Trauma Perceptive Practice (TPP) training

Available TPP training and courses.

TPP is the Essex approach to understanding behaviour and supporting emotional wellbeing in children and young people.

To find out more about our TPP training for schools and settings download our Trauma Perceptive Practice (TPP) Information document (PDF, 796KB).

To find out what you can access once you have started your TPP journey and the other initiatives and resources which compliment our training offer, download our TPP Journey flowchart (Word, 119KB).

For Essex schools and settings

All bookings must be made through Education Essex Online, where you can self-select dates, times and locations that best suit your needs, giving you more control over your training plan. Dates will be added regularly so please check back if needed.

For support with booking, please contact WorkforceDevelopment@essex.gov.uk 

For all other TPP queries, please contact tpp@essex.gov.uk 

TPP Self-assessment tools (for use as part of Element 1): 

Ready to regulate

A professional learning programme for adults working directly with children and young people. 

Pre-programme eligibility and expectations:

The school /setting will:

  • have a member of staff who has completed the TPP two day train the trainer and this person will have made sure that rest of the school staff will had at as a minimum the intermediate version
  • have amended policy and practice to reflect TPP – high structure and high nurture within a Behaviour and Relationships Policy

In order to help you decide on whether this is the most purposeful learning development for you and your school/setting download our pre-programme preparation guidance.

All bookings must be made through Ready to regulate | Education Essex online where you can self-select dates that best suit your needs, giving you more control over your training plan. Dates will be added regularly so please check back if needed.

For non-Essex schools and settings

TPP is also available for independent and private schools/settings, alternative provisions and those from outside of Essex.

To explore the options available, please contact tpp@essex.gov.uk to express an interest and tell us about your setting. 

For families

This training is invitation-only for schools and settings that’ve delivered all 9 elements of our TPP schools and settings training to their whole staff.

This training helps schools and settings share what they’ve learnt about TPP with families.

To explore this training option, TPP leads need to contact tpp@essex.gov.uk to explore this training option.

For early career teachers (ETCs)

To find out more about our TPP training for ECTS and teacher training, the teaching school hub needs to contact tpp@essex.gov.uk

For Essex providers and partners

A free TPP short course aimed at community-based providers working in Essex who support schools and settings, children and young people and families.

This training is an opportunity for Essex providers and partners to learn more about TPP and consider how they can adopt and support TPP values in their work.

There are 10 webinar modules to be watched in sequential order: 

Here is the video links handout to be used to access the video content and further recommended reading links, signposted to within these webinars.

This course has emotive content, and we recommend that you download the useful links handout, providing signposting should you or anyone else you know require support with their emotional wellbeing or mental health. 

Please note: This training is not for schools and settings.