Karen Turner Cultural Wellbeing Strategist
    CPD/CE Accredited Training for Staff & Leadership

    Trauma Informed & Positive Psychology for Schools

    Empowering educators to support student mental health, emotional regulation, and resilience.

    Schools are more than places of learning, they are emotional ecosystems. Every interaction, every classroom, and every policy shapes how safe, regulated, and supported both students and staff feel. Our accredited workshops provide the knowledge and practical tools needed to create truly trauma-informed, psychologically safe educational environments.

    Why This Training Matters

    Challenging behaviour is often mislabelled when it is actually a sign of dysregulation or unmet emotional needs. Many students (and staff) are operating from a survival state due to chronic stress, trauma, or lack of emotional safety.

    Without training, these patterns are misunderstood, leading to disconnection, frustration, and a breakdown in trust. These workshops offer both trauma-informed awareness and positive psychology tools so that staff can respond to behaviour with understanding, regulate themselves in the moment, and foster environments where students can feel safe, calm, and ready to learn.

    Recognise Responses

    Identify and respond to trauma responses in the classroom effectively.

    Co-regulate Students

    Support students in distress without escalating challenging situations.

    Reduce Burnout

    Manage your own nervous system to reduce reactivity and exhaustion.

    Build Culture

    Create a classroom culture rooted in trust, connection, and resilience.

    Trauma Informed Workshops

    Delivered online or in-person. Learn what trauma is, how it shows up in the classroom, and the link between behaviour and nervous system states.

    90 Minutes

    Creating a Trauma Informed Classroom

    Learn the foundations of trauma-informed teaching and how to recognise signs of stress and dysregulation in students. Includes practical tools to shift classroom culture and support emotional wellbeing.

    • Fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses
    • Practical strategies for everyday use
    • Staff regulation and co-regulation
    3 Hours

    Trauma Informed Practice & Awareness in Schools

    An in-depth exploration of trauma-informed teaching, designed to give staff profound insights into nervous system states, behaviour, and creating psychologically safe environments.

    • Deep dive into nervous system states
    • Comprehensive co-regulation tools
    • School-wide cultural implementation

    Positive Psychology Workshops

    The science of wellbeing in education. Learn how to embed gratitude, a growth mindset, and positive emotions into the school day while reducing staff burnout.

    90 Minutes

    Using Positive Psychology to Increase Wellbeing

    Practical strategies to boost the mental health and well-being of both teachers and students through applied positive psychology.

    90 Minutes

    Creating Psychological Safety to Build Trust

    Learn how to foster environments where staff and students feel safe to speak up, make mistakes, and learn without fear.

    3 Hours

    Building Positive School Culture

    An immersive workshop for school leaders and staff to fundamentally shift school culture towards psychological safety and resilience.

    Who These Workshops Are For

    Headteachers & Leaders

    Develop leadership excellence, align school goals with strategic vision, and gain tools to create emotionally safe environments that support wellbeing and enhance staff performance.

    Mental Health Leads & SENCOs

    Deepen your understanding of emotional regulation, nervous system states, and workplace wellbeing to effectively support both students and staff.

    Teachers & Support Staff

    Build practical skills to manage stress, improve emotional responses, co-regulate students, and contribute to a supportive, connected school culture.

    Bring Trauma Informed Education & Positive Psychology Into Your School

    These workshops can be booked as standalone CPD sessions, inset day training, or part of a longer-term wellbeing strategy.