Professional Training:
Is Your Practice with Challenging or Complex Children and with Parents & Carers Sitting on Strong Shareable Theoretical Foundations? What is an Adult-Child Well-Being Approach?
Do you work with children and families where challenging behaviour and/or mental health difficulties are an increasing concern?
Are you a Headteacher or a Teacher or TA, Or are you a GP or Social Worker, Psychologist, Therapist, School Nurse, HV, Police Officer, juggling many disparate elements?
Are you searching for insight, solutions and a wholistic approach with tools that can help you be more effective in your role and community - in the face of increasingly stretched resources - and very stretched colleagues?
How would it be if you could have something that helps you take meaningful action right now that can help with that complexity?
The I Matter Framework helps professionals, in local schools and communities to improve their practice with children and their families as it:
+ Brings research evidence together into a very practical accessible whole to support decision making
+ Deepens understanding of key elements of the evidence to support better joined up thinking and formulation
+ Starts with the professional's own wellbeing and decisions as they impact home-life and work life balance
+ Supports a hopeful perspective - that even in challenging times it's never too late to make a difference!
The truth is that caring for challenging children is not just about work with the child! There is a much bigger community and global picture which is important - and fascinating. We think care for vulnerable children offers an amazing opportunity to learn and grow and work for the futures that we want, so although we are still small as a project, we would love to see more people able to access I Matter training because as the fog starts to lift.. this can change everything.
Imagine too how different our communities would look if we all decided that care for children's social-emotional development was something that really mattered and that we could be part of making sure that children had their fundamental needs met and that parents and carers could find support when it was really needed.
Are you a Headteacher or a Teacher or TA, Or are you a GP or Social Worker, Psychologist, Therapist, School Nurse, HV, Police Officer, juggling many disparate elements?
Are you searching for insight, solutions and a wholistic approach with tools that can help you be more effective in your role and community - in the face of increasingly stretched resources - and very stretched colleagues?
How would it be if you could have something that helps you take meaningful action right now that can help with that complexity?
The I Matter Framework helps professionals, in local schools and communities to improve their practice with children and their families as it:
+ Brings research evidence together into a very practical accessible whole to support decision making
+ Deepens understanding of key elements of the evidence to support better joined up thinking and formulation
+ Starts with the professional's own wellbeing and decisions as they impact home-life and work life balance
+ Supports a hopeful perspective - that even in challenging times it's never too late to make a difference!
The truth is that caring for challenging children is not just about work with the child! There is a much bigger community and global picture which is important - and fascinating. We think care for vulnerable children offers an amazing opportunity to learn and grow and work for the futures that we want, so although we are still small as a project, we would love to see more people able to access I Matter training because as the fog starts to lift.. this can change everything.
Imagine too how different our communities would look if we all decided that care for children's social-emotional development was something that really mattered and that we could be part of making sure that children had their fundamental needs met and that parents and carers could find support when it was really needed.
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IF WE ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING CHILDREN WE CANNOT IGNORE THE NEEDS OF THE ADULTS - UNDERSTANDING MATTERS
Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT ARE MENTALLY HEALTHY SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES?
An I Matter perspective on mentally healthy schools and communties is that the research evidence is clear that mental health depends fundamentally on healthy relationships - particularly on healthy adult-child relationships - at home and at school. However it seems this aspect of mental health has been significantly overlooked in favour of an approach that is increasingly focussed on diagnosing and treating 'disorder' in young people. Perhaps as adults we need to be asking why do we have SO MANY struggling children?
That is why the I Matter Framework is offered as something new - that can help support improved joined up thinking as in the care of challenging children it is clear that adequate training and support of professionals and of parents and carers really DOES matter - and is sadly too often lacking - even where special support packages like Education Health Care Plans are being offered or Pupil Premium resources or Adoption Support funds are being used. In these situations, the role of a determined professional or team who wants to ensure that they are well informed and using resources wisely is really key.
That is why the I Matter Framework is offered as something new - that can help support improved joined up thinking as in the care of challenging children it is clear that adequate training and support of professionals and of parents and carers really DOES matter - and is sadly too often lacking - even where special support packages like Education Health Care Plans are being offered or Pupil Premium resources or Adoption Support funds are being used. In these situations, the role of a determined professional or team who wants to ensure that they are well informed and using resources wisely is really key.
HOW DOES I MATTER TRAINING HELP?
We aim to start with the professionals confidence in the theoretical foundations and decision making for their own work or relationships with challenging children. THEN we bring in the skills of working with parents and carers and other professionals who are supporting challenging children providing support to certified professionals who then work with your inhouse professionals or parents-carers.
Schools and services can become licensed to work with I Matter and this can help open up a supported pre-early help pathway for parents who want to understand better how to help their child.
Schools and services can become licensed to work with I Matter and this can help open up a supported pre-early help pathway for parents who want to understand better how to help their child.
THE BENEFITS OF TRAINING
The Benefits of I Matter Framework Training for Professionals in Health, Education and Social Care
+ You will be learning a powerful integration of theory and evidence that can be used to support joined up thinking, case formulation and decision making
+ You are empowering yourself to know how to confidently help the more challenging child or adult with a wholistic approach
+ You will be learning to use ideas that you are confident have the support of decades of research
+ You will be able to develop a longer term view and have help developing a strategy not just reacting to problems
+ Your role can be come much more fulfilling and rewarding when you understand better
+ You will be able to work more confidently with others to help the children and families you support
+ You will be learning a powerful integration of theory and evidence that can be used to support joined up thinking, case formulation and decision making
+ You are empowering yourself to know how to confidently help the more challenging child or adult with a wholistic approach
+ You will be learning to use ideas that you are confident have the support of decades of research
+ You will be able to develop a longer term view and have help developing a strategy not just reacting to problems
+ Your role can be come much more fulfilling and rewarding when you understand better
+ You will be able to work more confidently with others to help the children and families you support
WHO IS I MATTER TRAINING FOR?
The most consistent feedback that we get from our training in answer to this question is that the core of I Matter Framework Training is for EVERYONE who lives or works with children. For professionals this can be Heads, GP's, Teachers, SENCO's Teaching Assistants, School Nurses, Health Visitors, Social Workers, Therapists, Psychologists. We can support individual training but a key interest we have is in supporting better joined up longer term thinking within localities, especially for more vulnerable children. I Matter Training can improve your own practices or those of for your school or setting via
CPD Accredited Professional Workforce Development that addresses
Professional Insight, Confidence and Wellbeing
Better Informed Practice with the Challenging Child and Family
Supporting Your Practice for Vulnerable Children with social emotional challenges through
Targeted assessment and progress tracking of Adult-Child Relationship Health
Targeted assessment and progress tracking of Developmental Need
Licenced use of our tools for inhouse practice to support a longer term view - paper based and online options
Building Capacity to Work More Effectively with Needs of Everyday Parenting-Caring and Parents-Carers facing Increased Pressure
We accredit you as able to offer inhouse supported learning opportunities for our high quality engaging psychoeducation courses
We offer you opportunities to participate in and help us build a wider provider network that your clients can benefit from
Supporting your ability to build a locality based Community Wheel referral network
When it comes to the care of complex children it is vitally important for professionals to have a more in depth grasp of the content that is drawn together in the I Matter Framework. It is very clear that better understanding can impact effectively on outcomes for vulnerable children with social emotional challenges, and with poor understanding our professional practices can significantly exacerbate core difficulties.
The I Matter Project is starting to accredit professionals as a direct result of requests for one to one and group based tailored support to support their I Matter Parent-Carer Journey. As a professional you can add specialist knowledge to your current practice and join a dynamic professional referral community dedicated to delivering an integrated and collaborative approach to the improvement of adult-child relationship health across your community.
We are honoured to work with some amazing people who are working with us to enable families to transform their confidence and lives. Our newly forming Advisory Board and Practitioner Directories are our next exciting step forward.
A good number of professionals who join our training report that an unexpected benefit of participation has been that their relationship with their own children has improved significantly.
CPD Accredited Professional Workforce Development that addresses
Professional Insight, Confidence and Wellbeing
Better Informed Practice with the Challenging Child and Family
Supporting Your Practice for Vulnerable Children with social emotional challenges through
Targeted assessment and progress tracking of Adult-Child Relationship Health
Targeted assessment and progress tracking of Developmental Need
Licenced use of our tools for inhouse practice to support a longer term view - paper based and online options
Building Capacity to Work More Effectively with Needs of Everyday Parenting-Caring and Parents-Carers facing Increased Pressure
We accredit you as able to offer inhouse supported learning opportunities for our high quality engaging psychoeducation courses
We offer you opportunities to participate in and help us build a wider provider network that your clients can benefit from
Supporting your ability to build a locality based Community Wheel referral network
When it comes to the care of complex children it is vitally important for professionals to have a more in depth grasp of the content that is drawn together in the I Matter Framework. It is very clear that better understanding can impact effectively on outcomes for vulnerable children with social emotional challenges, and with poor understanding our professional practices can significantly exacerbate core difficulties.
The I Matter Project is starting to accredit professionals as a direct result of requests for one to one and group based tailored support to support their I Matter Parent-Carer Journey. As a professional you can add specialist knowledge to your current practice and join a dynamic professional referral community dedicated to delivering an integrated and collaborative approach to the improvement of adult-child relationship health across your community.
We are honoured to work with some amazing people who are working with us to enable families to transform their confidence and lives. Our newly forming Advisory Board and Practitioner Directories are our next exciting step forward.
A good number of professionals who join our training report that an unexpected benefit of participation has been that their relationship with their own children has improved significantly.
HOW CAN IT HELP WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS?
I Matter offers a Framework that is relevant to the confident care of all children. However if you are supporting a child or family with additional needs or challenges or if you are working mainly with adults but are aware that a key part of your clients needs involves their relationship with children, then having a solid understanding of these ideas is particularly important. We describe this as being about the need to gain Advanced Insight and Skills.
We regularly work with adopted, or fostered children and their families with children with a variety of emotional and behavioural challenges, including situations where the adults have their own mental health challenges. We also work with children and families of children who have formal diagnoses such as Autism, or ADHD or children who are currently being assessed for such diagnoses. What the training does is to drill underneath these terms so that you can gain a much clearer idea of what is happening and a much clearer understanding of the type of support your child needs and why.
We are particularly interested in working with individuals and clusters of professionals with varied roles including those with specialist interests and skills. The advantage of training with others in your own communities is the ability to offer more highly skilled support that can make a real impact through joined up longer term local thinking.
We regularly work with adopted, or fostered children and their families with children with a variety of emotional and behavioural challenges, including situations where the adults have their own mental health challenges. We also work with children and families of children who have formal diagnoses such as Autism, or ADHD or children who are currently being assessed for such diagnoses. What the training does is to drill underneath these terms so that you can gain a much clearer idea of what is happening and a much clearer understanding of the type of support your child needs and why.
We are particularly interested in working with individuals and clusters of professionals with varied roles including those with specialist interests and skills. The advantage of training with others in your own communities is the ability to offer more highly skilled support that can make a real impact through joined up longer term local thinking.
STRATEGIC THINKING - WHY IS IT NEEDED?
The I Matter Framework is relevant to professional thinking and intervention in relation to universal, targeted and specialist care As such it can support your own understanding and work within the following areas of practice
i. The Everyday Tracking of Children's Social Emotional Progress. It is very shocking but this is not happening. When children leave Early Years setting routine school practice stops paying attention to whether social emotional milestones are being achieved. Instead, regardless of the child's needs or history, the focus shifts to the tracking of literacy or numeracy only and consequently the focus of teachers attention moves away from the details and subtlety of the acquiaitions of emotional skills and instead sees only the fact that a child is not progressing on those issues being measured. This is particularly serious for our most vulnerable children. We are determined to see this change and we are working with the Kendal ICC hub and schools in our area to develop this thinking
ii. CAMHS THRIVE redesign. Our perspective on the national THRIVE initiative is that it offers a view that care for vulnerable children should be delivered within everyday settings rather than being 'referred out' as was often implied by the tiered CAMHS triangle Given the scale of current challenges seen in everyday settings this is important however the success of such thinking depends upon universal settings being empowered to understand and take action to address local needs with thinking that upskills professionals who have not typically had specialist training. I Matter Framework Training helps equips frontline practitoners for more confident practice with children who are struggling and their families
iii. Adoption Support Funded Packages Our concern about a lot of post adoption support is that in emphasis it is still poor in integrating home and school thinking. The reality is that to help a child who has experienced complex trauma or neglect, successful care depends upon bringing the adults at home and at school together into some shared perspectives around needs and priorities. I Matter Framework Training provides a structure that helps assist the delivery of complex co-ordinated care packages focussing on home and school based progress
iv Education Health Care Plans. Again our concern about a lot of Education Health Care Planning for children who have challenging behaviour or mental health care planning is that the focus is on school based interventions - too often delivered by front line staff who have very little training and too often with very little attention given to the training and support needs of home based adults. This is not in line with the evidence on what is needed to stabilise and positively impact the wellbeing and progress of the challenging or complex child. I Matter Framework Training provides a structure that helps assist the delivery of complex co-ordinated care packages focussing on home and school based progress
v. Pupil Premium Funding How much of your pupil premium funding goes towards ensuring that front line adults and home based adults are well trained and well equipped to manage and be most effective in their challenging roles? Too much pupil premium funding is used to employ staff who are not given the training that they need. Too little pupil premium funding goes to ensuring that families under very real pressure are equipped with the training and support and accountability that they need to parent effectively and confidently in challenging situations. Failure to come behind stressed families is a massive contributor to challenging behaviour in the classroom. I Matter Framework Training enables your schools and communties to start to develop capacity to deliver informed education and support
vi, Children Looked After Children who are looked after have often experienced significant trauma and/or neglect. They are vulnerable precisely because of the disruption of core relationships and too often schools give lip service to their commitment to meet what are clearly evidenced vulnerabilities in terms of social emotional progress and ability to manage relationships. Failure to ensure whole school training and thinking that gives such children a chance to rebuild trust in adults and in their own ability to be successful within healthy relationships leads to excessively high levels of exclusions and further disruptions that has massive longer term social impact. I Matter Framework Training can ensure that home and school adults have the training and support they need to deliver joined up care packages that prioritises the development of often overlooked skills
vii. National Training of Teachers and Headteachers. In the drive to raise standards in literacy and numeracy something serious (and rather shocking) has been overlooked. Too few teachers and headteachers have a solid understanding of how children develop. Too few have an understanding of the relationship process that shapes the emergence of brain capacities in which they are engaged everyday. The general public have a right to assume that teachers and headteachers have this training but our experience is that this is not the case. There are some very intuitive teachers and headteachers delivering brain sensitive care but this is not a given to be found in our everyday schools practice. I Matter Framework training creates a foundation for understanding the centrality of the adult-child relationship and a foundation for more wholistic thinking about the priorities in our schools
viii Addressing antisocial behaviour and crime One of the most clearly evidenced areas of child intervention research is the continuity often seen between challenging behaviour seen in early childhood and later difficulties. Another clearly evidenced area of research is the number of children who become involved in youth offending who struggle to understand and take care of the needs of others. What this again suggests is that what is needed is clear investment in preventative practices that ensure that children's early needs for effective care that priorities their social emotional skills development and their ability to understand and empathise with others is given a top priority. This is our view suggests that there is an urgent need to review what is being tracked in school education practice. There are in our view some glaring gaps. I Matter Framework Training sets out the skill sets that are needed by both staff and pupils and provides tools to assess and monitor progress.
ix) National Parent Education Strategy So, overall, why is it still so difficult for parents and carers - even very committed parents and carers who are looking for help - to access it? Our view is that parenting and caring is still seen as an 'add on' - an 'it would be nice if we were funded to it - but it is not our business' style of thinking. Yet if we are serious about evidence based practice this neglect of the centrality of the adult-child relationship to educational outcomes, mental health outcomes physical health outcomes and crime statistics does not hold water. The skills of parenting and caring are complex and sophisticated and can improve with understanding and support. Investment in skills development should not be seen as a mark of shame but as a positive commitment to health and excellence. So something seems to be off track in our thinking and messaging. I Matter Framework training comes to this challenge by equipping professional settings with the attitudes and perspectives necessary for better work with parents.
i. The Everyday Tracking of Children's Social Emotional Progress. It is very shocking but this is not happening. When children leave Early Years setting routine school practice stops paying attention to whether social emotional milestones are being achieved. Instead, regardless of the child's needs or history, the focus shifts to the tracking of literacy or numeracy only and consequently the focus of teachers attention moves away from the details and subtlety of the acquiaitions of emotional skills and instead sees only the fact that a child is not progressing on those issues being measured. This is particularly serious for our most vulnerable children. We are determined to see this change and we are working with the Kendal ICC hub and schools in our area to develop this thinking
ii. CAMHS THRIVE redesign. Our perspective on the national THRIVE initiative is that it offers a view that care for vulnerable children should be delivered within everyday settings rather than being 'referred out' as was often implied by the tiered CAMHS triangle Given the scale of current challenges seen in everyday settings this is important however the success of such thinking depends upon universal settings being empowered to understand and take action to address local needs with thinking that upskills professionals who have not typically had specialist training. I Matter Framework Training helps equips frontline practitoners for more confident practice with children who are struggling and their families
iii. Adoption Support Funded Packages Our concern about a lot of post adoption support is that in emphasis it is still poor in integrating home and school thinking. The reality is that to help a child who has experienced complex trauma or neglect, successful care depends upon bringing the adults at home and at school together into some shared perspectives around needs and priorities. I Matter Framework Training provides a structure that helps assist the delivery of complex co-ordinated care packages focussing on home and school based progress
iv Education Health Care Plans. Again our concern about a lot of Education Health Care Planning for children who have challenging behaviour or mental health care planning is that the focus is on school based interventions - too often delivered by front line staff who have very little training and too often with very little attention given to the training and support needs of home based adults. This is not in line with the evidence on what is needed to stabilise and positively impact the wellbeing and progress of the challenging or complex child. I Matter Framework Training provides a structure that helps assist the delivery of complex co-ordinated care packages focussing on home and school based progress
v. Pupil Premium Funding How much of your pupil premium funding goes towards ensuring that front line adults and home based adults are well trained and well equipped to manage and be most effective in their challenging roles? Too much pupil premium funding is used to employ staff who are not given the training that they need. Too little pupil premium funding goes to ensuring that families under very real pressure are equipped with the training and support and accountability that they need to parent effectively and confidently in challenging situations. Failure to come behind stressed families is a massive contributor to challenging behaviour in the classroom. I Matter Framework Training enables your schools and communties to start to develop capacity to deliver informed education and support
vi, Children Looked After Children who are looked after have often experienced significant trauma and/or neglect. They are vulnerable precisely because of the disruption of core relationships and too often schools give lip service to their commitment to meet what are clearly evidenced vulnerabilities in terms of social emotional progress and ability to manage relationships. Failure to ensure whole school training and thinking that gives such children a chance to rebuild trust in adults and in their own ability to be successful within healthy relationships leads to excessively high levels of exclusions and further disruptions that has massive longer term social impact. I Matter Framework Training can ensure that home and school adults have the training and support they need to deliver joined up care packages that prioritises the development of often overlooked skills
vii. National Training of Teachers and Headteachers. In the drive to raise standards in literacy and numeracy something serious (and rather shocking) has been overlooked. Too few teachers and headteachers have a solid understanding of how children develop. Too few have an understanding of the relationship process that shapes the emergence of brain capacities in which they are engaged everyday. The general public have a right to assume that teachers and headteachers have this training but our experience is that this is not the case. There are some very intuitive teachers and headteachers delivering brain sensitive care but this is not a given to be found in our everyday schools practice. I Matter Framework training creates a foundation for understanding the centrality of the adult-child relationship and a foundation for more wholistic thinking about the priorities in our schools
viii Addressing antisocial behaviour and crime One of the most clearly evidenced areas of child intervention research is the continuity often seen between challenging behaviour seen in early childhood and later difficulties. Another clearly evidenced area of research is the number of children who become involved in youth offending who struggle to understand and take care of the needs of others. What this again suggests is that what is needed is clear investment in preventative practices that ensure that children's early needs for effective care that priorities their social emotional skills development and their ability to understand and empathise with others is given a top priority. This is our view suggests that there is an urgent need to review what is being tracked in school education practice. There are in our view some glaring gaps. I Matter Framework Training sets out the skill sets that are needed by both staff and pupils and provides tools to assess and monitor progress.
ix) National Parent Education Strategy So, overall, why is it still so difficult for parents and carers - even very committed parents and carers who are looking for help - to access it? Our view is that parenting and caring is still seen as an 'add on' - an 'it would be nice if we were funded to it - but it is not our business' style of thinking. Yet if we are serious about evidence based practice this neglect of the centrality of the adult-child relationship to educational outcomes, mental health outcomes physical health outcomes and crime statistics does not hold water. The skills of parenting and caring are complex and sophisticated and can improve with understanding and support. Investment in skills development should not be seen as a mark of shame but as a positive commitment to health and excellence. So something seems to be off track in our thinking and messaging. I Matter Framework training comes to this challenge by equipping professional settings with the attitudes and perspectives necessary for better work with parents.
HOW MUCH TIME IS INVOLVED AND WHAT ARE THE COSTS
The I Matter Professional Journey introduces content gradually across the courses and we aim to do this for an affordable price! We are still a small project but we are committed to sharing this thinking with a wider community.
Professionals can complete the training to support their own informed practice or can apply to support other professionals or parents-carers who are working through the courses in a Link Role (requires Foundation training and link course) or In a Lead Role (requires Intermediate and Lead Professional training) .
Schools and services that are committed to a whole school approach can invest in the training of a Licensed Lead Professional who can work with us to use our resources to develop in-house competencies. Schools and services who are supporting vulnerable individuals can invest in packages of training to support individual care plans of vulnerable children over a time.
To retain our commitment to a high quality training experience we work within a licensed structure and using a carefully structured class delivery programme. Please check our Directory and course dates and times, Our intention is to build our capacity to support more schools, children and families.
General Awareness sessions requires initial registration Can be integrated as part of a whole setting or targeted inset
- 90 min introductory workshop or webinar FREE on our regular programme OR
- One day Intensive introduction to the I Matter Framework (this is an orientation course) £165pp TBC
- Community Wheel - open events
Orientation-First Steps Online Course £30 Can be used for whole setting orientation where there is a Lead Professional
- Introductory content 3 x 20mins
- I Matter self-assessment questionnaire, guidance and Five Steps course 30mins and 7 x 3mins a day
- The Essentials of Attachment Email Course - optional extra E30
I Matter Questionnaire and Consultation - Part of supporting home-school joined up thinking for specific children
- I Matter detailed online questionnaire and recommendations - and Five Steps to Success course - 1 hr - included in Foundation course
- Option for additional face to face consultation - 90mins £120-£500
- Option for additional detailed observational assessment at school-home with recommendations - as appropriate
Foundation A courses – Confusion to Clarity £300 Usually 1 part each half term Can be purchased as part of a whole setting or targeted care strategy
Includes First Steps Content
- Review of introductory content and self-assessment process
- I Matter Online Questionnaire, email recommendations and Five Steps email course
- Getting Started Workshop (2 hrs)
- Part 1 - Sections 1-2 and bonus comprising 90 mins independent study with 3 60min sessions study support (face to face or online)
+ The Essentials course is included at the end of the Part 1
- Part 2 - Sections 3-6 As Part 1
Time limits: Course open for 2 half terms or 18 weeks
Confidential course forum: TBC
Membership £12pcm or £120pa After completion of Foundation A Part 1
- Community Wheel - Closed events
Link Professional Training TBC
Foundation B courses – Watching Affectionately £200 Can be purchased as part of a whole setting or targeted individual joined up care strategy
- Taking Stock Workshop - 90mins
- intensive 3 week coaching usually 1:1 unless a group has been learning together with options to extend to longer period
Intermediate A courses - Thinking Developmentally £300 Can be purchased as part of a whole setting or targeted individual joined up care strategy
- Taking Stock Plus Workshop - 90mins
- Part 1 - Sections 1-3 comprising 90 mins independent study with 3 60min sessions study support (face to face or online)
- Part 2 - Sections 4-6 with study support options As Part 1
Time limits: Course open for 18 weeks
Intermediate B courses – Nurturing Growth - Extended - TBC Can be purchased as part of a whole setting or targeted strategy
- Check- In Workshop - 90mins
- Extended group coaching building foundational skills
Advanced Training
- Lead Professional training - To run inhouse study support for staff and parents = TBC
- Community Building
- Advanced Practitioner Training - Complex Care Co-ordination
School or Organisational Licence to cover information sharing agreements
Link School - supporting access to supported courses for parents-carers - TBC
Lead School - running inhouse courses - TBC
PLEASE NOTE: ALL PRICES ARE STILL SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT
We are working to build a network of trained professionals who can offer this study support to other professionals and parents
Professionals can complete the training to support their own informed practice or can apply to support other professionals or parents-carers who are working through the courses in a Link Role (requires Foundation training and link course) or In a Lead Role (requires Intermediate and Lead Professional training) .
Schools and services that are committed to a whole school approach can invest in the training of a Licensed Lead Professional who can work with us to use our resources to develop in-house competencies. Schools and services who are supporting vulnerable individuals can invest in packages of training to support individual care plans of vulnerable children over a time.
To retain our commitment to a high quality training experience we work within a licensed structure and using a carefully structured class delivery programme. Please check our Directory and course dates and times, Our intention is to build our capacity to support more schools, children and families.
General Awareness sessions requires initial registration Can be integrated as part of a whole setting or targeted inset
- 90 min introductory workshop or webinar FREE on our regular programme OR
- One day Intensive introduction to the I Matter Framework (this is an orientation course) £165pp TBC
- Community Wheel - open events
Orientation-First Steps Online Course £30 Can be used for whole setting orientation where there is a Lead Professional
- Introductory content 3 x 20mins
- I Matter self-assessment questionnaire, guidance and Five Steps course 30mins and 7 x 3mins a day
- The Essentials of Attachment Email Course - optional extra E30
I Matter Questionnaire and Consultation - Part of supporting home-school joined up thinking for specific children
- I Matter detailed online questionnaire and recommendations - and Five Steps to Success course - 1 hr - included in Foundation course
- Option for additional face to face consultation - 90mins £120-£500
- Option for additional detailed observational assessment at school-home with recommendations - as appropriate
Foundation A courses – Confusion to Clarity £300 Usually 1 part each half term Can be purchased as part of a whole setting or targeted care strategy
Includes First Steps Content
- Review of introductory content and self-assessment process
- I Matter Online Questionnaire, email recommendations and Five Steps email course
- Getting Started Workshop (2 hrs)
- Part 1 - Sections 1-2 and bonus comprising 90 mins independent study with 3 60min sessions study support (face to face or online)
+ The Essentials course is included at the end of the Part 1
- Part 2 - Sections 3-6 As Part 1
Time limits: Course open for 2 half terms or 18 weeks
Confidential course forum: TBC
Membership £12pcm or £120pa After completion of Foundation A Part 1
- Community Wheel - Closed events
Link Professional Training TBC
Foundation B courses – Watching Affectionately £200 Can be purchased as part of a whole setting or targeted individual joined up care strategy
- Taking Stock Workshop - 90mins
- intensive 3 week coaching usually 1:1 unless a group has been learning together with options to extend to longer period
Intermediate A courses - Thinking Developmentally £300 Can be purchased as part of a whole setting or targeted individual joined up care strategy
- Taking Stock Plus Workshop - 90mins
- Part 1 - Sections 1-3 comprising 90 mins independent study with 3 60min sessions study support (face to face or online)
- Part 2 - Sections 4-6 with study support options As Part 1
Time limits: Course open for 18 weeks
Intermediate B courses – Nurturing Growth - Extended - TBC Can be purchased as part of a whole setting or targeted strategy
- Check- In Workshop - 90mins
- Extended group coaching building foundational skills
Advanced Training
- Lead Professional training - To run inhouse study support for staff and parents = TBC
- Community Building
- Advanced Practitioner Training - Complex Care Co-ordination
School or Organisational Licence to cover information sharing agreements
Link School - supporting access to supported courses for parents-carers - TBC
Lead School - running inhouse courses - TBC
PLEASE NOTE: ALL PRICES ARE STILL SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT
We are working to build a network of trained professionals who can offer this study support to other professionals and parents
WHAT WILL I BE ABLE TO DO WITH MY TRAINING?
What will I be able to do with my training? The first stages of your training are for informed practice only and to support your insight in working with challenging children and families. If you continue your studies you can apply to join our network as a Link or Lead Professional in an independent or employed role. If you are interested in building a network in your own locality we encourage you to think about training as a cluster with others so that you can support each other through the learning and reflective process.
What will I be able to do with my training? The first stages of your training are for informed practice only and to support your insight in working with challenging children and families. If you continue your studies you can apply to join our network as a Link or Lead Professional in an independent or employed role. If you are interested in building a network in your own locality we encourage you to think about training as a cluster with others so that you can support each other through the learning and reflective process.
WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY?
Something has happened in mainstream schools to devalue the pastoral role. This training explains why recognition of this fact is key to understanding the rise of mental health challenges in children and the rising rate of exclusions Experienced special education needs teacher and parent
Since my I Matter Training I am curious about behaviour rather than stressed by it. I used to get annoyed so often.
Now I absolutely love my job Teaching Assistant and Parent
Before I Matter Training I was in overwhelm. Now I am much more aware and more hopeful in relation to my patients.
I am also more careful to keep things in balance GP and Parent
The course has been incredibly helpful and has made me re-examine my parenting and professional approaches GP and Parent
I Matter Training has reinforced how important I am. At times I can lose sight of that. The video clips were really useful so that lots of reading was not required. Pastoral Lead
I found it clear and easy to follow. I have been much more aware of my own wellbeing Teacher
This course has been really amazing for me. I have learned so much. Thank you. Teaching Assistant
I Matter training has reinforced how important I am. At times I can lose sight of that. The video clips were really useful so that lots of reading was not required. Pastoral Lead:
I found it clear and easy to follow. I have been much more aware of my own well-being. Teacher:
This course has been really amazing for me. I have learned so much. Thank you Teaching Assistant:
I am a teacher but I have been amazed at how much I didn't know. My relationship with my own son has deepened and strengthened so much. Parent of two
Some sample feedback from Parents and Carers
I have been looking for help for so long. It has been so good taking part in this training together. For the first time my husband and I are really working well as a team. It feels so different Parent of 3 complex children
I Matter Training has helped me take a hard look at what has been happening without me feeling judged. Now I understand better I can see that I was sometimes not helpful to my child. Now we are moving on and life feels so different. I wish I had had this training earlier. Parent of challenging child
I thought it wouldn't work for us - I thought we were 'too far gone' but six months on my confidence is coming back, my children are attending school again and my husband is off antidepressants. The training showed us how everything is connected. Life can still be challenging but now I know why I Matter - Parent of three
Since my I Matter Training I am curious about behaviour rather than stressed by it. I used to get annoyed so often.
Now I absolutely love my job Teaching Assistant and Parent
Before I Matter Training I was in overwhelm. Now I am much more aware and more hopeful in relation to my patients.
I am also more careful to keep things in balance GP and Parent
The course has been incredibly helpful and has made me re-examine my parenting and professional approaches GP and Parent
I Matter Training has reinforced how important I am. At times I can lose sight of that. The video clips were really useful so that lots of reading was not required. Pastoral Lead
I found it clear and easy to follow. I have been much more aware of my own wellbeing Teacher
This course has been really amazing for me. I have learned so much. Thank you. Teaching Assistant
I Matter training has reinforced how important I am. At times I can lose sight of that. The video clips were really useful so that lots of reading was not required. Pastoral Lead:
I found it clear and easy to follow. I have been much more aware of my own well-being. Teacher:
This course has been really amazing for me. I have learned so much. Thank you Teaching Assistant:
I am a teacher but I have been amazed at how much I didn't know. My relationship with my own son has deepened and strengthened so much. Parent of two
Some sample feedback from Parents and Carers
I have been looking for help for so long. It has been so good taking part in this training together. For the first time my husband and I are really working well as a team. It feels so different Parent of 3 complex children
I Matter Training has helped me take a hard look at what has been happening without me feeling judged. Now I understand better I can see that I was sometimes not helpful to my child. Now we are moving on and life feels so different. I wish I had had this training earlier. Parent of challenging child
I thought it wouldn't work for us - I thought we were 'too far gone' but six months on my confidence is coming back, my children are attending school again and my husband is off antidepressants. The training showed us how everything is connected. Life can still be challenging but now I know why I Matter - Parent of three
HOW DO I REGISTER FOR A COURSE?
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I HATE ONLINE LEARNING!
You may be pleasantly surprised! This is a course based on a filmed discussion with a group so you will feel as if you are taking part in a flow of reflections. There are also online and webinar and workshop opportunities to complement the learning that can be fitted into your busy schedule as best suits you.
What Next?
On the blog you will find some of the original blog articles and musings on why adult-child relationships matter
mental health, positive behaviour and healthy child development at home and in school.
mental health, positive behaviour and healthy child development at home and in school.