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training courses

Therapeutic caring -with pace

This course has been created for foster carers, residential children’s home staff, social care workers, teachers , parents and is perfect for every person working with children. It is based on PACE which is a model developed by Dan Hughes for children that have experienced trauma and difficulties in early life. Therapeutic caring and parenting is now widely recognised across the social care sector and the feedback has always been outstanding. Ofsted are always happy to see Therapeutic training completed by professionals.

Therapeutic Caring opens up a new way of thinking for the grown ups, creating positive relationships and focusing on accepting the child’s inner world.

This training teaches to explore and understand the behaviours presented at a time of dysregulation. Together brain storming strategies and unpicking behaviours you will take away the tools needed to implement Therapeutic Caring in real life.

Learn from professionals and foster carers who have lived and breathed Therapeutic Caring in real life whilst managing challenging behaviours.

Duration: 4 hours*

understanding adhd

Our Understanding ADHD course has been created for people who work with children, such as residential staff, foster carers, teachers, and other childcare professionals.

We look at discovering what ADHD is, where it comes from and the three types of the disorder.

Together we identify signs of ADHD, how they present different in each person but also how the present different in girls and boys. We explore the process of diagnoses and co-existing conditions aka comorbidities.

We spend time looking at how it feels to have ADHD through a child’s eyes and ways we can actively support children drawing on their strengths and using strategies to build on their weaknesses.

We look at ADHD treatments and therapies for children and teens, as well as ways to manage ADHD behaviours at home.

Using the knowledge gained from this course it will enable you to have an informed insight to a child or young person with ADHD and equip you with the tools needed to successfully support children with ADHD.

Duration: 4 hours*

An insight to childhood Trauma

This course has been designed to help you to develop understanding along with the tools you need to support children and young people after a traumatic event.

You can confidently use these methods and insider tips to counsel little ones and young people. We take a look at the psychological effects of trauma created by crisis and being in ‘survival mode’.

We discuss the skills required to understand and care for our young people.

The course covers the different traumatic reactions specific to each developmental period and explains how to provide the appropriate psychological support.

Childhood trauma can be different for every person, it is an umbrella term. In this course we look at single event trauma and secondary trauma, among others.

We explore developmental trauma, we discuss adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) this includes abuse (physical, emotional and sexual), neglect and household challenges (such as parent poor mental health, a parent who is incarcerated and the experience of domestic violence.)

Having completed this course you will be able to:

• Understand the different types of trauma and their impact.
  
• Explain the way the brain develops ‘bottom up’ for a young person with trauma.
  
• The impact ACEs have on the lives of young people continuing into adult life.
• Explore triggers and understand ‘out of the blue’ behaviours of our young people
• Most importantly support young people when they are dysregulated..

Duration: 4 hours*

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