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Trauma informed and attachment aware training programme

• The training programme is suitable for anyone in school who has a role that can influence policies and practice.
• These will be followed by termly network workshops, involving outside speakers, to support school leaders to embed the trauma-informed principles into their school systems, policies and approaches.

In partnership with the Virtual School and as part of the borough-wide pledge to become a trauma-informed borough, the Educational Psychology Service will be providing a comprehensive training programme for school leaders around the evidence base behind the impact of unregulated stress and approaches to supporting CYP’s recovery and development.

The current mainstream way of describing emotional distress and also challenging behaviour assumes it is the result of a within-child medical/neurological problem that need diagnosing and fixing.

A trauma informed approach is evidence-based and considers emotional distress and behaviour deemed as challenging as an understandable response to adversity (e.g. loss, poverty, family stress, bullying, neglect or inconsistent/interrupted caregiving).  It moves away from thinking, ‘What is wrong with you?’ to ‘What has happened to you?’ and it offers a more hopeful and helpful framework, as we know that the main factor that impacts on how people are impacted by adversity is loss/disruptions in key relationships. Likewise, evidence shows that the main factor that supports recovery is establishing relational approaches at the heart of  to enable belonging, trust and safety. 

Trauma informed schools promote positive wellbeing and cultivate resilience which impacts directly on school attendance, academic outcomes, reduced suspensions and exclusions and longer term positive outcomes for children and young people.   

Follow-up workshop Dates:

17 Oct 12.30 – 3.30

22 Jan 12.30 – 3.30

22 May 12.30 – 3.30