Trauma Informed Training
At Clifford House, our unique Trauma Informed training is a tailored programme designed to empower foster parents in making a meaningful impact on the lives of the children they support.
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Our training provides foster parents the tools to provide the best outcomes for children and young people
Supporting children who have experienced trauma is a journey that takes time, and often we can’t understand the full extent of a child’s trauma until later in their care journey.
In foster care, many of the children are healing from childhood trauma that involved being abused or neglected. They often have a desperate desire to be cared for but also have serious trust issues with adults, which means fostering a child with trauma doesn’t come without challenges.
That’s where our specialist Trauma Informed training comes in.
It’s a way for foster parents to explore with their supervising social worker what’s really going on for children in their care, how does a child’s experience affect their behaviour, their response, and their decision making?
By understanding the effects of trauma, foster parents can respond to a child’s needs with empathy and sensitivity, helping the child process their trauma and teach them more helpful and beneficial ways of communicating their needs.
Our unique Trauma Informed training programme
At Clifford House our Trauma Informed training is a unique to us, bespoke programme that recognises that foster parents want to make a difference in the lives of children they care for.
The six-session programme focuses on the following:
- Understanding how trauma develops in the developing child
- Attachment theory and how this links to behaviours
- Brain development and how this is impacted by trauma and care received by young children
- How we can learn to help children move through the trauma they have experienced and build positive and trusting relationships with others
- How foster parents can care effectively for children who have experienced trauma
Accessible training for all our foster parents
We make sure to offer a blended approach to learning which makes our training is accessible to all our foster parents, no matter how busy your lifestyle might be. This means that you can take part in our training either face-to-face or online; whichever style suits you best. Whatever you choose, you’ll have the opportunity to meet other foster parents and gain their insights – we’d love to see you face-to-face so we can share a cuppa while we chat, too!
During the training, you’ll learn about everything we’ve discussed and more, including the responsibilities you’ll have as a foster parent and how to safeguard children from harm. The skills you’ll learn with give you the tools you need to step into fostering with confidence, equipping you with trauma-informed strategies to help you give your absolute best to the children in your care.