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
Brilliant training, Very informative and inspiring. Thank you!
Helen Cardy
16 September 2021
A must-have CPD course for post-16 educators and support staff.
Lisa Shipman
3 February 2022
The first session was very positive - I look forward to future sessions.
KCA Course Participant
10 January 2024
I thought that it was fantastic. The speaker was a pleasure to listen too. Soft voiced, full of knowledge, enthusiastic. I really enjoyed the session.
Keely Franklin
16 September 2021
As always KCA has responded to the ever changing challenges and provided a webinar and resources of the highest quality. I am privileged to able to access this and want to encourage a wider group of people to do so.
KCA Course Participant
13 April 2020
I thought Catherine was extremely knowledgeable and my colleagues and I agreed that she held our attention for the entire day and maintained her energy and enthusiasm throughout.
KCA Course Participant
19 April 2023
The quality of the talk, the presentation, the take home booklet: all wonderful!
Hannah Knight
1 October 2019
I've already reminded myself about breathing and connections when was sitting by a child who had a moment and it really chamged the situation.
KCA Course Participant
19 January 2024
I have already began to explain the emotional brain to parents and how this may impact their communication with their child
Rachael Johnson , Coventry
18 July 2023
Highly recommend.
Anna Elcox
16 November 2021
Thought provoking, reflective and just 'wow!'
KCA Course Participant
19 January 2022
The speaker was always clear and informative, I felt involved throughout and the chance to discuss with others on the table who had more and different experience benefited my knowledge.
Amy Morgan , Alvaston Infant and Nursery School
27 September 2022
Informative Thought provoking Well-delivered Enjoyable Perfectly-pitched
KCA Course Participant
28 March 2022
Delivered with such expert knowledge, care, compassion and warmth.
KCA Course Participant
8 December 2022
I am currently working in a secondary school, supporting parents. I hope to be able to adapt some of the information and share with parents. It will also enable me to look and some of our struggling families through a different lens
Debbie Webb
30 January 2023
The training provided a real insight into how we perceive behaviours and support a child to co-regulate by having a greater understanding of how the brain is responding.
KCA Course Participant
16 June 2022
I think it would be massively arrogant of me to even think of suggesting that there could be any improvements. It was one of the most enjoyable training sessions I've ever attended.
KCA Course Participant
28 March 2022
Rarely have I attended training where I feel there are so many points which I can implement as of tomorrow. Thank you, Susan. A superb session with lots of immediate positive feedback from colleagues around me.
KCA Course Participant
2 November 2020
Brilliant!!
Sue Pattison
13 January 2021
This training helps me support the Team in their supervisions, and in looking at who the wider Network are that a family has.
Katie Vinnicombe
24 January 2022
This course helped me as an administrator on the student desk to consider my responses and instructions in a more emotive way. That the way we engage with children can impact their learning. To try different styles in order to help emotionally coach the said child.
KCA Course Participant
11 January 2024
Amazing and passionate delivery - great resources and good interactive tasks.
KCA Course Participant
3 February 2022
Have not been on a better course. Susan, you so know your stuff!! Thank you.
Karen Linaker
17 March 2022
No, she was excellent. She was very aware of the group and great at interacting with everyone.
Emma Moorhead
4 March 2021
Ann created a learning environment as was very welcoming to other views and suggestions regarding the mapping game incorporating child friendly language
Juliet Elugbadebo
17 November 2023