Understanding Trauma - Foster carer courses

Practitioners from Coventry Children's Services will host two training session on the following dates:

11 September 2025

9 March 2026

Sessions will take place face to face 10:00-14:00

This course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of challenging behaviours and its causes.

The course will be facilitated in an interactive and entertaining way including group work and activities. We will be looking at case studies and how participants can implement the presented material in the own practise.

By the end of the course participants will:

• What is challenging behaviour?
• Causes for challenging behaviour
• Effects of trauma on children/young people and their behaviour
• How trauma changes the brain of children and young people
• Causes of violence in children and young people
• Ways to work with violence
• Strategies how to work with traumatised children and young people
• How Social Pedagogy can support practitioners working with traumatised children and young people

Course Aims

This session is aimed at Foster Carers and Special Guardians professional development to improve their learning and update their skills  and knowledge in respect of trauma and its impact.

Course Outcomes

By the end of the course participants will: 

• Up-dated knowledge and understanding of Trauma, the training will cover: 

• Response and effects of trauma 

• Understanding developmental trauma 

• Impact of trauma on the body and brain 

• Core principles of trauma informed care 

• Impact of various trauma

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