Primary Children Looked After Advisory Service

The Attach Programme (TAP) Trauma and Attachment Whole School Awareness Training

Overview

This training supports whole school awareness of the needs of Children Looked After. It explores the impact of trauma and attachment, and how relationships and environments can support children effectively.

 

What’s included

This training is divided into eight pre-recorded sessions (approx. 3 hours 40 minutes in total):

Introduction to Children Looked After Importance of Relationships Impact of Trauma and Adversity Insecure Attachment Patterns Other Areas of Need Blocked Care / Culture of Caring Relational Ways of Helping / Supporting Children Looked After Trauma and Attachment Informed Spaces

 

Access

You will receive the training links by email after registering. Please ensure your email address is entered correctly.

It Begins with You: Take Care and Culture of Caring

Overview

We recognise how important it is to take care of the adults who are supporting children and young people, including those who are Looked After.

This training provides foundational information on self-regulation and explores how school communities can develop a culture of caring, supporting adults to look after themselves and each other.

 

What’s included

This training is divided into three pre-recorded sessions (approx. 1.5 hours in total):

It Begins with You: Take Care, Part 1

Why it is important to look after ourselves, understanding stress responses, and supporting the basics of regulation

It Begins with You: Take Care, Part 2

Practical ideas and approaches to support a more regulated state

Taking Care of Each Other

Creating a culture of caring within school communities

 

Access

You will receive the training links by email after registering. Please ensure your email address is entered correctly.

Social Care Systems Training for Schools

Overview

This training introduces key legal definitions, terms, and processes relating to Children Looked After within the social care system.

It aims to support school staff in developing a clearer understanding of roles, responsibilities, and how agencies work together to support children.

 

What’s included

This training is divided into six short pre-recorded modules (just over 30 minutes in total):

Module 1 – What is a Child Looked After Module 2 – The Legal Status of Children Looked After Module 3 – Placement Types Module 4 – Inter-Agency Working Module 5 – Children Looked After Processes Module 6 – Summary – The Social Care Profile

 

Access

You will receive the training links by email after registering. Please ensure your email address is entered correctly.

Children Looked After: Sensory Awareness Training

Aims:

The training is part of an evidence-based suite of trainings available through the Primary Children Looked After Advisory Service.

It aims to increase the awareness of the whole staff team regarding the sensory and survival needs of Children Looked After, building on previous knowledge from the TAP Trauma and Attachment Whole School Awareness Training. Staff can consider its application to Children Looked After, and indeed, every child in the school environment.

Course Details:

This training is developed and delivered by Aisling Mitchell, Advanced Clinical Specialist, Paediatric Occupational Therapist, specifically for the Primary Children Looked After Service following on from her consultancy work with us.

It is divided into 3 sections, each with its own recording, providing approximately 45 minutes of pre-recorded material:

Review of brain development and Polyvagal Theory of Social Engagement. Survival States in the Classroom and Introduction to the Sensory Systems. Scenarios you might see in school and ways to help.

The links to access the videos will be provided in your confirmation email.

Please ensure you enter your email address correctly to receive the training details.

Please watch each recording in order initially. Once the whole training has been viewed, you are free to navigate back and forth through the videos if you want a ‘top up’, as many times as you wish.