Self-Care for Teachers Working with Vulnerable Children
Teachers who work with traumatised children carry secondary trauma whether they realise it or not. What it looks like, what helps, and how to sustain yourself in the work.
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Looked-After and Adopted Children — Classroom Strategies
Practical strategies for children in care, post-adoption children, and children with previous looked-after status. Common patterns, what helps, and how to work with the adults around the child.
Trauma-Informed Teaching — A One-Page Introduction
What trauma-informed teaching actually is, what it isn't, and the four shifts that make a classroom safer for children with trauma backgrounds. Useful as a CPD opener.
ACEs Explained for Teachers
Adverse Childhood Experiences — what they are, how they affect children's brains and behaviour, and what teachers can actually do. Based on the original Felitti and Anda research and subsequent decades of follow-up.
The 'Safe Person' Role — A Practical Guide
What it means to be a child's 'safe person' at school — for vulnerable children, this single relationship can be the difference between thriving and not. With practical guidance and what NOT to do.
Repair After Incidents — Trauma-Sensitive Version
How to handle the after-an-incident conversation with a vulnerable child — when restorative scripts may need adapting, and when relationship repair matters more than reflection.
Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Children — Settling and Supporting
Practical guidance for supporting refugee and asylum-seeker children in mainstream classrooms — what they may have lived through, what helps in the first months, what to be careful about.