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
Her ability to manage and hold a large (not always cooperative) body of staff was impressive. The pace was also judged correctly given the audience.
Jill Joseph
4 September 2020
What a fantastic course which was very thought provoking and has inspired me to research and read some more to develop my knowledge and practice further.
Emma Kelly
19 January 2021
I have attended courses like this one on a similar subject,but I can honestly say this one was straightforward and I came away with a good understanding, without feeling overwhelmed by too much information.
KCA Course Participant
5 February 2021
It will give me a procedure/process to deal with children who have experienced trauma. The visuals also helped me better understand how trauma affects the brain and ability to reason.
Claire Williams , Box Playgroup
22 November 2022
I thought our trainer, Susan was brilliant - she has a lot of knowledge and delivers it in a way that is easy to understand. Her delivery kept me interested and engaged throughout. I really liked that everything was on slides so we didn't need to do lots of writing. I recognised good things that I am doing everyday that I sometimes forget are really important. Its so good to remind everyone that "bad behaviour" can sometimes be a symptom of trauma, and the persons need for attachment and help to regulate.
Sarah Armstrong
18 January 2022
[This training is] already helping me to frame the experiences of a family and what is within our school's gift to provide. [It] gives language to describe and explain our experiences and start a meaningful way forward.
KCA Course Participant
17 June 2023
Kate is very inspiring and it's wonderful that she is sharing her knowledge and experience with others through training opportunities such as this.
KCA Course Participant
15 February 2022
The combination of personal anecdotes, neuroscience, research evidence and theory was helpful and brilliant!
KCA Course Participant
13 October 2022
The five to thrive model will help me implement the correct strategy when talking to vulnerable individuals. I feel this is what I currently do, but knowing the model is great way to understand the reasoning behind the model.
KCA Course Participant , Police
28 November 2020
Emotive, moving, passionate, compassionate
Rachel Garfield , BCHFT
10 November 2022
Amazing training opportunity which i feel should be mandatory for all practitioners working with children, young people and families.
KCA Course Participant
9 December 2021
The normalising of trauma, is a wonderful perspective and something I will share with clients and colleagues.
KCA Course Participant
28 May 2022
Jo facilitated this course in a very sensitive and thought provoking way, thank you!
KCA Course Participant
14 June 2023
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 great training - really useful and refreshing to have training which we can apply directly to practice rather than just delivering knowledge. Thank you so much Kate!
Katie Mills , Northumberland County Council
12 February 2019
[This course] enabled me to take better notice of behaviours and consider what they may be communicating.
KCA Course Participant
15 April 2021
Brilliantly presented. Informative. Challenging. Practical applications along with fascinating neuroscience.
KCA Course Participant
27 January 2021
Susan was very descriptive when explaining - her tone was calm and enjoyable to listen too.
Rosie Dyte
23 February 2022
Was very interesting, educational, and engaging.
KCA Course Participant
30 May 2023
I have learnt more in an hour than I have on full day courses.
KCA Course Participant
31 January 2023
It will help me to more easily identify trauma & stress in people I converse with and help me to empathise more with them in difficult situations.
KCA Course Participant
20 January 2021
Sue was lovely and open. She knew what she was doing and did it well.
KCA Course Participant
30 September 2018
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 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
Delivered with such expert knowledge, care, compassion and warmth.
KCA Course Participant
8 December 2022