For a school to be truly 'trauma informed' the right training needs to be accessed that goes beyond looking at ACEs and how these present and are assessed. A deeper understanding of dissociation and the causes of it are necessary.

We need to be able to view the child's behaviour within the context of the relationship and as a form of communication.

It is hard to know how to support a child who has been through either sexual, physical or emotional abuse?

Teaching assistants are the bedrock of implementing true trauma informed practice in the classroom. This workshop covers the following

• Why do children dissociate?

• How to recognize dissociation in a child ?

• What type of situation and actions may increase dissociation in an educational setting?

• How do you provide safety and help regulate the child again?

• How to deal with 'naughty' behaviour .

• Why relationships and friendships provide such difficult problems and what teaching staff can do to help?

Helen Harvey is facilitating the talk. Helen is a registered BACP child and Adolescent therapist working in post adoption for Cumbria. Helen is also a member of the International society for the study of Trauma and Dissociation

Helen's training and work includes:

Dealing with distress - working with self-harm and suicide (PODS training)

Trauma, Dissociation & Recovery (PODS Training)

Traumatic Attachment & Co-Regulation: The Neurobiology of Relationship

Childhood Sexual Abuse (PODS Training)

Dissociation and DID: The Fundamentals (PODS training)

Trauma and the Body (PODS training)

The Latest in Trauma Treatments: Diagnosis, Neuroscience & Best Practices

Complicated and Traumatic Grief: Clinical Interventions for Healing Trauma CPD

Wonderlust: A Nature study programme

Children’s perspectives on play

Understanding early years environments and children’s spaces

Resources will be available to purchase at this event

You will receive a training pack with this event, their will also be additional resources to purchase.