WHY THIS COURSE FOR YOu, YOUR SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY?
Course Director: Eminent Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist: Dr Margot Sunderland (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margot_Sunderland)
This practical skills based training course, underpinned by over 1000 evidence-based psychological, medical and neuroscientific research studies, is designed to inform and empower delegates to respond effectively to vulnerable and challenging children and those who have suffered a trauma or have a mental health issue. Without such interventions, painful life experiences are likely to persist through challenging behaviour, blocks to learning and life long physical and mental health problems
The training provides delegates with vital tools and techniques in knowing how to be in relationship with troubled children and respond effectively to challenging or distressing behaviour in terms of what to say and how to be. Research shows that just one such emotionally available adult before the age 18 is enough to prevent years of suffering (personal and societal) and the medicalising of distress with psychiatric labels and medication.
Delegates will also be trained to know when to seek the support of psychologist-led supervision, and when, due to limits of competence, to refer on.
The course not only focuses on work with individual children but also on changing whole school cultures to be mentally healthy for all. So the course covers interventions designed specifically to address teacher stress, teacher absence and poor staff retention. Delegates will also learn to use ‘Motional’ – our online tool for assessing, improving, and measuring change in emotional health and wellbeing.
So if you want to change troubled children’s lives, reduce exclusions, improve pupil attendance and staff retention, while positively impacting on the mental health of the school culture as a whole, then this certificated training is a must.
Benefits from Attending the Course
- Gain a prestigious award in working as a mental health and wellbeing practitioner for schools and communities
- Learn to relate to children and young people in ways that alleviate their suffering, support their learning and make them feel cared for and appreciated
- Know how to respond to children who are in distress/ stress states in ways that help them to emotionally regulate, feel psychologically safe and deeply valued for who they are
- Know how to listen and empathise when children want to talk about painful issues and help them reflect and resolve
- Develop an in-depth understanding of what it’s like for a child or teenager to suffer from specific mental health problems (e.g. depression/ anxiety and feel confident in offering them accurate empathy, understanding and key psycho-education.
- Develop an in-depth understanding of the long-term impact of specific adverse childhood experiences and how to enable the child or teenager to work through feelings of anger and traumatic loss.
- Learn how to increase the protective factors and ‘safety cues’ in the school culture as a whole, to benefit all, adults as well as children.
- Enable other staff to think psychologically about pupils in terms of what has happened to them rather than simply addressing behaviour.
- Support staff in ways that prevent them suffering from high levels of stress, developing secondary trauma and leaving the profession as a result.
- Know limits of competence and when to refer on to other agencies
Courses Open for Application
National 10 Day Online Diploma (Application Required) |
Central UK 10 Day Diploma (Application Required) |
20th & 21st April 2021 | 19th & 20th May 2021 |
7th & 8th June 2021 | 1st & 2nd July 2021 |
5th & 6th July 2021 | 22nd & 23rd Sept 2021 |
13th & 14th September 2021 | 18th & 19th Oct 2021 |
4th & 5th October 2021 | 22nd & 23rd Nov 2021 |
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Current Courses
IATE 10 day Online Diploma (application required) 12 Day University Validated Course (interview required) *Weekend Dates* |
East of England 10 Day Online Diploma (Application Required) |
National 10 day Online Diploma *Fully booked* |
Wales 10 Day Online Diploma (Application Required) |
East of England 10 Day Online Diploma (Application Required) |
19th & 20th September 2020 | 1st & 2nd October 2020 | 9th & 10th November 2020 | 19th & 20th November 2020 | 25th & 26th January 2021 |
17th & 18th October 2020 | 5th & 6th November 2020 | 30th November & 1st December 2020 | 7th & 8th December 2020 | 22nd & 23rd February 2021 |
14th & 15th November 2020 | 3rd & 4th December 2020 | 11th & 12th January 2021 | 14th & 15th Janaury 2021 | 15th & 16th March 2021 |
12th & 13th December 2020 | 21st & 22nd January 2021 | 8th & 9th February 2021 | 11th & 12th February 2021 | 26th & 27th April 2021 |
16th & 17th January 2021 | 11th & 12th February 2021 | 8th & 9th March 2021 | 8th & 9th March 2021 | 17th & 18th May 2021 |
6th & 7th February (University Route only) | ||||
HOW TO APPLY
Please email: info@traumainformedschools.co.uk
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