with 12 hours of CPD awarded upon completion.
This short film captures the journey of an academy trust we’ve had the privilege of supporting as they’ve worked to embed trauma-informed practice across their schools. Senior Lead Training was a fundamental part of their trust-wide commitment to creating emotionally safe, relationally rich environments and a culture where staff feel supported and children feel seen, heard and understood.
- How trauma and mental health-informed practice improves behaviour and learning, lowers exclusions, saves time, money, and reduces staff absence.
- The science of safety, social engagement and creating a psychologically safe environment to promote learning.
- How to embed Trauma Informed Practice into your setting.
- How to become an effective stress regulator for others.
- Ensure that key school staff are ‘ready to listen’ effectively and with confidence.
- Interupting the trajectory from unprocessed traumatic grief to violence and often exclusion.
- A wealth of practical interventions to support children, teenagers and staff.
- Key skills to enable children to think about their trauma in conversation with trusted adults rather than expressing painful life experience through challenging behaviour.
- Distinguishing developmental trauma from a possible diagnosis of ASD, ADHD and FAS.
- Understand ACE scores (adverse childhood experiences).
- How to address unmet relational needs.
Courses Open for Application:
We would suggest doing a course in your locality if possible to give the opportunity to form connections in your local network.
Who it is for:
Headteachers, assistant/deputy heads, governors, SENCOs, EPs, senior leaders, nursery managers, heads of virtual schools. Delegates must be in a senior leadership position in their organisation.
Cost:
Individual places on regional courses range from £195 to £225 (no VAT), commissioned courses £4000 (no VAT) for up to 40 delegates excluding trainer expenses and venue hire.
Qualification Received:
This course is officially CPD accredited by the CPD Standards Office, with 12 hours of CPD awarded upon completion.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
2 consecutive days, live online or in person sessions. Online sessions are live and interactive, so delegates are required to have a camera and microphone on their device and delegates are expected to have their cameras on for the duration of the training. The delivery of content is intensive, and 100% attendance is expected.
The maximum capacity for the course is 50 delegates.
"I won’t hesitate to recommend your organisation in future as absolutely essential for any school/educator that claims to have the well-being of their children as their top priority." 2020 Delegate
