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PACE Training

Level 2 Country: UK CPD MINUTES: 90

At your venue and virtual : price on request

If you have large groups of learners requiring this training we encourage the use of face-to-face training.

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Description & Learning objectives

This is not DDP. This version is created by a leading expert which delivers the same outcomes. 

PACE is the training needed to enable carers to offer truly Therapeutic Care to children with complex needs.

Developed by the Clinical psychologist Dan Hughes, the PACE model of Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy helps carers form secure attachments with the child and build a safe space for open communication. This creates the ideal environment for positive behaviour change.

This PACE training provides a theoretical foundation for the PACE model. We focus on how PACE can create and support secure attachments with children and young people who have experienced difficulties in their early life. Through this training, caregivers can reflect on what has not worked for them in the past and why. We will examine the importance of building relationships and emphasise that it is only possible to begin working on a child's behaviour once a relationship of safety and trust has been established.

The PACE model is increasingly recognised as an effective care model for fostering agencies and residential settings when working directly with the children in their care. In this course, we explore the foundations of each component of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy).

  • Understanding the national profile of trauma.
  • Understand more about the responses to loss - including grief, separation, divorce and illness
  • Understand the workings of the Secure Base Model and the key part it plays when working with attachment challenges
  • Overview of Adverse Childhood Experiences (A.C.E.) and self-medicating behaviours
  • Be able to identify critical biological and psychosocial implications of experiencing trauma.
  • Develop a working knowledge of what Dan Hughes defines as "Brain-Based Parenting."
  • Understand the roots of negative behaviours in young people and how this should be seen as communication.
  • Explore the foundations of PACE and how we unpack each unit to build the therapeutic alliance towards attachment, trauma and brain development.
  • Discuss the difficulties involved in using PACE as a model of care.

This course meets the Children’s Home Quality Standards as outlined in The Children’s Homes Regulations (England) 2015 and Children’s Homes Quality Standards 2015.

Should you wish to discuss your needs before making a booking, please go via our live chat.

This course is intended for personal development only and does not provide a regulated qualification.

What to expect and the benefits!

Some subjects have less or more modules and are subject to change

At Your Venue

At Your Venue

  • Delivered at a venue of your choice
  • Tailor your session with the expert
  • Handout included
  • Certificated
  • Accredited**
  • You pick the dates & times
  • Free cancellations*
  • Discount if you use our E-Learning
Virtual

Virtual

  • Delivered over the internet via Zoom
  • Tailor your session with the expert
  • Digital handouts
  • Certificated
  • Accredited**
  • You pick the dates & times
  • Free cancellations*
  • Discount if you use our E-Learning
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