Building Emotional Health in Childhood

Course Outcomes

Successful completion of this course leads to Thrive Emotional Health Practitioner status.

By the end of the course you will be equipped with the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to take a practical approach to embedding Thrive in your classroom to support the wellbeing of all children. You will be able to use the Thrive Approach as a daily resource to support age-appropriate social and emotional development for every child to improve their learning outcomes.

If you would like to further develop your understanding with a more reparative focus, you may be interested in the Thrive Licensed Practitioner training.

Who is it for?

Ideal for any practitioner working alongside primary school aged children (4 to 11 year olds) – teachers, teaching assistants, support staff and mealtime assistants.

Please note: Prices are for courses starting on or after 1 September 2023. For settings that would like to commission a face-to-face training session, there is a flat rate charge of £450 per trainer per day (or part thereof) plus VAT.

What you'll learn

During the virtual training sessions, you'll explore:

• The Thrive Approach and its underpinning theory and established neuroscience
• The links between social and emotional development and maximising learning potential to raise standards of achievement
• How to develop a classroom-focussed, trauma-sensitive approach to support social and emotional health of all children
• Appropriate expectations of behaviour at 'right-time' development stages and how to support the development of these
• Using the Thrive-Online assessment and action-planning tool to screen all children in your class for right-time emotional and social development
• Interpreting the Thrive-Online data to plan specific strategies and activities that support the wellbeing of all children in your class
• Incorporating strategies and activities into your everyday curriculum, routines and structures
• Evidencing the progress of children and demonstrating the impact of the Thrive Approach
• The role of Thrive Licensed Practitioners and how to support them effectively

Course structure

The course is delivered as four 3-hour live virtual sessions:

• Session 1: Thinking about ourselves and our self-awareness.
• Session 2: Thrive as a 'right-time' approach for supporting the wellbeing of all children.
• Session 3: Theory and practice for 3 to 7 year olds.
• Session 4: Theory and practice for 7 to 11 year olds.