Solihull Approach training

Solihull Approach professional training

In Shropshire we deliver a variety of free training, based on the Solihull Approach, to all professionals working with families. The Solihull Approach is a highly practical way of working with families within a robust theoretical structure, and is an evidence-based approach.

The Solihull Approach two-day foundation is your starting point for training. It covers the key principles of the approach and establishes how they link to practice and everyday work. The approach explores the quality of the parent-child relationship and how this is crucial to the way the brain wires itself, impacting on the child’s ability to regulate their own emotions and behaviours. It has a major contribution to make to the ways in which practitioners can work with families to ensure that children have a good emotional start and support throughout childhood.

Below are the courses you can access once the foundation training has been completed.

Solihull Approach group facilitation training

This training will enable the delivery of a ten-week 'Understanding Your Child – from toddler to teen'  parenting group, to enable understanding and management of children’s behaviour and promote reflective, sensitive and effective parenting. The training is designed to help delegates develop a way of relating to their group that promotes effective and sensitive practice.

Solihull Approach understanding attachment training

This training will provide an overview of attachment theory. It will apply attachment theory to practice and improve your understanding of relationships within families, which might provide an explanation for some behaviour that you see. It aims to provide fuller understanding of what a child is experiencing, what a family needs, and help for you to structure your thinking. The training will NOT equip you to provide a definitive diagnosis of an attachment disorder. This requires specialist training.

Solihull Approach understanding the impact of trauma training

This training will focus on the needs of professionals to understand and develop extended knowledge and practice strategies to support children and their families with a history of trauma. Adverse childhood experiences are more common than identified, acknowledged, or diagnosed. These children will present with complex and confusing behaviours that are difficult to understand and manage.

Solihull Approach refresher training

This training will be a revision of previous foundation training, for professionals who haven't engaged with the approach for some time or who would like the opportunity to revisit some of the theory underpinning the approach.

For more information, dates and venues, please contact the parenting team directly on 01743 250950 or email: parenting.team@shropshire.gov.uk