Strengthening Connected Relationships
KCA is here to enable people to build and strengthen connected relationships, using evidence from research to improve everyday interactions, everywhere.
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Five to Thrive is a way of understanding how connected relationships are fundamental to human wellbeing, helping to build resilient communities, and how we can promote these attachment bonds
Mending Hurts promotes recovery from trauma by enabling people to notice what they, or other people, do in their most effective interactions with people when they are more vulnerable or traumatized. When we notice ourselves doing something well, we become more conscious of our activity and more competent in it
Creating Connections between human beings lies at the heart of individual and community resilience, and, indeed, at the heart of KCA’s work. Our resilience mapping tools open up conversations about the network around people when they are feeling more vulnerable. This can offer insights that guide intervention and support.
Holding Together offers a systemic intervention to build resilience in the team around a child when they are more vulnerable or traumatised
Tom kept me engaged all day
Maureen Burrell , Chadsgrove School
5 September 2018
Working with students, this is invaluable training in order to support them when they are experiencing stressful/traumatic situations and how to process and think about the triggers/emotions situations raise
Christine Stanbridge , Kent CC
22 June 2022
I found this session really helpful for both my work and personal life. Understanding what happens in the background can help to support those things which affect our day to day actions. I think Barry is a really good lecturer; engaging and interesting.
Claire Stroud
7 March 2022
Most wonderful resources to refer to during the day... and afterwards too - amazing!!
Hannah Knight
1 October 2019
Great training again - Thank you
Nicola Coker
17 March 2022
Superbly relevant and useful and underpins my whole teaching ethos.
KCA Course Participant
24 September 2018
Very inspiring and thought provoking - ready to incorporate into everyday practice
Elishia Jones
11 December 2020
Susan really made the content easy to understand and talked through it is a clear way that i could follow. i have completed previous learning around the brain but she has made this simple to understand and utilise
KCA Course Participant
4 March 2021
Really brought together many different aspects of KCA's work and approach. Excellent!
Dean Sharp
8 April 2020
An inspiring day
KCA Course Participant
21 February 2022
This course made complete sense in many ways, and helped remind me of the reality behind the behaviour and patterns we see (from our young people, and staff) in college. The course also helped support professional reflection on what we (me) do OK with, and what we need to be mindful of for development / improvement. It also gave good examples of what we can include in our day to day working with the young people. It was useful to work in mixed groups, as we could really understand our shared and different experiences; and work as a team with people outside of our immediate daily team. This course is very relevant for me professionally, but also as a parent. I wish this view of supporting our young people was made more of a priority in all education provisions. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and expertise ... quite inspiring!
KCA Course Participant
8 February 2021
Full of great first-hand experience
Jenna Poole
13 January 2022
A really helpful training session. Susan was an engaging, relatable presenter - I felt I learned a lot and hope to embed this learning into my day to day practise so it becomes second nature.
KCA Course Participant
24 January 2022
The break out facility really helped to break up the content and provide meaningful reflection for our own setting
KCA Course Participant
3 February 2021
Excellent trainer and very interesting content, I am inspired to learn more about this subject!
Helen Godfrey
3 March 2022
I found the course leader to be friendly and approachable which encouraged participation from delegates.
KCA Course Participant
12 February 2021
Lots of practical ideas and food for thought. I have begun implementing the ideas with some success.
KCA Course Participant
21 January 2019
No waffle and no unnecessary information, exactly what we needed to know - and I have a psychology degree!
KCA Course Participant
2 October 2018
It really did go a bit deeper than other training I have come accross. Very much needed.
Kerry Roberts
3 June 2020
Jo facilitated this course in a very sensitive and thought provoking way, thank you!
KCA Course Participant
14 June 2023
Very funny, which made it more human. I love the use of anecdotes to illustrate points.
Samantha Chinnock , Rednock School
22 April 2020
This course was very relevant to the needs of current children and circumstances on the back of the pandemic. It was also good to talk to other early years practitioners in the break out rooms.
KCA Course Participant
9 January 2023
I have so enjoyed working with Kate, and found her entirely engaging, credible and feel very fortunate to have been a school selected for this work.
Janine Sabbagh , Nower Hill
5 June 2023
The sessions have opened my mind to think and approach situations differently with young adults within the prison setting. And has helped me assess how I carry out assessments and improve this when I encounter a young person.
KCA Course Participant
23 March 2021
It will help me to more easily identify trauma & stress in people I converse with and help me to empathise more with them in difficult situations.
KCA Course Participant
20 January 2021