Strengthening Connected Relationships
KCA is here to enable people to build and strengthen connected relationships, using evidence from research to improve everyday interactions, everywhere.
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Five to Thrive is a way of understanding how connected relationships are fundamental to human wellbeing, helping to build resilient communities, and how we can promote these attachment bonds
Mending Hurts promotes recovery from trauma by enabling people to notice what they, or other people, do in their most effective interactions with people when they are more vulnerable or traumatized. When we notice ourselves doing something well, we become more conscious of our activity and more competent in it
Creating Connections between human beings lies at the heart of individual and community resilience, and, indeed, at the heart of KCA’s work. Our resilience mapping tools open up conversations about the network around people when they are feeling more vulnerable. This can offer insights that guide intervention and support.
Holding Together offers a systemic intervention to build resilience in the team around a child when they are more vulnerable or traumatised
The best and most informative training session I have ever attended, wish they could all be at the same level. thank you
Kim Clements , Dorset
6 January 2020
Found to be great, thank you
KCA Course Participant
12 January 2021
It will inform how I plan for my class when schools open more widely, and contribute to planning in how the schools re-open... a very useful reminder of how essential a compassionate reasoned response for both adults and children in the school environment, more now than ever.
Becky Fage
13 May 2020
Rarely have I attended training where I feel there are so many points which I can implement as of tomorrow. Thank you, Susan. A superb session with lots of immediate positive feedback from colleagues around me.
KCA Course Participant
2 November 2020
As a trained psychotherapist I am very used to working with people that are experienced unregulated states. However, I found your approach consistent with methods I use as a therapist to help people regulate themselves and think this training would be very useful for key individuals across many organisations
KCA Course Participant
30 June 2023
It was the first training I have accessed using zoom which seemed to work well. Really useful to have printed the notes out before it started.
Dawn Delmaine , Dursley Primary Academy
9 April 2020
The speaker really connected and her material really resonated with what we have been experiencing in the early years sector during the pandemic. It also gave hope that we can support children and parents in the challenges. Great emphasis on relationships being the foundation of all we do in early years settings.
KCA Course Participant
16 November 2021
Brilliant training, Very informative and inspiring. Thank you!
Helen Cardy
16 September 2021
The training provided a real insight into how we perceive behaviours and support a child to co-regulate by having a greater understanding of how the brain is responding.
KCA Course Participant
16 June 2022
I found the tutor really engaging and easy to listen to. I really enjoyed this training and will definitely be using what I have learned in my work as a children's social worker
Juliet Thomas
5 November 2020
This is an incredibly useful area of study; useful for line and team managers in care services as well as anyone working in a therapeutic setting.
Lesley Binks
15 February 2021
This was an excellent day of training.Nicky was vibrant, and an excellent presenter. She gave a lot of information in a very accessible way. She made everything relevant to the children in our setting and gave us lots of ways in which we could include what we we were learning in the classroom.The day was fast paced and went too quickly ! Thank you.
KCA Course Participant
6 January 2020
It was an infomation packed day. It was delivered under challenging times and i thought very well. I enjoyed the virtual chat rooms.
Louise Chant
4 November 2020
This is the best Webinar training I have had so far.
KCA Course Participant
25 September 2020
This was a great course, well presented with great visuals. The Breakout rooms were great and the variation of activities. This was the best virtual course I have attended.
Jessica Galvin
13 November 2020
Most wonderful resources to refer to during the day... and afterwards too - amazing!!
Hannah Knight
1 October 2019
It was very well presented, in an open and apprachable way. Tom was very engaging and extremely knowledgable, his passion for emotional coaching really shone through and inspiring us to think about our practice in a very guided way. Thank you.
KCA Course Participant
17 April 2023
A must-have CPD course for post-16 educators and support staff.
Lisa Shipman
3 February 2022
The trainer Sally (Patterson) was absolutely brilliant and delivered a really relevant presentation.
Sarah Lloyd
14 October 2019
I really like how we were put into break out rooms with colleagues so we could discuss in practical terms how we would use the information gleaned on the course.
Louise Parkin
3 February 2021
Outstandingly delivered
KCA Course Participant
8 May 2023
No, she was excellent. She was very aware of the group and great at interacting with everyone.
Emma Moorhead
4 March 2021
100% pure brilliant
Joanne Redmond , Moat House
6 January 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed this training course. Presented in an engaging enthusiastic and clear way. Break out rooms were very good way of networking with others.
Lynda Moss
4 March 2021
I thought Catherine was extremely knowledgeable and my colleagues and I agreed that she held our attention for the entire day and maintained her energy and enthusiasm throughout.
KCA Course Participant
19 April 2023