Therapeutic
trauma-informed
childcare training
Therapeutic skills to understand, prevent, and manage troubling behaviour for foster carers, adopters, residential childcare and education staff.
Built around our new understanding of the effects of trauma and adversity
Based on the science of how the human brain actually works through predictive processing. Not based on disproved ideas of a so-called 'Triune' 'Emotional' and 'Thinking' brain.
Easy to learn
Get everything you need in a clear, step-by-step format.
49 bite-sized video lessons (2–10 minutes each).
A short, accessible book that’s well-illustrated, engaging, and easy to follow.
A simple, structured path that makes learning fast and enjoyable.
Tried and tested trauma-informed training
Developed and refined over 30 years.
Delivered to 1000s of foster carers, adopters, residential child care staff and teachers.
Presented by a highly experienced trainer who has worked in 6 countries on 3 continents.
Module One
What causes troubling behaviour in children and young people who have suffered trauma and adversity?
The clear, easily understood answers from twenty first century neuroscience. Eight videos, 50 minutes.
Module Two
What is a therapeutic approach?
What to do, and equally important, what not to do, when helping a child. Seven videos, 45 minutes.
Module Three
What is active listening?
Learn active listening as not just good listening, but as a way of listening to show that you are trying to understand. Eleven videos, 70 minutes.
Module Four
How can we prevent troubling behaviour?
Strategies to prevent outbursts, avoid friction over the daily routine, and how to use consequences constructively. Ideas that are simple and easy to follow. Six videos, 43 minutes.
Module Five
How should we respond to troubling behaviour?
Traps to avoid when responding. How to connect with a child and de-escalate behaviour from minor agitation to violent outbursts. Seven videos, 57 minutes.
Module Six
How can we help children recover from the effects of trauma and adversity?
A range of ideas to help children learn to relax, boost positive emotions, overcome social difficulties, and learn to control outbursts. Ten videos, 70 minutes.
Your subscription doesn’t just give you the videos. You also get a comprehensive, illustrated book.
This repeats what you will learn from the videos but gives you a little more information to clarify and develop your understanding.
There are six online flipbooks, one for each module. The books follow the structure of the videos. Used together the book and the videos will help you understand and use this therapeutic approach. Subscribe and they are yours to keep for life to refer back to whenever you want.
You can see some sample pages from the book here: