This course aims to reinforce the strengths and relationship-based practice many professionals will already engage in. The course contains a recap for those who have already completed the Introduction to ACEs and Trauma Informed Practice Training. It then goes into greater detail and depth on relevant psychological theory and trauma informed practice at an organisational level.

The training has the following aims:

  1. To develop understanding of the theory and concepts behind the potential impact of ACEs and trauma across the life course
  2. To understand what trauma-informed and trauma-responsive practice looks, sounds and feels like.
  3. To gain a basic understanding into how an organisation can begin a journey towards a trauma-informed organisational culture. The session is structured to return to key ideas and reinforce core messages as take home learning.

This module has been developed in partnership between the West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership and Barnardo's.