Build In-House Behaviour Expertise Across Your Setting
The 5-Day +ProActive Approaches Train the Trainer Course. Certify your own staff to deliver trauma-responsive behaviour support, with no hidden fees and no external dependency.
No hidden fees. No per-head charges. Your team, your trainers.
In brief: The +ProActive Approaches Train the Trainer course is a 5-day, BILD Act certified programme that qualifies school staff to deliver trauma-responsive behaviour support training in-house. It is designed for special schools, PRUs, multi-academy trusts, and settings supporting children with SEND, SEMH, or complex trauma.
- 5 days, delivered at your setting or at open course venues across the UK
- BILD Act certified, RRN accredited, delegate certificates included at no extra cost
- ACEs, attachment theory, polyvagal theory, de-escalation strategies, and safe physical intervention using the +ProActive Building Blocks© methodology
- Certified in-house trainers who can train and certificate unlimited staff each year at no additional cost
- Transparent course fee with no per-head charges, no licence fees, and no hidden costs
Is Train the Trainer Right for Your Setting?
This course is for you if any of these sound familiar:
What Your Trainers Will Walk Away With
Not just knowledge: the skills, tools, and certification to transform your entire setting from within.
Become a Certified In-House Trainer
Your chosen staff will be fully qualified to deliver the complete ProActive Schools programme to every colleague in your setting, with no per-head certificate charges or hidden licence fees.
Master the Science Behind Behaviour
Deep understanding of ACEs, attachment, shame, polyvagal theory, and brain architecture, so your trainers can explain the 'why' behind every strategy they teach.
Deliver De-escalation with Confidence
Practical, setting-specific de-escalation techniques including the A to Z of Behaviours framework, the STOP strategy, and Perry's 3 R's (Regulate, Relate, Reason).
Teach Safe Physical Intervention
BILD Act certified positive handling techniques using +ProActive Building Blocks©, our research-based methodology proven to increase skill acquisition and retention.
Build a Therapeutic Culture From Within
Your trainers become the architects of lasting culture change, embedding a shared language for behaviour that outlasts any external consultant.
Certificate Unlimited Staff, Every Year
Once certified, your trainers can certificate as many staff as you need within allowed ratios. No extra charges per head. No hidden costs. Certificates are requested from us at no additional charge.
Imagine Shouting Instructions Through a Locked Door
That's what traditional behaviour management feels like for a child whose stress response has taken over. Their thinking brain is offline. No amount of reasoning, consequences, or raised voices will reach them, because the door is locked from the inside.
In a special school or PRU, this isn't an occasional event. It's the daily reality. Your staff need more than awareness. They need the deep understanding and practical skills to help children regulate, reconnect, and return to a state where learning is possible.
When your own trainers understand the neuroscience behind behaviour, and can teach it to every colleague, your entire setting transforms. The behaviour stops being a crisis to manage and becomes a signal your whole team knows how to read.
Full Course Content
Five modules across five days, covering the what, the why, the how, safe physical intervention, and trainer certification.
Once your trainers are certified, they can deliver the programme to your staff during INSET days, twilight sessions, or any schedule that works for your setting. Complete flexibility, zero disruption.
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External Training vs. Train the Trainer
See why schools that invest in Train the Trainer save significantly from year two onwards.
With external training, you pay the full fee every year. With Train the Trainer, your certified trainers deliver and certificate unlimited staff at no additional cost per head. Most settings recoup the investment within the first year.
What Settings Say After the Course
“Having our own in-house trainers has been transformative. We no longer wait for external availability; we train new staff within their first month. The consistency across our setting is something we've never had before.”
Specialist SEMH Provision, Birmingham
“The Train the Trainer course gave me the confidence and the tools to deliver training that actually changes practice. The Building Blocks methodology means our staff genuinely retain what they learn.”
PRU, South Yorkshire
“We calculated the cost savings over three years and it was a no-brainer. But the real value is having trainers who know our children, our triggers, and our culture. No external consultant can match that.”
Multi-Academy Trust, East Midlands
Frequently Asked Questions
New DfE Guidance: Is Your School Ready?
In December 2025, the DfE published new Guidance on Restrictive Interventions in schools, replacing the 2013 Use of Reasonable Force guidance. Schools must comply from 1 April 2026. The guidance requires staff to be “adequately trained” in both preventative strategies and safe physical intervention, and the DfE has noted strong calls for mandatory national training standards.
What the DfE Now Requires
- Staff must be “adequately trained” in safe use of force and preventative strategies
- Training must be kept up to date (within the last 12 months)
- A dedicated Restrictive Interventions Policy is required
- Governing bodies must review restraint data for disproportionality
Why Train the Trainer Is the Smart Move
- Your in-house trainers keep all staff trained annually, meeting the 12-month currency requirement
- BILD Act certified and RRN accredited: the gold standard recognised by Ofsted, DfE, DoH, and CQC
- Covers both de-escalation and safe physical intervention, as the DfE requires
- No annual external training fees: sustainable compliance year after year
The DfE guidance also requires schools to maintain a training log showing who was trained, when, by whom, and when certification expires. With your own in-house trainers, you control this entirely, ensuring no gaps in compliance.
Get More Info & Book Your Course
Download our full course guide for pricing, open course dates, in-house options, and everything you need to make the case internally. Or book a call to discuss whether Train the Trainer is the right fit for your setting.
Open courses run at venues across the country. Places are limited. Book early to secure your preferred date.