Available courses

An introduction to Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)

In this module, you will explore Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) and how it helps to ensure that children and young people get the right help, at the right time, from the right people.

Building Good Relationships with Children and Young People eLearning

This course will help you understand how you can build strong, meaningful and productive working relationships with the children and young people you work with.

Supporting families with Open Kindergarten

Learn about what the Open Kindergarten approach is and how it supports the implementation of national policy seeking to improve outcomes for children and young people in Scotland.

Understanding care experience and the role of pupil support staff

This is Module 1 in a three-part series aimed at improving support for care experienced learners in schools.

This module is designed to help you build knowledge and understanding of what The Promise is and the wide variety of care experience that children and young people can have. You will explore five different characters with care experience and recognise the role that pupil support staff can play in providing support in schools.

Practical approaches for supporting care experienced pupils

This is Module 2 in a three-part series aimed at improving support for care experienced learners in schools.

This module requires learners to have a foundational understanding of care experience and The Promise (see Module 1). Explore how key theories, practical approaches and policy frameworks can be employed to effectively support care experienced children and young people in schools. 

Creating positive care experienced communities within schools

This is Module 3 in a three-part series aimed at improving support for care experienced learners in schools.

This module is aimed at those who are confident in their practice support care experienced learners (see Module 2) and want to consider how they can be a catalyst for positive change in their wider school community. 

Let's talk trauma: a guide for young people and professionals

This resource, for professionals and young people to work through together, explores how trauma can affect everyone's brains and bodies differently.

Recognising and supporting vicarious trauma

This course explores how our work in the children’s sector can impact our mental health and provides practical advice and strategies to help you support your own wellbeing whilst fulfilling your role.


My Rights, My Say eLearning

A short module designed to help teachers support children and young people with additional support needs in schools.

Participation with Children and Young People eLearning

This course is designed to help you understand and enact good quality participation and engagement with children and young people. 

Vision Impairment in Preschool Children eLearning Course

This course is designed to enhance your understanding of vision impairment in children and offers strategies that you can adopt and should consider for your early years settings.



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In addition to the free eLearning courses here, we also offer a wide arrange of live courses: see the full programme here.

Upcoming events:
Member Forum: The children sector’s use of children and young people’s images | 5 November 2026
Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) training programme (Online) - Fully Funded | 10-18 November 2026
How to begin setting up an Open Kindergarten | 12 November 2026
More than a number: creative and human ways to measure impact | 17 November 2026
Supporting children & young people who have had negative experiences online | 10 December 2026
Distressed not ‘difficult’ – supporting distressed behaviour in children | 28 January 2027

Workshop submissions open for Children in Scotland's Annual Conference 2027

Need to update your Child Protection training? We offer online courses on that. See our upcoming dates here.

Have a number of staff you need to train? We work with your organisation’s objectives, budget, and schedule to develop a learning package that is right for you offering shorter length seminars, half or full-day workshops, as well as multiple-day sequenced learning programmes.  Learn more about our bespoke training here

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