Participants are required to have their cameras on for an interactive experience.
Maximum of two people per screen
Sessions are recorded for quality assurance purposes. They are only viewed by SCTS staff and deleted within 14 days.
£35.00 3 hours
This is the first instalment of our five-part PACE for Professionals training programme. All participants must complete this module before attending the remaining four.
This module does not provide full practical competence in all four PACE elements. To support meaningful, consistent implementation, we strongly recommend booking all five modules.
This course offers a foundational understanding of trauma-informed care and its significant impact on children in care. Participants will explore how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect nervous system functioning, leading some children to engage in self-medicating behaviours or exhibit challenging actions. We’ll discuss typical trauma responses, including fight, flight, and freeze reactions.
The training will also introduce Dr Dan Hughes' brain-based parenting principles and the Secure Base Model, helping practitioners view negative behaviours as expressions of unmet emotional needs. Additionally, we’ll tackle practical challenges in applying PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy) in daily practice, providing tools to integrate these concepts into effective Behaviour Support Plans.
UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA - Explore the national profile of trauma and its implications for children and young people in care.
CHILD TRAUMA RESPONSES - Gain insight into how children respond to loss and trauma, including freeze, fight and flight responses.
SECURE BASE MODEL - Understand the workings of the Secure Base Model and its significance in addressing attachment challenges.
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACE) - Get an overview of ACE and explore self-medicating behaviours that may arise from these experiences.
IMPACTS OF TRAUMA - Identify the critical biological and psychosocial effects of experiencing trauma on development.
BRAIN-BASED PARENTING - Develop a working knowledge of brain-based parenting techniques defined by Dan Hughes.
UNDERSTANDING NEGATIVE BEHAVIOURS - Learn about the roots of negative behaviours in young people and how they can be viewed as a form of communication.
IMPLEMENTING PACE - Discuss the difficulties associated with implementing the P.A.C.E. model of care in everyday practice.
BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PLANS - Understand how behaviour support plans identify challenging behaviours and their triggers.
STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORT - Learn how to use behaviour support plans to develop strategies that enable individuals to stabilise and thrive after experiencing trauma.
This module provides the essential foundation for the full PACE programme. Completing all five modules supports practitioners to move from understanding the mindset to confidently applying Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy in complex, emotionally charged situations.
Our PACE suite is suitable for a wide range of roles working with children and young people who have experienced trauma or disrupted attachment. Annual refreshers are recommended to support reflective practice and prevent drift back to less relational responses under pressure.
⚠️ This is workforce development training and does not provide individual therapy. Some content may be emotionally challenging. It is not suitable for exploring personal therapeutic needs within a group setting.
You can read feedback from professionals who have attended our training HERE.
Delivery: Live training via Zoom
Format: Taught input, small group work, paired activities and whole-group discussion
This training is suitable for Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Participants receive a certificate of attendance and reflection prompts to support CPD recording in line with Social Work England guidance and similar professional frameworks.
Resources: A downloadable PDF version of the course slides is included. A full resource library can be purchased separately.
Those seeking to be certified in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) or to further explore PACE in action are invited to visit the founder's website.
This option is aimed at an audience with prior knowledge of the subject and isn’t suitable for. Those that are new to the subject would be better with our standard course.
Generic training can leave staff feeling unprepared for the real-life scenarios they face. Our tailored approach ensures the content, delivery method, and case studies are directly relevant to your sector (e.g., education, healthcare, sport, charity, corporate), your local policies, and the specific vulnerabilities and risks present in your community.
We design engaging, practical, and compliant training across three core areas:
Invest in training that transforms knowledge into action. Equip your team with the confidence and competence to protect those in your care proactively.
We recognise that sometimes groups need more time for discussions and group work. This can mean that a two-hour session is just not long enough to explore the curriculum and engage in question and answer sessions. So we are you offering the opportunity to extend the session by an hour to allow your trainees the chance to explore the curriculum fully!
