Introduction
Overview, aims and learning outcomes
The Healing Classrooms Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course is suitable for teachers and school staff currently supporting students from refugee backgrounds.
It covers key topics that equip staff to appropriately support students who have experienced trauma from forced displacement and conflict, such as toxic stress, trauma-informed teaching, identity informed approaches to healing, culturally responsive pedagogy and more, through the IRC’s 3-step Healing Classrooms programme. The final three units of this course will be dedicated each to a step of the Healing Classrooms programme.
This course is most relevant for UK-based educators working in mainstream education settings. If you are based outside of the UK, you are more than welcome to complete the course. You can also email IRC at healingclassrooms.uk@rescue.org to see if there is a bespoke Healing Classrooms offer in your country and language.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Use a trauma-informed lens to support students from refugee backgrounds with potential trauma or toxic stress.
Help Prepare a Safe Place to Land for students by implementing key strategies that are discussed in the Healing Classrooms programme.
Help build a community for learning for students by growing cultural competence within your workplace and implementing key strategies.
Create an environment that fosters academic success for all students, utilising culturally responsive pedagogy.
Enrol on the course and a digital badge is awarded for completing each of the five units.
In addition, a course certificate is awarded if you complete all elements of the course content.
