Inside the Teenage Brain – Trauma-Informed Insights for Residential Care Staff
- 🗓 Date: Wednesday 15 October 2024
- ⏰ Time: 10:30 – 11:00am (30 minutes)
- 📍 Location: Online via Zoom
- 💷 Cost: Free CPD session
🔎 About this session
Adolescence is a time of huge change in the brain, emotions, and relationships. For young people in residential care, these changes can be further influenced by experiences of trauma.
This free, bite-sized CPD session will explore how teenage brain development and trauma interact, why young people often look more to peers than carers, and how behaviour can be better understood in the context of survival and protection.
Designed to be clear, practical, and relevant to everyday work, the session is suitable for residential care staff at all levels.
📌 What you’ll learn
- The teenage brain - why risk-taking, emotions, and impulsivity are part of normal development.
- From carers to peers - understanding the natural shift in trust and influence during adolescence.
- The impact of trauma during adolescence - how adverse experiences affect trust, safety, and regulation.
- How trauma shapes behaviour - looking beyond “difficult behaviour” to underlying needs and responses.
- Everyday tools - practical ways to respond consistently and effectively.
👩🏫 Who is this session for?
Residential childcare workers, managers, and anyone supporting teenagers in care who want quick, research-based insights to strengthen trauma-informed practice.
✅ Register now
Reserve your free place and join us online for this short, focused CPD session.
