Join us for a warm, practical webinar on why relational safety matters—and how PACE can help children move from simply looking calm to genuinely feeling safe, connected, and able to trust the adults around them.
A practical, trauma‑informed webinar for anyone supporting children who need more than regulation to feel truly safe.
Children can learn regulation strategies, use calming tools, and appear settled on the outside—yet still feel unsafe, disconnected, or guarded on the inside. This webinar explores why relational safety is the missing link, and how PACE offers a powerful, trauma‑informed bridge between a regulated body and a trusting relationship.
🌬️ Calming the Body vs. Feeling Safe With Others
A child may look calm while still bracing internally. We’ll unpack the difference between physiological settling and the deeper experience of safety that emerges only through relationships.
🔗 Why Regulation Alone Doesn’t Create Trust
Regulation skills matter, but they don’t automatically lead to connection, engagement, or long‑term change. You’ll learn why children need more than tools—they need people who feel safe.
🧠 How Trauma Shapes Responses to Adults and Authority
Trauma can distort how children interpret tone, boundaries, and adult intentions. We’ll explore how survival responses show up in everyday interactions and what helps reduce perceived threat.
🤝 The Ongoing Role of Co‑Regulation
Even when children can self‑regulate, the adult nervous system remains central. We’ll look at how attuned, grounded adults create the conditions for openness, trust, and relational repair.
🏠🏫 Relational Safety Across Home, School, and Professional Networks
Safety is built through consistent, everyday moments. You’ll gain practical insight into what relational safety looks and feels like across the systems surrounding a child.
🎈 PACE as a Relational Stance, Not a Technique
Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy offer a shared language and way of being that reduces shame, softens defensiveness, and supports connection—especially during challenging moments.
🔥 Using PACE During Escalation or Shutdown
Discover how PACE can reduce power struggles, de‑escalate threat, and help children recover from overwhelm without increasing fear or shame.
💛 Repairing Ruptures to Strengthen Connection
All relationships experience ruptures. We’ll explore how to recognise them, repair them, and use them to deepen trust over time.
This session is ideal for foster carers, educators, social workers, residential teams, and anyone supporting children with complex needs. It blends neuroscience, trauma‑informed practice, and relational approaches into a warm, practical, and deeply human learning experience.