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
The course was a mix of watching videos, interactive sessions, speaking demos, it was a good mix of every type of learning. we were also able to ask questions via the chat system at any time which was really helpful
KCA Course Participant
26 January 2021
This was a brilliantly taught and highly informative course, with strategies that I can use across the next year.
KCA Course Participant
24 April 2020
Excellent trainer and very interesting content, I am inspired to learn more about this subject!
Helen Godfrey
3 March 2022
It was really helpful, well paced and relevant but not too formal. Useful to have the breakout rooms for discussions too.
Paula Page
3 March 2021
Was very interesting, educational, and engaging.
KCA Course Participant
30 May 2023
I really liked the presentation of this training; much better than some online ones that I have experienced.
KCA Course Participant
29 November 2020
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
Amazing training opportunity which i feel should be mandatory for all practitioners working with children, young people and families.
KCA Course Participant
9 December 2021
A really inspiring course delivered by a passionate presenter who held the balance between personal experience, excellent examples, motivational presentation. It was brilliant. Thank you Susan.
KCA Course Participant
20 November 2019
Catherine: passionate, knowledgeable, excellent communicator, warm and caring
Rachael Brown , CY - WICS - W - EH - Sevenoaks North Tonbridge and Malling
22 February 2023
The five to thrive model will help me implement the correct strategy when talking to vulnerable individuals. I feel this is what I currently do, but knowing the model is great way to understand the reasoning behind the model.
KCA Course Participant , Police
28 November 2020
Very engaging and lovely and passionate facilitator
Kay Bowen
9 March 2022
I loved it and was completely inspired. What a great start to the school year!
Rebecca Sullivan
10 September 2021
The presenters enthusiasm was engaging and motivating, coupled with her background knowledge made for a very interesting course.
Neil Chamberlain
19 January 2022
Very informative and valuable. Should be made compulsory for all professions who work with CYP.
KCA Course Participant
15 December 2020
[This training is] already helping me to frame the experiences of a family and what is within our school's gift to provide. [It] gives language to describe and explain our experiences and start a meaningful way forward.
KCA Course Participant
17 June 2023
This is totally what we need as a service to empower our parents and improve outcomes for their children. I love how practical this training is: the examples, resources and development of a shared language. For me, personally, I need to know the 'whys' first -so this training was perfect for me! Thank you
Sarah Milward
9 March 2021
Great to refresh and see a fresh approach to add to the knowledge of impact to the connection with children and their families.
Mandy Horton , Children services
30 March 2023
As a Guardian coping with a child with possible ASD I found this course amazing and I took so much away with me, I found the [information on] brain functioning extremely helpful in understanding why my child behaves the way he does. For me this course was absolutely vital.
Noreene Reece
29 September 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
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
The speaker really connected and her material really resonated with what we have been experiencing in the early years sector during the pandemic. It also gave hope that we can support children and parents in the challenges. Great emphasis on relationships being the foundation of all we do in early years settings.
KCA Course Participant
16 November 2021
It was engaging and enabled self-reflection as well as empowering us to be better practitioners.
Kirsty Howarth
20 January 2021
I have so enjoyed working with Kate, and found her entirely engaging, credible and feel very fortunate to have been a school selected for this work.
Janine Sabbagh , Nower Hill
5 June 2023
I will use the Five to Thrive Model to support my self reflection and inform my day to day working practises. I will use the Mending Harm Model to inform how I drive my daily conversations with my customers of all ages.
KCA Course Participant
27 January 2021