Training and events by the Virtual School
Summer 2024
For: Designated Teachers and Staff in Secondary Schools
In this training you will be supported to look at barriers to school attendance, through a child-centred developmental lens and to consider the systems around the child and whether, in reality, they help or hinder attendance.
• Why attending school matters – looking beyond DfE guidance.
• Reasons for poor attendance – identifying and interpreting EBSA.
• Known barriers to improving attendance – Risk and resilience factors.
• Interventions and strategies to support - including policy and practice considerations.
• Known additional risk factors – being pre-emptive and pro-active.
• Action planning for your role or setting – resources and services signposting.
Date and Time
4 July 2024
4pm-6pm
Zoom
How to Book
Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) - For Secondary School Staff
Autumn 2024
Spring 2025
For: Designated Teachers
This virtual training covers:
- Background of PEPs and why they are important
- Focus on Pupil voice including ways to collect
- Targets
- Transitions
- Emotional health/wellbeing
Date and time
23 January 2025
13:00pm - 15:30pm
Teams
How to book
For: Designated Teachers
This session will look at a needs-based approach to funding, considering a trauma informed view of the child and what will genuinely make a difference
It will explore what we know about our most vulnerable children and consider whether current approaches are having the most impact. It will ask whether we are doing all we can to ensure our children are safe, seen, soothed and secure first, so that they are in the best position to learn.
It will look at thinking creatively about how we can use PPG to genuinely support children and young people, consider their unmet needs and have impact on their learning. The session will provide an opportunity to reflect on current practice and consider whether there are alternative ways to respond to learning needs, rather than some of the more traditional responses that tend to be common place.
Date and time
4 March 2025
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Via Zoom
How to book
For: School Staff
Catch up overview session of the Attachment and Trauma session offered in the whole school approach - for new staff at a school at schools/settings which have already completed the training
Date and Time
29/01/2025
09:30am to 12:30pm
Via Zoom
How to book
Attachment and Trauma Catch-Up Training for all staff in schools or settings
For: Designated Teachers & Designated Safeguard Leads
Have an understanding of education legislation and practice in England. Have an increased awareness of educational outcomes for adopted children and young people and also children with a social worker and those in kinship care. Explore the barriers to learning for children and young people impacted by trauma. Have an increased awareness of where/how children and young people learn and how they can be supported in the every day.
Date and time
10/02/2025
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Via Zoom
How to book
Why doesn’t a behaviour policy based on rewards and sanctions work with children who have experienced trauma and unmet attachment needs? Emotion coaching is about developing the best possible responses to the behaviour of children and young people ‘in the moment’, intervening with the child as the behaviour is happening. Emotion Coaching helps everyone; it helps all children and young people, including those who are struggling that we don’t know about and those more resilient children and young people who experience a challenging event. It can also help those who are struggling with particular challenges like bullying, exam pressure or life events such as death, divorce or poor health. It allows us to develop good relationships that build resilience and an understanding that poor attachment behaviour does not have to be a barrier to relationships. This session will cover: • What is emotion coaching • Using emotion coaching • Connecting with yourself
Dates and times
23rd January 2025
4pm to 6pm
Via Zoom
How to book
Speech and Language development and practical tips/games for developing the speech and language of children.
Dates and times
10 February 2025
12pm to 2pm
Via Zoom
How to book
Summer 2025
For: Designated teachers and staff in primary and secondary schools
In this training you will be supported to look at barriers to school attendance, through a child-centred developmental lens and to consider the systems around the child and whether, in reality, they help or hinder attendance.
- Why attending school matters – looking beyond DFE guidance.
- Reasons for poor attendance – identifying and interpreting EBSA.
- Known barriers to improving attendance – risk and resilience factors.
- Interventions and strategies to support - including policy and practice considerations.
- Known additional risk factors – being pre-emptive and pro-active.
- Action planning for your role or setting – resources and services signposting.
Date and time
8 May 2025
3:30pm-5:30pm
Zoom
How to book
Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) - for primary and secondary school staff
For: Designated Teachers
This virtual training covers:
- Background of PEPs and why they are important
- Focus on pupil voice including ways to collect
- Targets
- Transitions
- Emotional health/wellbeing
Date and time
9 May 2025
10:00am to 12:30pm
Teams
How to book
PEP training for Designated Teachers in all schools and settings
For: Designated Teachers & Designated Safeguard Leads
Have an understanding of education legislation and practice in England. Have an increased awareness of educational outcomes for adopted children and young people and also children with a social worker and those in kinship care. Explore the barriers to learning for children and young people impacted by trauma. Have an increased awareness of where/how children and young people learn and how they can be supported in the every day.
Date and time
Date: 08/05/2025
Time: 12:15pm - 1:30pm
Via Zoom
How to book
For: School Staff
Why doesn’t a behaviour policy based on rewards and sanctions work with children who have experienced trauma and unmet attachment needs? Emotion coaching is about developing the best possible responses to the behaviour of children and young people ‘in the moment’, intervening with the child as the behaviour is happening. Emotion Coaching helps everyone; it helps all children and young people, including those who are struggling that we don’t know about and those more resilient children and young people who experience a challenging event. It can also help those who are struggling with particular challenges like bullying, exam pressure or life events such as death, divorce or poor health. It allows us to develop good relationships that build resilience and an understanding that poor attachment behaviour does not have to be a barrier to relationships. This session will cover:
- What is emotion coaching
- Using emotion coaching
- Connecting with yourself
Date and time
05/06/2025
3.30pm to 5.30pm
Zoom
How to book
Ongoing training
Early help training for practitioners
Free multi-agency training for all professionals working with children, and families in Lancashire.
Attachment and trauma training - whole school/setting staff
This is an ongoing training offer which will be booked at a convenient date and time.
This in-person or virtual training is for the whole setting on working with children to become attachment and trauma informed and to look through an attachment and trauma lens. There is also an SLT session to look at school/setting policies.
For more information or for a consultation about this training offer, please e-mail: virtualschooltraining@lancashire.gov.uk
Virtual reality - attachment and trauma training
This powerful new training is available to all schools and settings in Lancashire.
The immersive nature of Antser’s Virtual Reality (VR) programme allows the user to experience the impact of trauma, abuse and neglect through the eyes of the child.
It is designed to enhance the adults understanding of a child’s emotions, trauma and potential triggers to improve the care, support and guidance they provide.
Please e-mail virtualreality-traumatraining@lancashire.gov.uk for more information.