The Therapeutic Teaching Course

A step-by-step approach to support children’s wellbeing, mental health and behaviour. Helping you become trauma informed and attachment aware

The therapeutic teaching course is for those schools who want to increase their understanding of trauma informed practise and learn exactly how to embed therapeutic ways of working. Our online course includes six modules that are essential pillars for learning and will help you not only learn trauma informed and attachment aware theory, but learn exactly how to apply this to your settings following a 7-stage approach taught in an easy-to-follow graduated way to your whole staff team. The course is accessible 24 hours a day, Every member of staff receives their own login, and you get a lifetime subscription that allows you to continue to embed the approach as you welcome new staff.

Head Teacher

Last year we signed up for the whole staff TPC online training units. Our whole school SEMH has dropped by 50%. The  classrooms are calmer and so are staff. We have also seen a drop in behaviour incidents.

What’s Included

6 online modules

Designed to take you through the why and the how and leave you with the  insight and skills you need.

Lifetime access

Ongoing access so that you can continue to revisit the material to maintain your approach.

Support resources

Downloadable pdfs, videos and resources to help you implement what you have learnt.

Support

Our team will always be on hand for advice and guidance throughout your journey should you need us.

Add users any time

Just email to let us know when a new member of staff joins you and we will sign them up! 

26 page handbook

A comprehensive pdf detailing the full therapeutic teaching approach for you read, print out and use as a tool.

Short Quiz

Staff will complete a short quiz after each module to solidify learning and a cpd certified certificate will be sent.

Peer prompts

Each module ends with a prompt to encourage you to implement strategies and make changes.

Bonus videos

Bonus webinars or videos with Shahana Knight to extend learning on behaviour, classrooms and more.

The Course Modules

  • Childhood trauma and the brain 
  • Attachment in the context of the classroom 
  • Therapeutic teaching skills
  • Connection vs disconnection when approaching behaviour 
  • Creating a therapeutic environment (includes some information on therapeutic classrooms
  • Cultivating an emotionally intelligent class 

All modules explore the relevant theory to establish the why and then focus on the how, walking you through strategies and steps that link to the theory so that you can develop the insight, knowledge and skills you need in a graduated way that will promote real change. The modules will build up the therapeutic teaching steps and approach over time allowing you to implement and embed change in a way that will shift culture 

We cover

Trauma, stress and adversity
Insecure attachment
Behaviour
Self-regulation
Emotional intelligence
Mental health and wellbeing
Teacher skillset
Whole school strategies/ incentives
The Therapeutic Classrooms approach
Environments indoor and out
Creating an emotionally safe school

How the course is delivered

The course is accessed through our online training platform, this allows you to be in control of how you roll out the training in your organisation. 

Benefits of our online learning platform

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You can do the sessions at your own pace in your own time together as a staff team, or independently at home

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You can go back and re-listen to content whenever you want

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You can train new staff members as part of their induction

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It’s engaging and visual which appeals to different types of learners

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It’s accessible to those with visual and hearing needs

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It can be used as a training tool for recapping information 

TPC Online Training
TPC Therapy CPD Certified Training

The process

Sign up to the course

Complete our sign up form and we will enrol every member of staff onto the course platform ready for you to begin to roll things out. Let us know if you’d like the senior leadership team to have access first to make a plan.  We will work with whatever suits you best!

Make a plan

Introduce your leadership team to the course so that they can get familiar with the learning platform and make a plan for the year. You may choose to complete all modules over a few terms and spend the rest of the year focusing on embedding the approach and tweaking practice. Whatever works best for you!

Roll it out

Once you have a plan of action, introduce it to your staff in a twilight meeting or on an inset day and let them know the plan for completing the modules. You might ask them to do them individually by a certain date, or together in your twilight meetings.

Embed and monitor impact!

As you all work through the modules, make sure you are using the resources available to help you all implement what you have learnt. You will begin to adapt your behaviour policy and environments and you will begin to see changes to staff language and responses. Before you know it you will see a significant impact on the children’s behaviour and emotional intelligence. You can monitor before and after data from your Cpoms records, attendance and level of SEMH needs to evidence this.

SENCO

I just wanted to say thank you so much! This has been the best training I have ever done and I am a SENCO, so I have done lot’s of training, some really good training, but this has been the most impactful!

Purchase Options

Whole School Lifetime Access

We know how much time and energy goes in to embedding an approach across a school so this fee comes with lifetime access. 

What’s included
check_circleCPD Certified Online Course Modules
check_circleSupporting Resources
check_circleAssessments and Certificates
Enroll all staff for
£2,500
Additional Live Workshops Options

We know how valuable it is school staff to be able to come together to discuss practice. It brings the course modules to life and helps everyone further apply theory to the day to day interactions with the children. Our workshops give you an opportunity to explore real life scenarios, practice your therapeutic response skills and ask questions that relate to the children you know! 

They are a great way to pull it all together!

 

How it works
check_circleWorkshops are engaging, inspiring sessions full of staff participation and ‘ah ha’ moments!
check_circleWorkshops can be booked as part of an inset or training day
check_circleYou can either book a recap session (2 hours) followed by a workshop (1.5-2 hours) or just the workshop itself
check_circleWorkshops can only be booked after you have completed modules 1-4
Face to face workshops are subject to availability and location. Workshop length can be discussed on an individual need basis
£450
(Just the workshop)
£600
(Recap session and workshop)

Depending on location, you may also be required to pay for the facilitators travel and accommodation 

Indiviual Leaner Lifetime Access

Develop your own practice and enroll as an individual learner.

 

What’s included
check_circleCPD Certified Online Course Modules
check_circleSupporting Resources
check_circleAssessments and Certificates

Teacher

This course is one of the best courses I have ever been on. I have been able to reflect on my own experiences, Identify the needs of children in my school and how we can make a difference.

About the Course Creator

The course is written and delivered by Shahana Knight, an award-winning childhood trauma specialist who has a background in psychology, therapy and education and who has experienced her own childhood trauma. Shahana is the author of ‘The Therapeutic School Approach’ and writer for Head Teachers Update Magazine. Shahana and her work have appeared on BBC teach and BBC Newsround. Her focus is always on the practical things you can actually do to make a difference to the young people you support, and the outcomes of her courses directly impact every child.

This is a pre-recorded online series of modules that come with support documents – this is not in webinar form but is more like a ‘netflix’ experience complete with videos/ visuals to bring it all together throughout.

 

Contact us to find out more or to sign up

We can jump on a call or send you more information or both!

Free Resources

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