Trauma and Attachment Aware Practice  Network 2025/2026

Norfolk Virtual School

Keynote Speakers - Nerys Hughes and  Dr Pooky Knightsmith

This year will focus on Theory Into Practice and sessions will be full of practical tips and advice including exploring Sensory Processing Difficulties, enabling neurodivergent students to thrive and the link between SEMH and SLCN.Each Network session will also allow time to hear more about the wider offer from the Virtual School*Please note there are THREE separate sessions of this network. Booking on gives you access to all three.Other dates are:March 11th 2026May 6th 2026Session One - November 12thNerys HughesNerys is one of the world’s leading sensory impairment Occupational Therapy specialists. Having worked in all areas of paediatric practice across the private and charity sectors and the NHS, she now runs a social enterprise clinic ‘Whole Child Therapy’ which she founded. Nerys is an experienced and advanced clinical consultant. She provides consultation to schools, local authorities, sensory impairment services and associated professionals across the world. Her training curriculum for health and education professionals, as well as parents, is widely valued and sought-after. Nerys believes strongly in a ‘strengths and connection’ intervention process. She develops tools that enable children.Session Two - March 11th 2026Dr Pooky KnightsmithAn internationally respected face of child and adolescent mental health, Pooky Knightsmith (PhD) works tirelessly to ‘be the change she wants to see’. She develops and shares practical, evidence-informed approaches to promoting mental health – arming health, social care and education staff with the skills, understanding and knowledge they need to support the children in their care. Pooky has a PhD in child mental health from the Institute of Psychiatry, is the author of many books, is the research and development director at Creative Education and is a former chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition.Session Three - May 6th 2026Schools and leaders from our Speech. Language and communication (SLCN) projects.Many young people with SEMH have unidentified SLCN. Left unidentified or unmet SLCN can impact mental health and wellbeing, identity, relationships and attainment.Join us to hear from colleagues across Norfolk about the implementation and experience of several SLCN projects being piloted by the Virtual School across 2025-2026 to be first to hear key takeaways and plans for expansion of these projects.NB A link to join each session will be sent out TWO days beforehandFor any queries please email Virtual.SchoolsCWSW@norfolk.gov.uk

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