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
Susan was very descriptive when explaining - her tone was calm and enjoyable to listen too.
Rosie Dyte
23 February 2022
I think this trainer was incredibly knowledgeable, inspiring and motivating...I can't identify any ways that she could've delivered this content any better!
Chris Hussey
5 March 2021
Fab training. I feel inspired! Thank you
Rebecca Smith
13 January 2022
Always engaging!
Katie Vinnicombe
24 January 2022
Thank you- looking forward to day 2. Can really see the importance of this training for the whole staff team.
Peta Mather
18 January 2021
Really brought together many different aspects of KCA's work and approach. Excellent!
Dean Sharp
8 April 2020
I thought that it was fantastic. The speaker was a pleasure to listen too. Soft voiced, full of knowledge, enthusiastic. I really enjoyed the session.
Keely Franklin
16 September 2021
Understanding that young people acting out is not necessarily a bad thing for attention or 'just because' but a reaction to ACE's which has developed over time. Learning to understand this and change the way I view this and react to this verbally and non verbally will help moving forward.
KCA Course Participant
11 February 2021
Outstandingly delivered
KCA Course Participant
8 May 2023
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
Susan was extremely engaging and clearly an expert. She gave easy to understand and real life examples to bring to life the science.
KCA Course Participant
24 March 2022
Totally loved Susan's delivery, style, confidence, knowledge and all round approach to this material. Thank you.
Karen Linaker
3 February 2022
I will use the Five to Thrive Model to support my self reflection and inform my day to day working practises. I will use the Mending Harm Model to inform how I drive my daily conversations with my customers of all ages.
KCA Course Participant
27 January 2021
It was informative and very well presented , liked the videos and handouts , and group work
KCA Course Participant
9 November 2018
Informative Thought provoking Well-delivered Enjoyable Perfectly-pitched
KCA Course Participant
28 March 2022
It really did go a bit deeper than other training I have come accross. Very much needed.
Kerry Roberts
3 June 2020
The science behind our actions was fascinating and I'm now better able to help parents understand the impact of their words/actions on their baby's brain
KCA Course Participant
21 March 2023
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 am currently working in a secondary school, supporting parents. I hope to be able to adapt some of the information and share with parents. It will also enable me to look and some of our struggling families through a different lens
Debbie Webb
30 January 2023
Totally relevant to the work that I do.
KCA Course Participant
18 January 2022
Susan was brilliant at explaining everything clearly so we could relate it to help us with our delivery of services and within ourselves.
Luisa Burgess
9 March 2021
I really liked the presentation of this training; much better than some online ones that I have experienced.
KCA Course Participant
29 November 2020
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
A natural trainer who used the virtual platform very well
Jules Pigott
14 September 2021
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Presenter was great and very knowledgeable.
KCA Course Participant
19 July 2023