Therapeutic Thinking Schools Introduction

Target Group

Early Help Practitioners (EWOs, YS, FWs, parenting practitioners) who work with schools and families.

Course Content

Therapeutically Thinking Schools is the approach to Trauma Informed practice that BFfC are encouraging all schools to use.  It has been shown to be effective in other LAs in reducing exclusions and is at the heart of Reading’s Education and SEND Strategy.  As such, BFfC staff whose role is to work with and advise schools will need to be familiar with, and give advice that is in line with this approach.

TTS approaches use specific tools to analyse, understand and support difficult and dangerous behaviours.  This training will give EH staff a brief overview of the philosophy and approaches used by TTS so that staff are familiar with them when they come across them in schools and can start to use them in their own work.  

 Outcomes

• You will understand the therapeutically thinking approach that is being increasingly used in Reading schools, including;
• The impact of a trauma informed approach in working with children and young people;
• Different ways to analyse and respond to behaviour;
• Use of specific tools to unpick what might be driving behaviours that challenge;
• Systemic models / approaches to policy that schools can adopt to support a therapeutic approach;
• How to work effectively in partnership with schools to implement a therapeutic approach across all our work with families.