Supporting Regulation Through Rhythm and Sound
Created by Thrive in collaboration with Delia Derbyshire Day, this practical on-demand course explores how sound, rhythm and music-making can be used as sensory, relational and developmental tools to support children and young people.
You’ll discover simple ways to use rhythm and sound to help children and young people feel safe, connected and ready to learn. No musical experience, or previous Thrive training needed.
Duration
Approx. 1 hour
Format
On demand
Access
90 days' access, for one delegate
Price
£50 + VAT
Supporting Regulation Through Rhythm and Sound
Overview
Sound is becoming an increasingly powerful tool in wellbeing practice, from rhythmic regulation to somatic sound therapies. However, these approaches can often feel out of reach, requiring specialist knowledge or musical expertise. This practical course changes that.
Designed for teachers, support staff and professionals working with children and young people, it breaks these principles down into clear, simple strategies that can be used in everyday environments. You’ll explore how rhythm, repetition and sound-making can support children and young people to feel calmer, develop self-awareness and engage more confidently.
The course focuses on safe, predictable experiences supported by attuned adults, rather than technical musical skill. A short demonstration video shows how a beat-making activity can be used in practice, giving you a realistic and achievable starting point.
Supporting Regulation Through Rhythm and Sound
Benefits
Build your confidence using rhythm and sound to support regulation, with simple approaches you can put into practice straight away.
- Build confidence using creative, sound-based approaches.
- Learn simple, practical strategies you can use immediately.
- Develop your understanding of how rhythm and sound can support regulation.
- Feel more equipped to respond to individual needs.
- Strengthen attuned, responsive relationships with children and young people.
- Introduce accessible, inclusive approaches to regulation.
- Support calmer, more predictable routines and transitions.
- Improve engagement and participation in learning.
- Build greater consistency in approaches to emotional regulation.
- Create safe, structured opportunities for sensory exploration.
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Programme details
What you'll learn
Explore simple ways to use rhythm, repetition and sound with children and young people.
You’ll explore:
- The principles behind sound-based regulation and how rhythm, repetition and sound can support the nervous system.
- Simple, accessible sound-making techniques that don’t require musical experience.
- How to create safe, predictable sound-based experiences.
- Ways to use beat-making in everyday practice to support early regulation skills.
- The role of the adult in providing attuned support, with ideas for embedding sound-based approaches into everyday routines.
How the course works
This is a short, on-demand course that you can complete at your own pace.
The learning is practical and accessible, focusing on simple ideas you can implement straight away. You’ll work through key concepts, see examples in action and explore how to apply them in your own context, whether in a classroom, small group or one-to-one setting.
You’ll also see a beat-making activity demonstrated in practice, giving you an achievable starting point for trying the approach yourself.
Supporting Regulation Through Rhythm and Sound
Who this course is for
This course is for anyone supporting children and young people who would like to explore a simple, creative approach to supporting regulation.
- Teachers and teaching assistants
- SENCOs and inclusion staff
- Pastoral and wellbeing leads
- Early years practitioners
“Creativity and play can give children the means to express their emotions far more articulately than through words.”
Viv Trask-Hall | Head of Theory and Practice at Thrive
on-demand learning
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Course fee: £50 + VATLearn at your own pace, with 90 days’ access from purchase.
- Approx. 1 hour
- Start straight away
- No previous Thrive training needed
No. The course is designed to be fully accessible, even if you have no musical or technical background.
No. You don’t need to be a Thrive School or have completed any previous Thrive training to take this course.
Immediately. The course focuses on simple, practical strategies that can be integrated into everyday routines.
In classrooms, during transitions, in calm or regulation spaces, one-to-one support or small group work.
Each purchase gives one delegate access to the course. You can purchase places for as many team members as you need.
No. This course does not count towards the annual Thrive CPD hours required to maintain your Licensed Practitioner status.