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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.

Children's Rights eLearning

This course is designed to support you to develop your knowledge about children's rights in Scottish policy and practice.

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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We are delighted to be delivering our Annual Conference on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 May 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central.

It doesn’t feel that long ago that we were packing away banners, pulling together evaluations and debriefing with everyone from our last conference. The Annual Conference will once again bring together diverse voices from across the children’s sector to share best practice, explore innovative ideas and build on our collective aim of creating a country where children and young people have an equal chance to flourish. The programme of keynotes speeches, workshops and a panel discussion will unpack issues relating to UNCRC incorporation, education and learning, additional support needs, equality and diversity and mental health. In addition, there will be a specific strand that flows through the conference focussing on The Promise and the activity happening across the sector to meet its ambitions – particularly in light of 2025 being the halfway point of The Promise’s ten-year lifetime.

Learn more on the Conference Hub

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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 courses:
Participation and engagement with children and young people | Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:30am - 12pm | Online/Zoom
Good governance at times of organisational change | Tuesday, 10 June 2025 10:30am - 12pm | Online/Zoom Free for members
Redefining Strength: cultivating healthy masculinity in the digital age | Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:30am - 12pm | Online/Zoom Free for members

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 commissioned training here.