Understanding Attachment & Trauma in the Classroom (Free Guide for Schools)
A practical guide for school staff supporting adopted, looked-after (LAC) and previously looked-after (PLAC) children: what attachment and trauma actually change in the classroom, and what the evidence says helps.
Covers two named frameworks from the adoption and fostering field (PACE and the Secure Base Model), practical shifts for everyday classroom moments, and how to work with the parents and carers who hold the child's history. Grounded in named research (DfE statutory guidance, the EEF, Adoption UK's 2024 Barometer and the original ACE Study) rather than general reassurance.
Written by Dave Church, a former Deputy Headteacher and adoptive parent, founder of Braythorpe.
11 pages. Free to download. Written for SENCOs, designated teachers and class teachers.
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