FREE COURSE: Attachment, trauma and resilience: The power of connected relationships to promote recovery from trauma and provide the optimum conditions for learning
The Birmingham Virtual School (BVS) Early Years Team have arranged this FREE training from Knowledge Change Action (KCA) on attachment and trauma.
The course covers the importance of forming attuned relationships which meet the attachment needs of babies and children; the impact of unmet attachment needs and trauma on the developing brain; and how you, as childcare professionals, can provide the optimum conditions for children to thrive.
The individual webinar lasts 90 mins and will be repeated on three different dates and times for your convenience. Please only sign up for one of the three dates available.
Organisation: Birmingham Virtual Schools and Knowledge Change Action
Contact: eyduty@birmingham.gov.uk
Cost: Free
Places: First come, first served
Dates & booking:
Wed 26 April, 12:00-13:30
Tue 16 May, 10:00-11:30
Further course details:
The interactive webinar introduces Five to Thrive, KCA’s model for what happens in brains and nervous systems when attachment needs are met; covering the impact of stress and trauma on the brain and nervous system and supporting you in noticing what you are already doing to promote recovery from trauma.
The course also touches on the importance of meeting your needs in setting. We know, from studying the brain, that stress and trauma are catching and that if we are to meet the needs of others it is crucially important that our own needs are met. Attachment needs are lifelong.
Toxic levels of stress can injure our brains, changing the way we think, feel and behave until we have recovered from the injuries. This can happen to anyone and is of particular relevance to babies and children in the care system and those who work with them.
This course enables learners to understand how connected relationships help anyone affected by toxic stress to stabilise, develop integrated brain activity, and adapt to their new ways of relating to others after these changes.
Finally, the course will give participants time for reflection and discussion to better understand the challenges each faces and how to support each other in their demanding roles.