NEPS Introducing Trauma informed practice – the stress factor getting the balance right 

This training is a taster information session for online eLearning training which focuses on a whole school and class approach to Trauma Informed practice. 

It explores stress and its impact on wellbeing learning and behaviour.  It provides practical advice on how best to manage stress for all in the school community including children and young people with additional needs and those who have experienced trauma.    

Having completed this course school leaders will have gained an insight into: 

how stress affects learning and wellbeing 

the impact of adversity on the ability to tolerate stress 

the impact of prolonged stress on health and wellbeing 

recognising how stress may be expressed through behaviour 

what school staff can do to identify, prevent and minimize possible sources of stress in the school environment 

how school staff can support children and young people who have become dysregulated due to stress 

the importance of recognising and managing their own sources of stress and that of staff 

Participants will be given information on a new eLearning course which has been developed to allow for self-directed, self-paced learning for all staff.