Trauma Informed Approaches

Join educational psychologist, James McTaggart, for a series of online sessions on Trauma Informed Approaches. You are welcome to participate in one or all sessions, taking place online, 5.30-7.30pm, on Tuesdays 24th November, 1st and 8th December, and 19th January.

Session 1: Trauma-informed education

 This session covers the core content of the national framework, adapted and expanded to educational contexts, including:

•  Prevalence and impacts of psychological trauma
• What traumatic memories are, how and why they form
• How this looks in school for different age groups
• Impacts on learning, behaviour and wellbeing
• What schools and teachers can and can’t do
• Recognising and responding to triggers and avoidances
• What children need after a recent event (critical incidents)
• Whole school considerations – policies and staff wellbeing

Session 2: Developmental trauma and adverse childhood experiences 

Content includes:

 - The range of developmental impacts of early trauma including:

• Emotional regulation
• Sense of self
• Executive function, memory and attention
• Language and communication
• Behavioural inhibition
• Social cognition and relationships

 - How these look at different ages in educational settings for learning and behaviour.

 - What educators can to:

• promote positive development and recovery
• adapt learning and environment for a range of needs

 Session 3: Working in a traumatised system 

The session draws on research on secondary trauma to explore: 

• The impact on staff when needs rise faster than resources
• What is “compassion fatigue” and how does it affect individuals and organisations?
• What we can, and can’t, do to fix the systems around us
•  Working and living well in a context that makes this difficult

 Session 4: Learners’ choice 

This session will be generated by the interests of participants of the first three sessions.

This course is FULL. To join the waiting list, please complete this booking form.