Supporting Those Who Shape Lives: Transformative Training For Parents, Professionals and Educators

Our Training Courses

Our training courses and workshops are designed to deepen understanding, enhance connections and foster healing.

Hannah Simnett Connection Counts – Key Note

Session Length: 1 hour

Join Hannah Simnett for an Inspirational Trauma and Connection Training Session. Founder of Cherished at just 18 years old, Hannah Simnett shares her powerful journey and mission to help children feel safe, seen, soothed, and secure. In this inspiring session, Hannah delves into the impact of trauma on the brain, body, and behavior, offering insights on how to shift from being trauma-aware to trauma-responsive.

Discover how to view behavior as communication and address the root causes with empathy and compassion. Equip yourself with the tools to create supportive, understanding environments where every child can thrive.

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Trauma and Connection Training for Educators

Key Topics:

  • Understanding the impact of trauma on the brain, body, and behaviour.
  • Embracing a trauma-informed approach in the classroom.
  • Building meaningful connections with students.
  • Strategies for creating a compassionate and supportive learning environment.

What to Expect:

  • Expert-led training by award-winning trainer and speaker Hannah Simnett.
  • Interactive discussions and practical tools for educators.
  • Insights into fostering resilience and positive relationships in the classroom.

Outcome:

  • Equip yourself with the knowledge and strategies to nurture every learner’s potential.
  • Empower your teaching with kindness and connection at the core.
  • Transform your classroom into a space where students feel supported, understood, and connected.
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Unmasking Shame – Healing Relationships Through Awareness and Action

Key Topics:

  • The nature and impact of shame in our homes, schools, and communities.
  • Recognising the subtle and overt ways shame affects relationships.
  • Strategies to confront and eliminate shame.
  • Fostering healthier, more authentic connections.

What to Expect:

  • In-depth exploration of how shame manifests and impacts growth.
  • Practical tools to break the cycle of shame.
  • A supportive environment for open discussion and reflection.

Outcome:

  • Empower yourself to build relationships rooted in trust and understanding.
  • Cultivate connections that allow for true growth and authenticity.
  • Break free from the influence of shame to nurture more positive interactions.
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Behaviour is communication

This workshop offers a transformative introduction to shifting your perspective on behaviour, empowering you to respond with empathy and understanding. Ideal for teachers, parents, and carers, this workshop will equip you with practical tools to create environments where children feel supported and understood. Join us and start viewing behaviour not as a problem to be managed, but as a meaningful expression that guides us to meet the deeper needs of every child.

Key Topics:

  • How unmet needs and childhood wounds shape behaviour.
  • Interpreting the underlying messages in children’s actions.
  • Core needs: safety, being seen, soothed, and secure.
  • Addressing challenging behaviours at home and in school with empathy.

What to Expect:

  • A deep dive into the connection between behaviour and unmet needs.
  • Practical tools to respond to children’s behaviours with understanding.
  • Insights into creating supportive environments for children.
  • A shift in perspective: viewing behaviour as meaningful communication.

Outcome:

  • Equip yourself to support and understand children more effectively.
  • Foster environments where children feel safe, seen, and secure.
  • Learn to approach behaviour as a guide to meeting deeper needs rather than a problem to be managed.
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Parenting with Purpose

Key Topics:

  • Influence of your upbringing on your parenting style.
  • Identifying and reshaping unconscious parenting scripts.
  • Building stronger, intentional connections with your children.
  • Creating a safe, emotionally regulated home.

What to Expect:

  • A safe, non-judgmental space for open discussion.
  • Practical strategies for intentional parenting.
  • Interactive conversations with fellow parents.

Outcome:

  • Gain insights and tools to help your children thrive in a connected, supportive home environment.
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As part of a ‘Resident Membership‘ at the offices, you will all have access to attend training sessions as part of your membership.

The Voice of Our Training Session Attendees

“The Connection Counts Training Session helped me to look at students in a different light. It has given me a better insight into not only using the lens to relate and understand young people’s responses and behaviours, but also look at my own life and how adverse childhood experiences can impact growth and development.”

BMet Training Course Attendee

“The main thing I will remember from the training today is to try and be more aware of behaviours and why they are presented like they are. Focusing on the root not the fruit. The Connection Counts Training was brilliant!”

BMet Training Course Attendee

“The Connection Counts session was very useful and insightful – it has made me think about how we can consider the 4Ss when we deliver different conversations.”

Amey Corporate Feedback

“The Connection Counts Training is important to raise awareness of trauma and how this can manifest, and how we can introduce empathetic conversations to feel seen and heard.”

Amey Corporate Feedback

“The training sessions were fantastic. Connection not correction! I learnt how the absence of empathy can have a a ripple effect. We should allow students to feel loved and be more aware of the reasons behind lateness or absences.”

Arthur Terry Partnership

“Hannah’s delivery style, reliability, life experience and honesty made this a comfortable and fascinating workshop. It was eye-opening to her experiences of supporting children with trauma and how little actions can change everything.”

National Conference – Heloa

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