Health and Wellbeing
Trauma: From Awareness to Action
Take what you know about trauma and ACEs and turn it into changes your whole school can make.
- 1 hour 2 minutes
- Recorded webinar
- 1 CPD hour
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Explain why an ACE count can't tell you what one child needs
- Describe a child's distress in words that lead to a calmer response
- Check your classroom for sensory variety and a felt sense of safety
- Use movement and planned transitions to help children affected by trauma
- Review your school against five building blocks of trauma-informed practice
About this course
You've probably had training on ACEs. The harder question is what it should change. Think of how you respond to a child in meltdown, or how the building feels to a child who's always on alert.
A psychotherapist who started out as a social worker answers it with a colleague who specialises in behaviour. They use five building blocks of a trauma-informed school: leadership, relationships, the physical environment, learning, and skilled practice. The ideas are specific. You'll walk in differently if you've been told "Johnny's really distressed" than if you've heard "John's kicking off". Movement can help children release trauma that's held in the body, and careful transitions help the children who find change hardest.
Hearing children's stories day after day takes its toll, so it looks at what staff need too, including proper supervision for those closest to the work.
- For early career teachers, middle leaders and 4 other roles. Early years, primary and secondary.
Recording
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- 48 min
Webinar Playback
- 15 min
Q&A