Level: Foundation

Duration:  1 to 3 Days, depending on the needs of the purchaser (please see below)

Maximum number of participants: up to 25 participants

Suitable for:

Residential managers, residential social workers, residential childcare professionals, therapeutic providers and education staff.

Please note:
Day 1 can be a stand alone training session. 

Day’s 2 and 3 provide complimentary materials. Day 3 elaborates on theory and principles learned in Day 2.

There is additionally a 1-day intermediate level course for participants who have completed the 3-day course and want to take their knowledge to the next level.

Day 1: Working with children who display inappropriate and harmful sexual behaviour in a residential setting

Day 2: The role of trauma and attachment

Day 3: Therapeutic Parenting: Providing Specialist Care

The Foundation course covers:

Day 1
Working with children who display inappropriate and harmful sexual behaviour in a residential setting covers the following:

An introduction to harmful sexual behaviour

• Understanding what constitutes healthy, inappropriate and harmful sexual behaviours.
• Understand in person and technology assisted behaviours.
• Understand why young people might display sexualised behaviours.
  
  

The Good Lives Model.

• Understanding of the Good Lives Model.
• Understanding how young people meet their needs.
• Understanding how sexual behaviours can meet unmet needs.
  
  

Managing Risk and Defensible Decisions.

• Understanding Risk management in a specialist placement.
• Risk assessing activities.
• Thinking about controls to manage risk.
• Incremental reductions to supervision via an ICOPE programme.
  
  

Day 2
The role of attachment and trauma covers the following:

Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences

• Understanding childhood/developmental trauma
• Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s)
• Understanding how trauma impacts on brain development
• Understanding how childhood trauma can impact on behaviours
  
  

Attachment

• Understanding of attachment theory
• Understanding of the different attachment styles.
• Recognising and responding to attachment behaviours
  
  

Day 3
Therapeutic Parenting: Providing Specialist Care covers the following:

Why do we parent differently?

• How attachment and trauma experiences impact on care needs
• Understanding shame and guilt
  
  

Providing co-regulation

• Understanding how to help co-regulate children with insecure attachments
• Practical examples of how carers can connect in the moment
• Examine therapeutic repair following ruptures in relationships
  
  

The PACE model of care-giving

• Understand the principle of Playfulness
• Understand the principle of Acceptance
• Understand the practice of Curiosity
• Understand the practice of Empathy