Children and teenagers who have experienced high levels of stress, loss or trauma early in life are extremely vulnerable to becoming overwhelmed by their thoughts, emotions and body sensations, especially when they are faced with new challenges and transitions.
Covid-19 brought with it sudden, unexpected and unprecedented changes to all our lives and we need to give special thought and attention to how we, as adults, support our children who are already prone to big stress reactions.
Children who learnt early on in life that the world can be a frightening place are likely to fall back to their old ‘coping strategies’, which might lead to all sorts of challenging behaviours and needs. For parents and carers, this can be incredibly tough and it can leave us feeling unsure about how best to support our dysregulated and distressed child. It can also leave us as parents/carers feeling overwhelmed with our own emotions, making family life all the more challenging and exhausting for everyone.
The seminar has been jointly created by a Clinical Psychologist and an Adoptive Parent. We have brought theory and practice together to create a hands on, practical seminar. The seminar will cover:
This seminar is for all parents/carers who would like to feel better equipped to support their distressed and dysregulated child.
You can choose to buy a single place on this training, or a group licence which enables local authorities and other professional teams to purchase the seminar in ‘bulk’ to distribute to families.
On payment of your training place you will be emailed:
We bring together an inspiring and innovative combination of theory, stunning original art-work, lived experience examples and practical demonstrations. Watch a brief sample here to see how we present different aspects of learning in our training
This training can be accessed and re-watched as many times as you like, with no time limit.
For one parent/carer the cost is £60. Don’t forget the seminar can be shared with your family too. We also invite Local Authorities or other professional teams working with families to purchase a group licence, which means you can distribute the seminar to multiple families you are supporting. Email training@beaconhouse.org.uk to book.
Dr Shoshanah Lyons is the Clinical Director and founder of Beacon House, a therapeutic service for children and families based in West Sussex.
As a Clinical Psychologist specialising in trauma and loss, she is passionate about helping parents/carers and professionals to understand the needs of troubled children. She loves to work creatively so that complex ideas are translated into really accessible and meaningful information for all those working with, and caring for distressed children.
Helen Townsend is an artist and works at Beacon House as our Specialist Creative Designer.
Combining inspiration from lived experience with academic training, she is passionate about translating complicated theories into accessible information that can be used by everyone in day to day life. As an adoptive parent Helen always aims to ensure ideas are realistic and practical for families.
Upon completion of our training feedback questionnaire, you will be provided with an individualised certificate.
“This seminar has inspired me to respond in a completely different way to my child. I now realise my child is feeling scared and I need to help her to feel safe before I can expect her behaviour to change”
“This online course has given me so many practical tips that I can use straight away at home. I’m going to be asking all my family to watch it as it is incredibly useful”
“I highly recommend this seminar to all parents, no matter what your situation is. There is something in here for everyone and it is about sensitive, kind, realistic parenting”
For individual participants, please book your place below. If you would like to request an invoice, pay over the telephone or enquire about a team licence, please contact our Training Administrator, Rebecca Robertson, on training@beaconhouse.org.uk or 01444 413 939. Upon receipt of payment your training package will be released.
Due to our training package being available upon payment, online courses are non-refundable.
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We will deduct any bank charges or fees from any requested refunds.
We work very hard to keep our training and resources free or as low cost as possible. We ask that for single participants, you respect this by keeping the training package for your sole use only. For team licences, the training is to be used by the paying team only and must not be sub-licenced or used outside of the team. Sharing the training package to those who have not purchased a place is not permitted under any circumstances.
Our online training must not be reproduced or shared with another party without prior permission from Beacon House Therapeutic Services & Trauma Team. Copyright | Beacon House Therapeutic Services & Trauma Team | 2020