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Upgrading Our PACE Training: What This Means for Your Practice

Upgrading Our PACE Training: What This Means for Your Practice

Scott has recently finished working on version six of our PACE suite. The improvements were made with the clear aim of strengthening how PACE is understood and applied in real-life situations, rather than simply adding more theory.
In addition to the 35 years of experience as a trainer in social care and education that Scott brings to his course creation, he has recently invested in further masterclass training with leading voices in trauma and attachment, including Bessel van der Kolk, Dr Gabor Maté, and Dr Dan Hughes*.

What This Means in Practice

Our PACE training has been updated to better support you in the day-to-day realities of your role:
  • Clearer ways to respond in the moment
    Moving beyond “knowing PACE” to feeling more confident actually using it when situations are challenging or unpredictable.
  • Stronger focus on relationships
    Supporting you to build trust and connection, particularly with children and adults who may find this difficult.
  • Practical application, not just theory
    Linking key ideas from trauma, attachment and development in ways that are realistic and usable in your setting.
  • A deeper understanding of behaviour
    The training now places greater emphasis on what lies beneath behaviour, including the impact of trauma on the body and nervous system.

The Outcomes For Your Teams

Rather than introducing new concepts, many social care professionals need greater confidence in consistently applying them under pressure.
These updates to the PACE suite are designed to help you:
  • Feel more confident in your responses.
  • Reduce uncertainty in difficult moments.
  • Build more effective relationships.
  • Support longer-term change, rather than short-term fixes.

Supporting Ongoing Learning

Scott has also been working on including PACE within our e-learning suite. This will soon enable us to bring you even more flexible PACE options, including shorter, bite-sized sessions. These are designed to fit around busy roles and help you keep building your skills over time.

*How Scott’s recent learning enriches the skills and knowledge covered in the new PACE suite:

  • Bessel van der Kolk: Through direct study with the author of The Body Keeps the Score, Scott has integrated advanced insights into how trauma is stored in the physiology. This has deepened our “Empathy” and “Acceptance” modules to include somatic awareness, ensuring PACE isn’t just a cognitive tool, but a biological intervention.
  • Dr Gabor Maté: Engaging with Dr. Maté’s work on stress and addiction has brought a profound level of “Curiosity” to our approach. We have moved beyond behavioural observation to understanding the “compassionate inquiry” required to uncover the attachment wounds driving outward actions.
  • Dr. Dan Hughes: As the founder of DDP (Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy), Dan Hughes facilitated a five-day training that allowed Scott to integrate the nuances of the PACE mindset at its source. This has sharpened our “Playfulness” and “Acceptance” frameworks, ensuring they are applied with the precision needed to build safety in the most guarded hearts.

 

Our aim is to make PACE feel more usable, more natural, and more effective in everyday practice, so that it supports both you and the people you work with.

Our PACE training is still:

  • Fully online via Zoom

  • Affordable and accessible for stretched budgets

  • Interactive, engaging, and deeply practical

🎓 Click here to explore your options

P.S. If you’re unsure whether this is right for your team, drop Tori a message. We’re happy to chat about what’s going on in your organisation and how PACE could help.

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