Primary Children Looked After Advisory Service

Children Looked After: TAP Trauma and Attachment Whole School Awareness Training

AIMS:

The training is part of a suite of trainings available through the Primary Children Looked After Advisory Service, The Attach Programme. It aims to raise awareness in the whole school staff team of the needs of children who are Looked After, by exploring the following:

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

Course Details

The course consists of eight pre-recorded videos of between 17 and 42 minutes each which participants can view in their own time. Please refer to the information sheet “Preparation for Whole School Training” that has been provided to your school by your supporting Assistant Advisory Officer.

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

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

It Begins with You: Take Care and Culture of Caring

Aims

We recognise just how important it is to take care of the adults who are doing the important work of looking after our children who are Looked After, and all children. These PowerPoints provide some foundational information on self-regulation and creating school communities that are ‘Caring Cultures’ to enable the adults to look after themselves well. There is no requirement to access this resource, but it will hopefully be helpful.

Course Details

This resource is divided into 3 sections, providing approx. 1.5 hours of pre-recorded, narrated material:

It Begins with You: Take Care, Part 1 – why it is important to look after ourselves, stress responses, and supporting the basics of regulation to take care of ourselves.

It Begins with You: Take Care, Part 2 – therapeutic ideas and activities for achieving a regulated state in the context of looking after ourselves.

Taking Care of Each Other – how we can create a "Culture of Caring" in our school communities and look after each other.

Please refer to the information sheet "SNC Info on Narrated PowerPoints It Begins with You - Take Care and Culture of Caring" that has been provided to your school by your supporting Assistant Advisory Officer.

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

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

Children Looked After: Social Care Systems Training for Schools

AIMS:

This training is part of a suite of trainings available through the Primary Children Looked After Advisory Service. It aims to explain the legal definitions and terms in relation to Children Looked After within the Social Care System.

• Introduction

• What is a Child Looked After

• The Legal Status of Children Looked After

• Placement Types

• Inter-Agency Working

• Children Looked After Processes

• Summary - The Social Care Profile

Course Details

The course consists of 7 pre-recorded modules lasting just over 30 minutes in total which participants can view in their own time.

The links to access the presentations will be provided in a confirmation email upon registration.

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

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.