Northern Ireland

This workshop will explore our ability to thrive or struggle in situations of adversity. We will look at the many aspects of building and developing resilience and how this supports the child and home. We will also practically explore the role or resilience and how it is affected by trauma and adverse childhood experiences. The focus being how this leads to regulation and children, young people and families experiencing success as they journey.  

In this workshop foster and kinship carers will discover what brain (executive function - EF) skills are and why they have such an impact upon everyday life. 

You will also learn why many children and young people who are Looked After may experience everyday tasks in a unique way. Hear about some practical ways to help to encourage these skills to develop. 

Neurodivergence is a wide spectrum that covers a range of hidden neurological conditions, such as, but not limited to autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, Tourette's and social anxiety. 

This three-hour workshop will introduce an amalgamation of the pioneering work of Dr Bruce Perry, Dr Dan Hughes (P.A.C.E.) and Louise Bomber in helping carers and children to regulate, relate, reason and repair. 

This is an interactive session that will equip carers with practical strategies for foster carers to develop a toolkit for home and for school. 

This three-hour workshop will introduce an amalgamation of the pioneering work of Dr Bruce Perry, Dr Dan Hughes (P.A.C.E.) and Louise Bomber in helping carers and children to regulate, relate, reason and repair. 

This is an interactive session that will equip carers with practical strategies for foster carers to develop a toolkit for home and for school. 

This three-hour workshop will introduce an amalgamation of the pioneering work of Dr Bruce Perry, Dr Dan Hughes (P.A.C.E.) and Louise Bomber in helping carers and children to regulate, relate, reason and repair. 

This is an interactive session that will equip carers with practical strategies for foster carers to develop a toolkit for home and for school. 

The Personal Education Planning meeting was revised and relaunched in 2023. This workshop will explore the new approach, from a trauma-informed perspective, which aims to bring key information and people together to help effectively identify and support the needs of children who are Looked After throughout their school education.

This workshop explores BIG emotions such as heightened anxiety and anger which often leads to what is often described as 'emotional outbursts'.  We look at what can often underlie these emotions, how to identify triggers as well as strategies to support carers to support their child in both understanding and regulating their emotions. 

To book your free place email Kellie Long.