KCSIE - Keeping Children Safe in Education

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trauma

Challenging experiences are a normal part of growing up. But Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can overwhelm children and have a lifelong impact on their welfare. With tailored and compassionate support, students can process their trauma and build healthy coping mechanisms. This course will introduce you to ACEs and trauma and how they can impact children.

Learning outcomes:

Identify what adverse childhood experiences and trauma are, so you understand the relevance of ACE scores

Recognise how trauma and ACEs may impact students, so you can take a child-centred approach to safeguarding

Identify how to support students who have experienced trauma and ACEs, so you can contribute to maintaining a trauma-informed school

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What you will learn

Who is this course for

This KCSIE course will introduce you to what adverse childhood experiences are and how they can affect children. It’ll show you how to support traumatised students and those who have faced adversity, so you can prioritise the welfare of all children at your school.

This adverse childhood experiences course is useful for everyone working with children. If you do, you need to understand the impact that ACEs and trauma can have in order to create a safe, nurturing environment for them.

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Peace of mind with testing

This course also has an assessment at the end which allows learners to test their understanding and helps businesses demonstrate a level of competence in the topic.

Accessibility

Everyone has the right to learn and learner need can vary depending on environment or disabilities. To support this diversity, we provide transcripts so people have text options for media, alongside subtitles for all videos.