- Expand your understanding of attachment, shame and trauma
- Recognise and reflect upon your own individual reactions to the challenges of working with children, and be able to recognise these in carers
- Develop a greater appreciation of how both a child and carer’s pasts can impact on the caring relationship
- Experience and practice a range of therapeutic responses, based on Dan Hughes’ PACE
- Explore principles and strategies around self care
- Be able to understand the Therapeutic Parenting: Pick ‘n’ mix course and explain it to carers