Guest Speaker: Supporting Young People Who Have Experienced Trauma
This 2-hour CPD webinar for Thrive Licensed Practitioners explores how trauma can impact young people’s development, behaviour and wellbeing.
Led by guest expert Amy Sayer, it builds your understanding of trauma-informed practice and provides practical strategies to support safety, connection and emotional regulation in school settings.
Duration
2 Hours
Format
Live online training
CPD
5 CPD points
Price
£78 + VAT
Designed for
Thrive Practitioners
Trauma-informed CPD
Overview
This session explores how trauma can affect young people’s learning, behaviour, mental health and self-esteem, and why it is an increasingly important consideration for schools.
You’ll deepen your understanding of trauma-informed practice and how it can be applied in everyday school contexts. The session focuses on practical, relational approaches to help you support safety, connection and emotional regulation, enabling young people to feel understood and ready to engage with learning.
The session contributes towards maintaining your Thrive Licensed Practitioner status.
Trauma-informed CPD
What you’ll gain from this CPD
Explore how trauma can affect young people’s behaviour, regulation and relationships, and gain practical strategies to support them with confidence.
- Build your understanding of how trauma impacts young people.
- Feel more confident identifying possible trauma-related behaviours.
- Develop practical strategies to support regulation and connection.
- Strengthen your trauma-informed approach in the classroom.
- Know where to access further guidance and support.
- Understand why trauma is an important consideration in schools.
- Recognise how trauma can affect learning, behaviour and self-esteem.
- Identify signs that may indicate a young person has experienced trauma.
- Explore how trauma can present in engagement and emotional responses.
- Learn practical ways to adopt a trauma-informed approach.
- Develop strategies to support safety, connection and emotional regulation.
- Be signposted to further resources and reading.
Our guest speaker
Amy brings practical insight from school leadership, mental health provision and neurodiversity support.
Amy Sayer
Mental Health and Neurodiversity Consultant
Amy is a former secondary school senior leader and mental health lead. She now works as a freelance consultant across a range of educational settings. She is also an author and Lead Associate for Belonging Effect, supporting schools and training providers in mental health and wellbeing.
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See the available dates and times for this course below. When you've found a session that works for you, you can book your place.
Our July 2026 start dates
PA10203 - Guest Speaker; Supporting young people who have experienced trauma
Start date: 9th July 2026
End date: 9th July 2026
1 Session
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£78 ex VAT
Session dates:
- Thu 9th July 2026 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
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