Certificate in Understanding ACEs

Catrina Lowri Creator of Neuroteachers resources

Course 1hr 5 modules

Developed by Catrina Lowri, qualified special needs teacher, SENCO and creator of Neuroteachers resources, this online training course will provide you with the knowledge and awareness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in early years.

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Adverse childhood experiences, including abuse, neglect and dysfunctional home environments, are associated with the development of harmful behaviours in later life. When children do not have ‘good enough care’, children’s neuropathways do not form in the same way as children who have and therefore their brain may develop typically. It is important that all early years practitioners have an understanding of this.

Developed by Catrina Lowri, qualified special needs teacher, SENCO and creator of Neuroteachers resources, this online training course will provide you with the knowledge and awareness of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in early years.

Please note: This course consists of learning through video, task completion and further reading/research. Please consider this when planning and allocating your time. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives of the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own setting.

Designed in line with the following policies

Keeping children safe in education
Working together to safeguard children

Important note for non-UK learners: Although this course reflects best practice principles and might be useful for learners outside the UK, please note that it is based solely on UK guidance and legislation. Please make sure you also adhere to relevant legislation applicable in your own country.

Catrina Lowri

Catrina Lowri is a qualified special needs teacher and experienced SENCO. She recently launched her website ‘Neuroteachers’ which offers a library of short ‘how to’ and explanation videos for educators. Catrina also writes and delivers online training and events for multi academy trusts, businesses, schools and training organisations.

Her passion for inclusion has led her to train as a specialist lead trainer for the Positive Regard Programme. This offers schools relational methodology to help reduce behaviours of concern. She will shortly be offering this training to settings in the South of England and Wales.

Catrina recently worked on an Impact Project with staff from the Autism Centre for Education and Research at University of Birmingham, creating online resources aimed at school leaders to help prevent exclusion for autistic learners. She has become a distance learning trainer on the Master’s In Autism course at the University of Birmingham due to her work with anxious non-attenders.

Catrina is an Autism Education Trust Lead Trainer in North Somerset. She runs the ASK (Autism and Social Communication) project, employing 4 autistic trainers. She has had several articles published in the Good Autism Practice (GAP) journal, and has collaborated on award-winning training. Catrina qualified with a secondary PGCE in German and history some 22 years ago, and initially worked as a modern languages teacher and then head of German. In 2014 she completed a Master’s in Autism.

Catrina is neurodivergent herself, having the dual diagnosis of dyslexia and bipolar disorder. She talks openly about her experiences as an ND teacher and offers support to other educators with similar needs to her own. She believes that being taught by an ND teacher can offer learners a role model who has had similar experiences to their own. It also offers parents hope that their ND children can succeed and reach their full potential.

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