Trainer Conversion Course: Early Years
Designed for Thrive Licensed Trainers who already deliver Childhood Licensed Practitioner training, this course enables you to deliver the Early Years Licensed Practitioner programme for practitioners working with babies, toddlers and young children aged 0 to 5.
Duration
3 Hours
Format
Live online training
CPD
10 CPD points
Investment
£280 + VAT
Designed for
Thrive Licensed Trainers
early years conversion course
Overview
Trainer Conversion Course: Early Years is for Thrive Licensed Trainers who want to deliver training for practitioners working in early years settings.
The course builds on your Childhood Licensed Trainer training and focuses on Thrive in the early years phase. You’ll look at how Thrive supports babies, toddlers and young children, and how to help practitioners apply this in their day-to-day work.
You’ll complete nine e-learning modules, followed by a quiz and a developmental conversation with one of Thrive’s senior trainers.
On successful completion, you’ll achieve Early Years Licensed Trainer status.
early years conversion course
Benefits
This course helps you extend your trainer status and support practitioners working with younger children.
- Build on your existing Thrive Licensed Trainer status
- Develop your understanding of Thrive in the early years phase
- Support practitioners working with babies, toddlers and young children
- Explore early brain and body development, stress regulation and emotional resilience
- Understand how Thrive-Online supports early years practice
- Gain 10 CPD points
- Achieve Early Years Licensed Trainer status, subject to successful completion
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Programme details
What you'll learn
During the course, you'll explore:
- How the brain and body develop during the first three years
- Why early development matters for stress regulation and emotional resilience
- The concepts of right-time, key times and within-time development
- How practitioners can connect with and support babies, toddlers and young children
- Cognitive strategies including lending your thinking brain, Captain Thinking and shining a light
- How play, creativity and the arts support social and emotional development
- How Thrive-Online supports work with babies, toddlers and young children
- How to guide practitioners in applying Thrive in early years practice
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How the course works
The e-learning takes around 2 hours and can be completed at your own pace.
The developmental conversation focuses on the delivery approaches used in the early years phase. It also gives you time to ask questions about delivering training at this stage.
E-learning modules
- Module 1: The neuroscience and theory during early years
- Module 2: Practising Thrive at early years
- Module 3: The developmental model at early years
- Module 4: Meltdowns and outbursts
- Module 5: How play, creativity and the arts support social and emotional development at early years
- Module 6: Understanding the core emotions at early years
- Module 7: Key strategies to support development
- Module 8: Supporting staff, parents and carers
- Module 9: Using Thrive-Online at early years
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early years conversion course
Who this course is for
This course is for Thrive Licensed Trainers who deliver the Childhood Licensed Practitioner course and now want to deliver training for practitioners working with babies, toddlers and young children.
It is suitable for trainers supporting practitioners in private, voluntary and independent early years settings, as well as mainstream Early Years Foundation Stage provision.
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“Thrive training exceeded my expectations and it has brought me huge benefits professionally and personally. It’s been an amazing journey that has completely transformed me.”
Samantha Strange | Personalised Learning Centre Manager, Northfields School and Sports College.
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Fees & next steps
Course fee: £280 + VATBook your place to access the e-learning modules and begin the course at a time that suits you.
Entry requirement: You must be a Thrive Licensed trainer, who delivers Childhood Licensed Practitioner training.