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 quality materials shared and information to enable me to effectively share them with the staff team.
Simon Sackwild , Shaftesbury High School
8 June 2023
Informative and reflective - giving us opportunities to reflect amoungst ourselves and were welcomed to ask any questions directly to Susan.
KCA Course Participant
6 March 2021
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
Jo (McAndrews) is a wonderful presenter - so enthusiastic.
Jane Arundell
3 July 2019
As a mentor for a lot of children with trauma, this training has helped us as a team to form some action plans on how we can move forward to support these children and staff
KCA Course Participant
15 December 2020
Barry was an amazing trainer and was very conscious of others' situations around resilience and trauma
Lisa Wibberley , Kent CC
11 July 2022
Brilliantly presented. Informative. Challenging. Practical applications along with fascinating neuroscience.
KCA Course Participant
27 January 2021
This course gives me a useful understanding of attachment, which is useful for working with my foster children, who have attachment disorders.
KCA Course Participant
4 December 2018
It was very interesting to learn new information. I thought having been a police officer over 30 years it would be a bit boring and I would know it already but I learnt lots of new skills
KCA Course Participant , Police
29 January 2021
Having worked in school the morning following this webinar, I used strategies mentioned and they worked... today!
Carol Perry
12 January 2021
No waffle and no unnecessary information, exactly what we needed to know - and I have a psychology degree!
KCA Course Participant
2 October 2018
I did like the fact it was virtual as there was space and time for discussion in breakout rooms and I really liked the mapping tool which is extremely practical to use for yourself and with people you are working with
Christine Stanbridge , Kent CC
22 June 2022
Should be required training for all NQTs and practitioners in schools
KCA Course Participant
11 February 2019
Amazing and passionate delivery - great resources and good interactive tasks.
KCA Course Participant
3 February 2022
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
Kate is an inspiring person with so much knowledge to offer from her amazing life, it was great to be able to hear this and add to the situations that we encounter during our working life working with young people
Karin Maclean , Milestone living
26 July 2022
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
Thoroughly enjoying the course {Emotion Coaching}. The most interesting course I have ever attended.
Mikki Cole
18 January 2023
Tom kept me engaged all day
Maureen Burrell , Chadsgrove School
5 September 2018
It was perfect. I learned so much
Jill Lewins
3 June 2019
The normalising of trauma, is a wonderful perspective and something I will share with clients and colleagues.
KCA Course Participant
28 May 2022
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
I found all aspect of the content of the training useful. One sentence that will stay with me for a while is .how compassionate curiosity will not ask what is wrong with people but what is happening to people'
KCA Course Participant
19 April 2023
A fantastic course that was delivered well and will definitely be promoting this training within my work place.
Rebecca Probert , Children's Services
15 March 2023
I work with secondary students and many will have ACEs and find the current situation very traumatic. This has let me reflect on my practice and my practice going forward in terms of these children and some of the difficulties they will be facing currently and when we return to 'normal'.
KCA Course Participant
25 April 2020