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
Brilliantly presented. Informative. Challenging. Practical applications along with fascinating neuroscience.
KCA Course Participant
27 January 2021
Kate's words of wisdom and team of researchers need more credit in the world of teaching.
Francesca Preedy , Finlay Community School
25 April 2022
It has enabled me to recognise much more clearly how I can support colleagues who are experiencing secondary trauma and the role which I can have as a manager to help them.
Heather Beach
22 June 2019
Thoroughly enjoying the course {Emotion Coaching}. The most interesting course I have ever attended.
Mikki Cole
18 January 2023
Very informative, I am looking forward to going away and implementing things into my practice!
Jasmine James
4 March 2021
It will help me to more easily identify trauma & stress in people I converse with and help me to empathise more with them in difficult situations.
KCA Course Participant
20 January 2021
It will inform how I plan for my class when schools open more widely, and contribute to planning in how the schools re-open... a very useful reminder of how essential a compassionate reasoned response for both adults and children in the school environment, more now than ever.
Becky Fage
13 May 2020
Very inspiring and thought provoking - ready to incorporate into everyday practice
Elishia Jones
11 December 2020
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
I was inspired by Susan's passionate and empathic nature on the subject
Jenna Poole
13 January 2022
I enjoyed the training and found it useful to learn more about the theory of attachment and trauma. Tom was engaging and delivered the training in an interesting way.
KCA Course Participant
18 May 2023
I work in a pupil referral unit, the course gave me a better understanding of how to deal with students in crisis using five to thrive.
KCA Course Participant
16 March 2021
This was such a wonderfully informative session which was fantastically delivered.
Harriet Blake
3 September 2021
Timely and useful
Hilary Smith
8 April 2020
The science behind our actions was fascinating and I'm now better able to help parents understand the impact of their words/actions on their baby's brain
KCA Course Participant
21 March 2023
It was absolutely fascinating, far exceeded my expectations. Kate was an exceptional speaker.
KCA Course Participant
5 October 2022
This was so inspiring and fantastic. I went straight back to my team enthused to tell them all about it! Thank you
KCA Course Participant
12 September 2021
The best training course in over 20years I have ever attended.
KCA Course Participant
20 April 2023
A fantastic day with a trainer who was relatable and gave real life examples.
Michael Brooks
6 September 2021
I think that the training has helped me understand what it is that I am already doing, helps me to explain it better to parents
KCA Course Participant
31 July 2023
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
Excellent, professional speaker. Catherine was informative and delivered an interesting topic. Catherine certainly knew her subject as this reflected in her outstanding delivery. I enjoyed every part of the presentation. Thank you so much as I learnt a lot!!
Mark Pawsey
6 January 2023
The sessions have opened my mind to think and approach situations differently with young adults within the prison setting. And has helped me assess how I carry out assessments and improve this when I encounter a young person.
KCA Course Participant
23 March 2021
Very informative and valuable. Should be made compulsory for all professions who work with CYP.
KCA Course Participant
15 December 2020
Tom was brilliant at delivering this course
Claire Farrand , Chadsgrove School
26 September 2018