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
I could have listened to Susan for hours!
Alison Mooney
16 November 2021
KCA course continue to be very informative and inspiring
Tim Sandford
26 November 2020
Susan was very descriptive when explaining - her tone was calm and enjoyable to listen too.
Rosie Dyte
23 February 2022
Brilliant!!
Sue Pattison
13 January 2021
Jo facilitated this course in a very sensitive and thought provoking way, thank you!
KCA Course Participant
14 June 2023
The training style was well paced, accessible, and felt safe.
KCA Course Participant
22 February 2022
Our trainer had a lovely inclusive approach to every member of the group. The day went quickly.
Emma Moorhead
4 March 2021
A great big thank you, another colleague was on the training too and we 'met up' afterwards and my first comment was 'I really enjoyed that'...not an easy task these days with on line training. So thank you!!!
KCA Course Participant
25 February 2021
The quality of the talk, the presentation, the take home booklet: all wonderful!
Hannah Knight
1 October 2019
The training was inspiring. information was presented in a remarkable way. Enjoyed every second of it. Lots of valuable information and such a perfect balance between science and human experience.
KCA Course Participant
31 October 2022
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
Very engaging and lovely and passionate facilitator
Kay Bowen
9 March 2022
It was excellent training, really informative, learnt so many things- information on how the brain develops and effect of trauma. Susan was an excellent trainer- so knowledgeable and "human"- I liked her sharing of personal experiences.
KCA Course Participant
25 March 2022
It was very well presented, in an open and apprachable way. Tom was very engaging and extremely knowledgable, his passion for emotional coaching really shone through and inspiring us to think about our practice in a very guided way. Thank you.
KCA Course Participant
17 April 2023
Thoroughly enjoying the course {Emotion Coaching}. The most interesting course I have ever attended.
Mikki Cole
18 January 2023
Barry was a lovely individual who was clearly very passionate and knowledgable about trauma informed practise. He kept the training simple which was fab and easy to understand.
Andrea Hector
9 February 2023
Tom is a fantastic and engaging trainer. He is very easy to listen to, extremely knowledgeable and the sessions are always useful and leave me with lots to think about afterwards about how we might embed this in our large secondary school setting.
KCA Course Participant
27 January 2023
Really helpful - one of the best training sessions I have attended. Very useful for helping students and I also found it enlightening for my own mental health struggles.
Jessica Steinberg
18 March 2021
It was really interesting and interactive. Usually online training days as difficult to hold concentration with. However, this course was brilliant and easy to remain interested it. It will be invaluable in my work with children and families.
KCA Course Participant
3 February 2022
Kate is a very good trainer. She delivers a very knowledgeable, interesting and enjoyable training session. Her lived examples are also really useful.
Reda Charles
2 August 2019
Really informative course. Lots of opportunity to discuss your thoughts with your own colleagues so you didn't feel that you were sitting and listening the whole time. This also meant that you could always apply what was being discussed to your own school.
KCA Course Participant
4 February 2021
Tom kept me engaged all day
Maureen Burrell , Chadsgrove School
5 September 2018
Have not been on a better course. Susan, you so know your stuff!! Thank you.
Karen Linaker
17 March 2022
I could listen to her all day. She is so very well informed and has a really fantastic way of delivering the material with the right blend of academics and 'on-the-ground' real life experiences.
Renee Hulse
10 February 2021
Thought provoking, reflective and just 'wow!'
KCA Course Participant
19 January 2022