Delivering Trauma Informed Teaching and Training

Whether we teach children, young people, or train an adult workforce we will, whether we know it or not, be interacting with individuals who have experienced significant psychological trauma from adverse experiences as children and/or adults.

Through better understanding how trauma can influence an individual’s behaviours and capacity for relationships and learning, we can design and deliver inclusive learning experiences that build trust and reduce shame triggers and risks of re-traumatisation.

The programme includes prior learning online and a practical, in-person skills-based course.

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Educators completing this programme will enhance their practice through being better able to:

• Identify how trauma, including adverse childhood experiences can impact our capacity for relationships and learning, and present in behaviours
• Design learning in a way that reduces the risk of re-traumatisation
• Adopt a trauma-informed mindset and approach across mediums including the classroom, virtual learning environments and one to one support
• Deliver shame-sensitive learning experiences, assessments and feedback
• Facilitate psychologically safe and inclusive group discussions
• Build trust and respond sensitively to challenging situations and learner distress
• Be able to apply trauma informed teaching techniques using the Calm, Connect, Communicate (CCC) model to create safety, build connection and promote engagement and learning

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With 30 years in the Social Care sector in a variety of roles, supporting people who have experienced trauma in their lives, this course really opened my eyes to fresh approaches. In my current L&D role I will be utilising this new knowledge in reducing risks of re-traumatisation during training.
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C. Corstin, Head of Learning at Provide CIC