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Trauma & Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Repairing the Damage™, course reviews.
The Association for Psychological Therapies prides itself on the written feedback we receive for our courses. Below is just some of the great reviews the Developmental Trauma & Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Repairing the Damage™ course has received.
"The organisation and delivery of the course is excellent. The tutor is wonderful. Thank you!"
Course Delegate ('Online Live' version)
"The tutor was a fantastic facilitator, he has a wealth of knowledge and some fascinating real life examples. I really enjoyed the last three days."
Rachel Stain ('Online Live' version)
"Very powerful course and excellent multidisciplinary format. Everyone should know this!"
Dr Graham McMillan ('Online Live' version)
"I really enjoyed this course, the tutor was brilliant at explaining and making sure the whole group understood, had their time to express their thoughts, whilst also ensuring we took regular breaks and looked after ourselves. This should be taught to any professional in the health care/social care sector. Thank you for three fab sessions and the knowledge you shared."
Kirsty Eaton ('Online Live' version)
"Such an informative course, extremely well delivered by the tutor. It's really made me consider my practice not only with traumatised individuals, but with all clients and family members. Lots of new ideas."
Jannie Laverie ('Online Live' version)
"I have thoroughly enjoyed and learnt so much. Thanks to Paul who has delivered the content with his extensive experience, using examples from practice which I found very helpful."
Geralyn Haliburn ('Online Live' version)
"Excellent presenter, who covered the material very well!!! Really enjoyed the training, and will be using the techniques in future."
John Dunn ('Online Live' version)
"Amazing tutor! I am taking so much away from this course to implement and think through. I have already recommended it to any colleagues I have come across. The best training I have completed in a long time."
Michelle Garstang ('Online Live' version)
"Excellent course. The tutor was a extremely knowledgable and made all the content relevant to the client group we work with."
Polly Mears ('Online Live' version)
"Really interesting course well presented and very valuable to my role as a Children's Learning Disability Nurse."
Paula Rew ('Online Live' version)
"I enjoyed the last three days enormously ... The information was delivered in an easy to understand way and it was really interesting to hear the tutor's experiences throughout."
Course Delegate ('Online Live' version)
"Excellent course with an excellent tutor. Really informative and useful."
Dr Peter Jones ('Online Live' version)
"This has genuinely been the best training I have ever been on."
Amy Hughes, Family Worker
"The best training I have been on for a long time which just made sense! Really enjoyed the course across the 3 days and feel that I learnt a lot which can be put into practice daily."
Course Delegate
"It has been an excellent 3 days. It’s been really informative and thought provoking. It has given me new skills and confidence to continue the challenging work with the young people and families. I look forward to doing further training with APT."
Tracy Blackburn, Crisis/Home Treatment Team
"Material was very relevant for our job roles and I am already planning how to apply it. The presenter was excellent, bringing the material alive with lots of clinical examples and anecdotes."
Course Delegate
"I thoroughly enjoyed the course and in my work with families and children it will not only be beneficial to them but also in my developing to be a better Family Worker. I will be recommending this course to all my co-workers and line managers! One of the best, most interesting courses I have been on!"
Meinir Davies, Family Worker
"This has been extremely relevant and beneficial to my work with families. The past 3 days have been interesting, thought provoking and have flown (always an indicator of good training!)."
Hayley Croft, Family Worker
"This training course has been the best training I have ever attended and I have been doing this work for 16 years."
Sarah Hughes, Family Centre Manager
"Probably one of the best, if not the best training courses I have been on in the last few years. Trainer’s presentation style was faultless and time flew on each day as it was so interactive and fun. The course was well laid out with all resources and more available."
Christian Wilson, Family Worker
"I found the course relevant and very interesting. As a newly qualified nurse the Repairing the Damage course has been highly beneficial in learning new skills and ways of working therapeutically with the young people. I look forward to the next course!"
Jessica Maxwell, Staff Nurse
"I really enjoyed how this course was presented. It kept me interested and because the trainer had lots of experience it as amazing to hear his ideas and take them on board. I enjoyed all of the discussions as it has opened up new ideas for our team. Thank you very much!"
Rebecca Tindale, Nursing Assistant
"Excellent course. Really well presented. Good balance of presentation and group work. Very useful workbook."
Gwen Morgan, Clinical Nurse Specialist
"Without a doubt the most informative, relevant and enjoyable training I have attended to date."
Martina Stack, Social Worker
"The course was excellent, taught at a good pace and easy to absorb."
James Stewart, Senior Residential Care Worker
"A really good course - it should be mandatory for all staff. Would like to attend more APT courses - very professional and far better than many courses I have previously been on."
Mike Stephens, RCW
"I wish we could have more training with that level of quality."
Pawel Skraba, Acting Team Manager
"I can honestly say as a Manager who has worked in Residential Care for 8 years that this was one of the most beneficial courses that I have been on. It was very well executed and the information was clear, well explained, interesting and beneficial ... There has been relevant learning that I can take back to my team that will benefit our work practice in the future."
Brona Treanor, Manager (Children's Residential Home)
"The course delivery was excellent, every idea reinforced by practical examples that made it even more understandable. Lots of useful points and strategies that can be easily integrated into programmes."
Shirley Donegan, Social Care Worker
"Repairing the Damage is an excellent course taught by an inspiring tutor. I will use this course every day in my job."
Anthony Webster, Assistant Psychologist
"This was one of the most insightful and well presented courses I've attended in a long time. The content was concise and supplemented with focused discussion."
Dermot Fagan, Social Care Worker
"Very worthwhile as usual. Provided an opportunity to revisit, reflect and accommodate information in a practical and entertaining manner."
Peter Smith, Educational Psychologist
"The course has been extremely helpful. It has helped me improve my casework and training work in the area of damaged children. My understanding, motivation and desire to take forward the approaches has been significantly improved. Probably the best APT course I have attended."
Dr Brian Willis, Educational Psychologist
"Very beneficial - will take many of the strategies and approaches and make use of them in my practice."
Miriam Lakin, Educational Psychologist
"Thoroughly enjoyed the course. A good mixture of presentation and exercises."
Andy Cowdroy, Student Social Worker
"This was one of the most insightful and well presented courses I've attended in a long time. The content was concise and supplemented with focused discussion."
Dermot Fagan, Social Care Worker
"I can honestly say as a Manager who has worked in Residential Care for 8 years that this was one of the most beneficial courses that I have been on. It was very well executed and the information was clear, well explained, interesting and beneficial … There has been relevant learning that I can take back to my team that will benefit our work practice in the future."
Brona Treanor, Manager (Children's Residential Home)
"I have enjoyed this two day course, it has in my profession given me some insight of how to manage and deal with young people's trauma and issues that come into care."
Laura Davis, Social Care Practitioner
"The course delivery was excellent, every idea reinforced by practical examples that made it even more understandable. Lots of useful points and strategies that can be easily integrated into programmes."
Shirley Donegan, Social Care Worker
"I thought it was very practical and realistic. I feel you can relate most of the workshops/sheets into your everyday work with the young people and relate it to their placement plans. It helps remind the professionals to focus on the positives in our workplace and not to focus and dwell on the negative. I found the training was very well presented and captivated the audience's full attention."
Siobhan Callinan, Social Care Worker
"I found it was a very well presented and clear programme outlined. I feel it will be very effective for me to use with the young people I work with on an everyday level. I enjoyed the team work settings as it allowed people to voice opinions and to see if we were all thinking the same. I have no criticisms. I honestly feel you were brilliant and the work was great. Well done. Good luck in future programmes!"
Rosalind, CCW
"I really enjoyed doing this course. It made me look at the work we are doing with our young people and the progress we have made over time. It also made me more aware of the young person's needs and wants and how to help the young people work towards achieving these."
Ashling Smith, Social Care Worker
"Offers and validates practice in terms of the useful approaches outlined. Will allow for self-reflection on cases/practice etc. Excellent training and standard of workshop. Applies to a number of professions. The practical examples and exercises were excellent and motivating."
Claire Feeney, Social Worker
"Very beneficial two day course."
Sarah Clinton, SCW
"I found this course extremely interesting, useful and enjoyable. It made me think outside the box and how I am as a social care worker. It will benefit me without a doubt when working with young people and put a positive mood within myself and work environment."
Angela McDonnell, Social Care Worker
"I found the course very relevant and useful, easy to follow and real. It has given food for thought and validated existing practice. Presentation was excellent, with nice use of anecdotes and experiences. The two days flew which is always a good sign."
Henrietta White, Director of Services
Developmental Trauma & Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Repairing the Damage™
A 3-day course.
For whole teams working with young people who have been through experiences which are by any standards 'damaging'.
Some children - and adults - who have been through difficult or traumatic experiences are referred to as 'damaged'. It's an unpleasant word but can, unfortunately, be an apt one. The damage can take various forms but usually results in changes in the deepest parts of the brain, resulting in effects which are behavioural, cognitive, biological, social and emotional. Examples include: aggressive behaviour, withdrawal, poor self esteem, hostility to others, lack of interest in activities, disturbed sleep and appetite, sadness, anxiety or anger problems, and poor relationships. Although this is a disturbing list there are many children who exhibit most or all of these as a complete 'package' of apparently self-perpetuating – and worsening - problems, resistant to repeated intervention and thereby the cause of great frustration to professionals. The aim of this course is to repair the damage and so avoid those consequences.
Feedback Ratings.
We continuously monitor the quality of our training by obtaining feedback on the two key scales of relevance and presentation from every course delegate. Below are the average ratings for the last ten runnings of this course, which are updated periodically.
Face-to-Face
Presentation: 93%
Relevance: 96%
Online Live
Presentation: 94%
Relevance: 96%
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