Haringey’s Training (haringeychildrensacademy.org.uk)
Please be aware – you need to attend both dates for the training
By the end of the course participants will:
- Explore trauma-informed and relationship-based practice
- Appreciate how the most recent research on ‘the art and science of relationships’ can help practitioners remain emotionally available when survivors … and practitioners … are likely to be experiencing significant levels of ‘dysregulation’
- See how to nurture the fragile shoots of psychosocial resilience
- Directly apply contemporary ideas on how teams and individuals can support each other when undertaking such complex work.
An outline of the structure and content of the 2-day programme
The programme will use a variety of media and presentational styles to bring to participants the most up-to-date research and practice wisdom. They will be offered opportunities to reflect on the materials as well as to try out ideas in a safe space, to develop practice.
Participants will have access to a dedicated and password-protected website where all PowerPoint files, links and other resources will be available.
DAY 1 CONTENT
Introductions – to each other and the programme
- Outline for the two days, including the learning objectives
- My experience in this work
- Learning from research
- What is a ‘trauma-informed’ approach?
- The difference between ‘Event-based Trauma’ and ‘Developmental Trauma’
- (I begin by showing a short film that is used as a reference point for the day)
- Neurological and biochemical insights
- Differences and similarities between the responses of children and adults
- Bruce Perry’s ‘3Rs’ when working with trauma – Regulate, Relate, Reason
- The ideas behind the ‘The Body Keeps the Score’
- Specific ways of addressing major dysregulation (including awareness of more specialised approaches and when it might be best to ‘refer on’ to them)
- Reflections on the material covered in the day
- Specific worries, concerns and experiences
DAY 2 CONTENT
- Recent practice-relevant research about the importance of developing the right kind of relationship when working alongside survivors
- Relationship qualities and skills
- Epistemic trust and empathy
- Effects of severe trauma on self-identity and self-confidence
- Resilience and the notion of ‘bouncing forwards’ (as distinct from ‘bouncing back’)
- Reflections on the material covered in the day
- Specific worries, concerns and experiences
- What does ‘Recovery’ begin to look like?
- Differences between regulated and dysregulated loss and trauma
- Recent practice-focussed research on how team members can support each other
- Continuation of the previous session in which participants can practice what’s been covered
- Review of the programme and identification of ‘Next Steps’.
Dates 10 October 2022,14 November 2022
There will be a borough-wide celebration of mental health on Friday 28 January, London’s first ever Great Mental Health Day. Haringey has joined the Mayor of London and mental health organisations Good Thinking and Thrive LDN, to encourage Londoners to talk about mental health, to understand that it’s okay to ask for help, and to learn more about the local support available to them.