Partnership Schools- £200

Non-Partnership Schools- £275

This session is subject to our cancellation scale:

28 days or more notice - no charge

11-27 days notice - 25% of total cost of the course

4-10 days or less notice - 50% of total cost of the course

3 days or less notice -100% cost of the course

Delegates must attend all 5 sessions.

Build safe, supportive learning environments by embedding trauma-informed approaches through the 5Rs: Reach In, Relate, Regulate, Reflect, and Restore.

Session 1: Reach In – Understanding Trauma and the Learning Brain

Purpose:

Start by reaching inward — building awareness of what trauma is, how it manifests in the classroom, and how it affects thinking, behaviour, and relationships.

Key Areas Covered:

• Definitions of trauma and ACEs

• Stress responses: survival brain vs learning brain

• Recognising behaviours as communication

• Introduction to the 5Rs framework

Resources:

• Trauma lens quick guide

• Behaviour is communication prompt sheet

• Self-audit reflection tool (Reach In)

Session 2: Relate – Creating Emotionally Safe, Connected Classrooms

Purpose:

Explore how strong relationships and predictability support recovery and learning for all pupils.

Key Areas Covered:

• Attachment and attunement

• The importance of connection before correction

• Building classroom safety and belonging

• Key adult consistency and co-regulation

Resources:

• Relationship-building strategies

• Daily connection activities

• Safe adult/anchor map

Session 3: Regulate – Supporting Emotional Regulation and Reducing Dysregulation

Purpose:

Focus on how to help pupils regulate their emotions before learning can happen, and embed regulation into daily practice.

Key Areas Covered:

• Recognising signs of dysregulation

• Using co-regulation before expecting self-regulation

• Sensory strategies, movement, and brain breaks

• Regulation stations and classroom setup

Resources:

• Class regulation toolkit

• Zones of Regulation visuals

• Sensory diet ideas for classrooms

Session 4: Reflect – Responding Not Reacting: Understanding Ourselves and Our Pupils

Purpose:

Support staff to reflect on their own triggers, responses, and practices to better respond to challenging behaviour in compassionate, consistent ways.

Key Areas Covered:

• Emotional literacy and role modelling

• Adult stress, vicarious trauma, and burnout

• De-escalation and rupture repair

• Embedding reflective practice in teams

Resources:

• Staff self-reflection journal prompts

• Emotion coaching scripts

• Repair and reconnect strategies

Session 5: Restore – Embedding Whole-School Trauma-Informed Practice

Purpose:

Move from individual actions to collective impact. Learn how to restore and sustain a trauma-informed culture across your setting.

Key Areas Covered:

• Whole-school culture and consistent language

• Staff wellbeing and peer support

• Policy, pupil voice, and environmental audits

• Small changes, big difference – sustaining the 5Rs

Resources:

• School audit & action plan template

• Trauma-informed principles poster set

• CPD cascade toolkit for staff sharing

Session dates in this series:

20th October 2025: Trauma 1

19th January 2026: Trauma 2

9th March 2026: Trauma 3

27th April 2026: Trauma 4

22nd June 2026: Trauma 5

Trauma-Informed Classrooms: The 5Rs in Practice (5 sessions in series)