PACE for school staff
PACE for school staff
Audience: DTs, DSLs, Inclusion staff, Mental Health Leads, SENDCOs working with children we care for and children with a social worker
- Date: Tuesday 21 January and Thursday 6 February
- Time: AM - see below link for details
- Venue: Unipart House Trainer: Dr Hester Riviere
Description: PACE is an approach developed by Dr Dan Hughes, an American psychologist who works with traumatised children. PACE stands for Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy. Being PACEful enables you to have effective, empowering interactions with children who have experienced trauma and who, as a result, do not respond to you in the same way as other children you teach. It is a useful classroom tool for all children, not just those who have had a difficult start to life.
Over these two sessions teachers and TAs will learn more about this approach and its context in school practice. The second part gives us a reflective workshop space to practice using PACE over the course of the afternoon session.