Handling Trauma Disclosures with Confidence
3 hours of verifiable safeguarding CPD. Build confidence and legal clarity when handling trauma disclosures in professional settings.
Welcome to the Course: What to Expect
Respecting Your Role in the Safeguarding Process
Lesson 1: What is a Disclosure? (Formal & Informal)
Lesson 2: How Disclosures Happen
Lesson 3: Your Role — Legal, Professional & Human
Lesson 4: Why Trauma-Informed Practice Matters
Lesson 1: Safeguarding Leads and Your Duty to Act
Lesson 2: Consent, Confidentiality & GDPR
Lesson 3: Recording, Reporting & Caldicott Principles
Lesson 4: When to Report, What to Say — & What to Expect After
Grounding Yourself Before Responding
Language That Regulates, Not Reacts
Lesson 3: What If I Freeze? (Handling Your Own Fight/Flight)
Lesson 4: De-escalation When Emotions Run High
Lesson 5: Compassion vs Over-Involvement
Lesson 1: What Coercion Really Looks Like
Lesson 2: When Victims Protect the Abuser
Lesson 3: The Professional Who ‘Goes Rogue’ — Compassion or Overstep?
Lesson 4: The Mum in the Wellies Still Shows Up
Lesson 5: The Child Who Carries the Secret
Lesson 1: Why Reflection is a Safeguarding Tool
Lesson 2: What’s Your Default Response Style?
Lesson 3: Regulation Over Reaction — Staying Grounded
Lesson 4: The “I Should Have…” Trap — Shame Spirals & Reflection
Lesson 5: Confidence Without Perfection
Lesson 6: Final Reflection — What Will You Carry Forward?
Lesson 7: Course Completion & What’s Next
Download: Self-Audit Tool
Grounding Toolkit
Download: Personal Pledge — My Next Steps (PDF)
Final Quiz – Trauma-Informed Knowledge Check
Warrior Wisdom – Learner Policies
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