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