Practitioner Conversion Course (Childhood)

Course Outcomes

This course is worth 5 CPD points to Thrive Licensed Practitioners.

Completing this training will enable you to practice Thrive at the primary phase, supporting the emotional and social development of children between the ages of 3 to 11 years.

Who is it for?

This course is suitable for Thrive Licensed Practitioners who have completed Early Years or Adolescence training and are now working with primary-school-aged children.

Please note, prices are for courses starting on or after January 1st 2026.

What you'll learn

This course builds on the foundation of your Thrive Licensed Practitioner training for Early Years or Adolescence, deepening your understanding of childhood development.

You will explore:

• How the brain and body develop during the primary years and why these changes are essential for building strong stress-regulation systems and emotional resilience.
  
  
• The concepts of right time, key times and reparative needs, and how these principles help practitioners connect with and support primary-aged children effectively.
  
  
• How to apply cognitive strategies such as lending your thinking brain, Captain Thinking, and shining a light to support development.
  
  
• Ways to use play, creativity and the arts to strengthen emotional resilience within childhood practice.
  
  
• How you can use Thrive-Online (our assessment, measurement and monitoring tool) to enhance your work with primary-aged children, providing you with access to a wide range of strategies and activities tailored to this age group.

Course structure

The course should take around 2 hours to complete.

The course is made up of 9 e-learning modules:

Module 1: The neuroscience and theory during childhood

Module 2: Practicing Thrive at childhood

Module 3: The developmental model at childhood

Module 4: Supporting children reparatively during childhood

Module 5: How play creativity and the arts support social and emotional development at childhood

Module 6 Understanding the core emotions at childhood

Module 7: Key strategies to support development

Module 8: Supporting staff, parents and carers

Module 9: Using thrive online at childhood

Each module is completed independently meaning you can work at your own pace. You will work through the 9 interactive e-learning modules and then complete a quiz at the end. You will need to score an 80% pass mark to successfully achieve Childhood Licensed Practitioner status.