Description:
This online workshop is for educational professionals and is designed to support professionals when a vulnerable child joins a new setting. It will build on learning from the first two sessions but can also be attended on its own.
When children move school there is a risk that the information and understanding that the previous school has developed can be lost or fragmented. There may also be very different demands and expectations on the child in a new setting. For the child everything their security in their familiar setting has gone and they may experience high anxiety and show a range of confusing behaviours. Therefore, developing as deep an understanding as possible of the child’s context can be extremely important.
This session will explore typical challenges and give tools for educators.
During this session we will cover:
- Recap - What do transitions involve? Why are they so difficult for children who have experienced attachment disruption?
- Impact - emotions, behaviours and daily life
- What can we do to help children settle?
Tools for educators:
- What factors to take into account
- What kinds of support are likely to be the most effective.
- How to form a small team around the child to help build security.
- How to prepare the child and network
- What can supporting adults do?
- The benefits of a child specific plan
Cost: Free - funded via Virtual School
Trainer - The Family Place
Additional Information: The Family Place is a specialist therapeutic service providing assessment, therapy, training and professional consultation to organisations including schools, colleges and early years settings. We provide therapy interventions for children, young people and families who have experienced early years developmental trauma, including adoptive, foster, SGO and kinship care families. All our trainers are highly qualified clinicians and have deep understanding about the real challenges facing parents and carers. For more information about The Family Place visit www.thefamilyplace.co.uk.