An Introduction to Trauma-Informed Practice

Content
4 modules

Rating

Course length
2 hours

Instructor
John Maskrey

Released
05 Nov 2025

Price
£15.00

Description

This short, self-paced course shows how understanding trauma can help you create safer, more supportive environments for everyone. You’ll get clear, practical steps to make your interactions more effective—whether you work in healthcare, education, social services, or management.

Learn what trauma is, how it shapes behaviour, how to spot common signs, and how to put trauma-informed approaches into practice.

Delivery: 100% online

Duration: Around 2 hours of learning

Assessment: Reflective activity + multiple-choice questions

Regulated Qualification: No, this is a professional development CPD course

Award: Digital badge on completion

In order to receive the digital badge your consent is required for us to share your name and email address with our digital credentials provider, for the sole purposes of issuing your digital badge. A certificate of completion will also be available to you on successful completion of the course should you wish not to consent to sharing your details.

NCFE offers both Ofqual Regulated qualifications and non-regulated professional certifications. This course forms part of the NCFE professional development portfolio designed to support lifelong learning and workforce development, and is non-regulated.

Objectives

Through successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  1. Define trauma
  2. Recognise common signs of trauma

  3. Identify the six core principles of trauma-informed practice

  4. Apply trauma informed communication strategies

  5. Reflect on current practices and identify at least one change you can make to create a more trauma informed environment

Certificate

By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Completion of completion - CPD course - NCFE (2025)

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