An Introduction to Childhood Adversity and Trauma Informed Practice

Audience: All Children's Services Staff

Dudley's School Staff can book through Dudley Safeguarding People Partnership: https://dudleysafeguarding.event-booking.org/

Dates and Booking Links

• Monday, 14th November 2022, 9pm to 5pm – Himley Hall, Dudley

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• Wednesday 18th January 2023, 9pm to 5pm - Saltwells EDC, Bowling Green Rd, Dudley DY2 9LY

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• Wednesday 22^nd March 2023, 9pm to 5pm - Saltwells EDC, Bowling Green Rd, Dudley DY2 9LY

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• Wednesday 14^th June 2023, 9pm to 5pm - Saltwells EDC, Bowling Green Rd, Dudley DY2 9LY

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• Wednesday 6^th September 2023, 9pm to 5pm - Saltwells EDC, Bowling Green Rd, Dudley DY2 9LY

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• Thursday 16^th November 2023, 9pm to 5pm - Saltwells EDC, Bowling Green Rd, Dudley DY2 9LY

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Overview

These training modules have been developed in partnership between the West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit and Barnardo's.

Throughout the course of the day you will complete two modules: An Introduction to Childhood Adversity and Trauma Informed Practice, and Trauma Informed Practice module 2.

An Introduction to Childhood Adversity and Trauma Informed Practice Aims:

1. To understand the potential impact of ACEs and trauma across the life course.
2. To understand how to recognise the signs of trauma in behaviour.
3. To understand what trauma-informed practice means.
4. To gain a basic understanding into how an organisation can begin a journey towards a trauma-informed organisational culture.

This module offers something both for those who are new to ACEs as a concept and those with some existing prior knowledge. It is aimed at both those who work with children and young people AND those who work regularly with adults.

Trauma Informed Practice Module 2 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 is aimed at people who already have a basic knowledge of ACEs and who may have completed the Introduction to ACEs module. In this course we develop the theoretical ideas further and give participants ways to apply their learning to practice and to begin working in a trauma-informed way.