Trauma-Informed Training for
Schools, Therapy and Care
Around half of UK adults carry at least one adverse childhood experience. You are already working with trauma every day. This course gives you the framework to respond to it, rather than react to the behaviour on the surface.
The behaviour is not the message.
The nervous system is.
A child who bolts for the door. A resident who goes silent for a shift. A client who cancels the moment things get real. These are not behaviour problems to be managed. They are a nervous system doing exactly what it learned to do under threat.
Trauma-informed practice starts here, with safety, trust and empowerment, not with managing the behaviour on the surface. That shift in starting point changes how you respond, how the people in your care experience you, and whether the change holds over time.
"Trauma is not what happened to someone. It is what their nervous system learned to do about it. And it is still doing it, right in front of you." The STILL Method, trauma-informed framework
Two starting points. One framework.
Add trauma-informed practice to work you are already doing
You already work with children, teenagers or adults in a school, therapy, or care setting, and you regularly encounter behaviour that looks confusing or disproportionate until you understand what is underneath it.
- Add a structured trauma-informed approach to your existing role
- Reduce escalation and behavioural incidents in the settings you work in
- Recognise secondary trauma in yourself before it leads to burnout
- Build a shared language for trauma-informed response across your team
Build a trauma-informed foundation from the ground up
You are moving into education, care, coaching or support work, or taking on more responsibility for people whose past experiences shape their present reactions, and you want a proper grounding rather than picking things up as you go.
- No prior clinical or coaching background required to enrol
- A clear, practical framework you can use from your next working day
- Somatic tools for regulation, not just theory
- ACCPH and IPHM accredited CPD certification on completion
This course may not be the right fit if...
This is practical, live, trauma-informed training. It rewards practitioners who want a real framework, not a certificate to file away. It will not suit everyone, and we would rather be clear about that here than after you enrol.
- You are looking for clinical trauma therapy or diagnostic training
- You want a passive, self-paced certificate with no live practice
- You are looking for generic wellbeing content rather than a structured framework
- You want treatment-level content rather than a non-clinical, practice-based approach
Built on the evidence.
Honest about the evidence.
Much trauma training stops at awareness. Staff leave knowing trauma matters but with nothing to do differently at 9am on Monday when a child is under the table. We built this course to close that gap: the evidence, then the practice.
Trauma is not rare. It is in every classroom, caseload and shift.
The landmark ACE Study of more than 17,000 adults established that adverse childhood experiences are common and dose-responsive: the more a child experiences, the greater the lifelong risk. UK public health research has since confirmed the same picture here, with around half of adults in England and Wales reporting at least one adverse childhood experience, and roughly one in nine reporting four or more.
Whatever setting you work in, you are already working with trauma. The only question is whether you have a framework for it.
The stakes of getting it wrong are documented, not theoretical
Public Health Wales's 2015 ACE study, the first large-scale study of its kind in the UK, found that adults with four or more adverse childhood experiences were dramatically more likely to face poor outcomes across health, behaviour and justice, including being many times more likely to be imprisoned at some point in their lives.
These are the adults, and the children on their way to becoming them, that trauma-informed settings exist to reach earlier. Every professional interaction is a chance to interrupt that trajectory or reinforce it.
We teach the nervous system, not just the vocabulary
Most trauma awareness training explains what trauma is. This course teaches what is happening in the body when a trauma response fires: threat detection, hyper-arousal, shutdown, and why reasoning with a dysregulated nervous system does not work.
When you understand the mechanism, the strategies stop being scripts to memorise and start being things you can adapt in the moment, which is where trauma-informed practice actually lives.
Secondary trauma is on the curriculum, not a footnote
Staff working daily with traumatised children and adults absorb some of that load themselves. It is one of the most consistent drivers of burnout in education and care, and one of the least trained-for.
Day two gives you the tools to recognise secondary trauma in yourself early and do something about it, because a dysregulated adult cannot co-regulate anyone.
You leave with a plan, not a certificate to file away
The course closes with a personalised action plan built around your actual setting: your classroom, your caseload, your shift pattern. Not generic principles, but the specific things you will do differently from the next working day.
"Thank you so much for these past two days. I was always worried that trauma was something I was misunderstanding or doing wrong. I loved how you explained things in a practical, straightforward way. I now have things and ways of working I can use from tomorrow."
Rachel, TeacherClear about what this is. And what it is not.
This training gives education, therapy and care professionals a trauma-informed framework for recognising and responding to trauma responses in the people they work with.
It does not qualify practitioners to diagnose trauma, provide psychological therapy, or replace medical or psychiatric care.
Practitioners are trained to work within the boundaries of their existing role and to recognise when onward referral or clinical involvement is appropriate.
Two days. Live training.
Complete certification.
Both days are delivered live via Zoom. There are no pre-recorded modules. You arrive, you engage, you leave with an accredited CPD certificate and a personalised action plan for your next working day.
Foundations
- What trauma is, including childhood adversity and complex trauma
- The neurobiology of trauma and how it shapes behaviour, learning and emotional regulation
- The core principles of trauma-informed care: safety, trust and empowerment
- Creating safer spaces in classrooms, therapy rooms and support settings
- An introduction to the STILL Method framework as applied to trauma
Application
- Trauma-informed communication: how tone and language build or break trust
- Practical adaptations for classrooms, therapy sessions and support work
- Somatic strategies for regulation: grounding, breathwork and movement
- Recognising and preventing secondary trauma in yourself
- Building your personalised action plan
Everything you need to begin practising confidently.
Trauma-Informed Practitioner Certificate
ACCPH and IPHM accredited CPD certificate, issued on completion of both training days.
Full two day live curriculum
Interactive teaching, case studies and practical demonstrations across both days.
Personalised action plan
A concrete plan for applying what you have learned from your next working day.
Practitioner network access
Connection to a wider network of accredited coaches and educators using the same STILL Method framework.
The answers we are asked most often.
Do I need previous experience?
No. The course is built for professionals new to trauma-informed practice as well as those with years of experience.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. A digital ACCPH and IPHM accredited CPD certificate confirming 10 hours of study.
Can I join from outside the UK?
Yes. The course is delivered live online and open to professionals worldwide.
Do you offer group or organisational training?
Yes. Bespoke sessions can be arranged for schools, care providers and local authorities. Contact us to discuss.
Is this therapy training?
No. This is non-clinical trauma-informed practice training for professionals working in education, care and support settings. It does not qualify you to provide psychological therapy or clinical treatment.
How much does it cost?
£395, with payment plans available.
Ready to build a trauma-informed
response, not a reaction?
Both days are delivered live via Zoom from 9.30am to 2.30pm UK time. Places are limited to keep groups small.
Payment plans available