Early Years Foundation Stage Training

Looking to train a group, whole team or organisation in emotional health and wellbeing?

Togetherness Early Years Foundation Stage Training for professionals is designed to support and enhance emotional health and wellbeing for those working in an early Years setting. It looks at the Solihull Approach model as integrative theories and applies to practical examples from within Early Years to consider the importance of relationships and nurturing connected, sensitive and responsive interactions. Developed by psychologists, child psychotherapists, and practitioners, the Early Years Foundation Stage Training is evidence-based and highly rated across sectors. It introduces a way of thinking and working with families, groups or in one-to-one interactions that transcends professions and communities. The Approach helps practitioners to understand more about brain development to read and shape behaviour, communication, and emotional health.

For any practitioner working with babies and young children in an Early Years setting.

Key facts

Duration:

2 Days (5 + 5 hours)

Course level:

Training

Price (open individual):

N/A

Price (closed virtual):

£1,326

Price (closed face-to-face):

£1,826 (inclusive, apart from resources)

Pre-requisite training:

N/A

Pre-requisite to deliver:

N/A

What difference will it make?

The Early Years Foundation Stage Training integrates a knowledge of the UK Early Years Foundation Stage with the Solihull Approach model and is designed to equip Early Years practitioners with an effective approach to supporting families and improving emotional health and wellbeing for babies, young children and their parents or carers.

The training explains the fundamentals of early brain development in accessible, relevant terms to support a range of professions. Equipped with this knowledge and working through a series of real-life case studies prepares practitioners to engage families and young children with confidence and to make a real and lasting impact.

The Togetherness team are passionate about early intervention and responsive relationships supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for:

the parent-child relationship

child prosocial behaviour

behaviour difficulties

parental anxiety and stress

practitioner satisfaction

Course content

Introduction to baby and early childhood brain development

Understanding behaviour as a communication

The Solihull Approach: Containment, Reciprocity, Behaviour Management

Development milestones

Emotional wellbeing

Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Parent-baby and parent-young child relationships

Practitioner support for parent baby and parent child relationships

Delivery

The Early Years Foundation Stage Training is designed for any practitioner working with babies, young children and their families.

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates.

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack.

The Early Years Foundation Stage Training can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required.

There are 14 days between Day One and Day Two of the training to enhance theory into practice.

Book now

Book an individual place here.

For ‘closed’ training, please complete an enquiry form to discuss a bespoke order.

Contact our team to discuss tailored training packages or commissioning multiple training days.

Resources

Delegates will require the First Five Years Resource Pack which includes a comprehensive summary of the Solihull Approach theoretical model, case studies, and a series of frameworks and guides for parents on various issues in the first five years: for example, sleeping, eating, toileting, playing, emotional and physical development.