1. Sensory Integration in the Classroom
This training is designed for school staff. It introduces Sensory Integration by explaining what it is and how sensory systems develop. Attendees will learn to identify what sensory processing difficulties might look like and provide take away strategies you could use in your classroom.
2. The Impact of Trauma and Abuse on Children’s Capacity to Learn
This training considers the impact of early life trauma on child development. It provides an overview of why school is so difficult for these children. Also the impact of poor sensory and motor development on learning. You will also be given practical, take home strategies for teaching.
3. Neurodiversity Affirming Teaching
This will give you the opportunity to practise thinking about expectations and goals from the neurodiverse point of view (not as neurotypical) in language that is relevant to the neurodiverse child.
4. An Introduction to Theraplay
This introduction training explains the key elements and principles of Theraplay focusing on how to strengthen attachments. It is designed for professionals who would like to know more about Theraplay.
5. Supporting Looked After and Adopted Children in School
This training will give you an overview of how cognitive abilities such as memory and executive functioning are affected by early trauma, and look at the effects of neglect on children’s capacity to learn, to manage transitions and everyday tasks both at home and school. The course will emphasise on how to best support traumatised children in school by looking at the teacher-pupil relationship as well as provide with strategies and tools for teachers to support a child who has experienced abuse and neglect manage with the academic and emotional demands of school.
6. SAFE: Supporting Attachment, Cognitive Functioning and Emotion
This trauma informed training looks at the impact trauma has on a children’s brains, common difficulties that occur in school as a result of early trauma and considers the underpinning framework for approaches to meet the traumatised children’s needs in school.
7. Attachment, Trauma, Adoption and EHCP
This training provides an overview of the research that Family Futures has completed. It explains issues associated with attachment difficulties that school often struggle with, considers the impact of trauma in school, looks at common behaviours and adoption specific support.
8. Creating Trauma-Informed Classrooms
This training helps educators understand how trauma shapes a child’s behaviour, learning, and emotional wellbeing. Staff will gain practical strategies to build safe, supportive, and responsive classrooms that meet the needs of children who have experienced trauma—particularly those in care. By becoming trauma-informed, schools can create environments where every child feels secure and ready to learn.
9. Stress Management & Wellbeing for Staff
A mentally healthy school starts with the wellbeing of its staff. This training supports educators in managing stress and protecting their own mental health, while giving them practical strategies to stay resilient under the pressures of school life. By investing in staff wellbeing, schools create a positive environment where both teachers and students can flourish.
10. Building Resilient Minds
This training empowers educators to strengthen pupils’ resilience and promote positive mental wellbeing across the school. Through practical strategies, staff will learn how to support coping skills, nurture emotional regulation, and embed a whole-school approach to mental health. The result is a supportive environment where every child can develop the tools to thrive, both in learning and in life.
11. Attachment Aware Schools
This training equips school staff with practical insights from attachment theory - the science of how children form emotional bonds with their caregivers. For looked-after children, disrupted attachments can make it harder to build relationships and regulate emotions. Our session helps educators recognise the signs of attachment difficulties and provides clear, effective strategies for creating supportive, attachment-aware classrooms where every child can thrive.
