KCA training can cater for:

• Conference style events (up to 200 participants)
  If a large venue is available training costs can be reduced by inviting others to participate, sharing the learning and sharing the cost
• Whole staff group training - online or face-to-face
  Training staff from across an organisation promotes consistency of purpose and integrated practice development
• Breakfast/twilight/evening sessions
  Bite-size sessions engage hard-to-reach learners by providing relevant and inspiring training at a time and a venue appropriate to their needs
• Web tutorials to support e-learning or qualifications
  Lively sessions with an expert trainer can help focus learners on their own CPD, answer any tricky questions and complement local support from supervisors or peers
• Training events/case clinics for the network around a child
  Develop a shared understanding and shared language around the needs of a child or young person by engaging the network, including family members if appropriate

Of the 14 different courses delivered in the last year, the most frequent were:

• 1. Full day Understanding Trauma: Promoting recovery from toxic stress

  School staff · School leaders · Early Years practitioners · Early Years managers · College staff · College leaders · Social workers · Foster carers · Youth Justice workers Toxic levels of stress can injure our brains, changing the way we think, feel and behave until we have recovered from the injuries. This can happen to anyone. This course enables learners to understand key issues in working with the significant minority of children and young people who are living with brain injuries from which they have not yet recovered. It also provides opportunities to practise and develop skills in working effectively with trauma.

• 2. Full day Brain Development and Positive Parenting: Five to Thrive as a model for promoting secure attachment

  Early Years practitioners · Early Years managers · Health Visitors Helping parents and carers to understand the impact they have on the developing brain of their children can develop responsiveness and confidence. This understanding truly promotes positive parenting. This course will enable anyone who works with families to integrate this understanding into practice so that they can explain and consistently model the activities that build and maintain healthy brains.

• 3. Full day Attachment and Brain Development: Recognising and developing relationships that support optimal brain function

  School staff · School leaders · Early Years practitioners · Early Years managers · College staff · College leaders · Foster carers · Social workers Current research on brain development makes it clear that the first four years of life, from conception to the end of year three, is the most critical period for brain development. This course will enable anyone who works with children and young people to understand the impact of this early experience. It also provides insight into ways of working that can enable new patterns to form, so that children and young people at any age can begin to recover from early adversity.

• 4. Half day leadership seminar: Vulnerability, trauma and recovery

  Designated Teachers · School staff Toxic levels of stress can injure our brains, changing the way we think, feel and behave until we have recovered from the injuries. This can happen to anyone. This seminar enables learners to understand key issues in working with the significant minority of children and young people who are living with brain injuries from which they have not yet recovered. It also provides opportunities to practise and develop skills in working effectively with trauma. The KCA Level 4 e-learning course 'Vulnerability, Trauma and Recovery' is provided free for all participants. This e-learning provides the knowledge base from one unit of the two-unit Level 4 Customised Award 'Working with Vulnerable Children and Families'.

• 5. Full day Building Resilience: Promoting collaborative working across the network

  Everyone who works with children and young people and their families needs to understand what resilience is and how to promote resilience in children, in their families, and in the wider community. This course will enable participants to develop this essential understanding of resilience and the skills they will need in order to play their part in building healthy children, families and communities.