Explore Creative Therapeutic Practice

All courses

Every course in the Learning Portal, organised through the six pillars of The BOUNCE Approach®.

Foundation courses

• Introduction to Snapshots — How to complete one, and what the results are telling you. (30m)
• An Introduction to The BOUNCE Approach® — Why behaviour is communication, and how to look underneath it. (1h 30m)
• Delivering Learning Journeys — A 12-month PSHE curriculum with lesson plans, delivered as whole-class sessions across the year.

Practitioner Programme

• Whole-Setting Implementation — Rolling the approach out across a whole school. (1h)
• Certified BOUNCE Approach Practitioner — The full practitioner pathway through the framework. (11h)

B — Body and the Nervous System

• B — Body and the Nervous System Applied Neuroscience — What is happening in the brain and body underneath. (10h)
• Somatic Exercises — Slow deliberate movements that bring attention back to the body. (30m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Grounding Techniques — Bringing a child back to the present moment. (46m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Drumming for Regulation — Rhythm and drumming used to regulate over a series of sessions. (1h 21m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Exploring Mindful Awareness Interventions — Attention practices adapted for children. (53m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Expanding the Window of Tolerance — Widening the range a child can cope within. (42m)
• Executive Functions and Poor Behaviours — When what looks like defiance is a capacity problem. (1h 18m)
• De-escalation through Co-regulation — Using your own regulated state to help a child de-escalate. (1h 34m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Supporting ADHD Students — Practical adjustments for attention, impulse and movement. (3h) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Reducing Anxiety through Gut Health — The gut-brain link and its part in anxiety. (40m)
• Supporting Students with Executive Function Difficulties — Building the skills a task actually needs. (33m)

O — Openness and Trust

• O — Openness and Trust Applied Attachment — The Applied Framework course for the Openness pillar. (2h)
• Sand Play Training — Training to run sand tray work with a child. (4h 30m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• A Parts Approach — Working with the part of a child that holds the feeling. (4h 30m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Running a Tree of Life Intervention — Roots, branches and hopes, used to steady a sense of self. (44m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) — Why a child cannot come in, and what helps. (1h 51m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Managing Demand Avoidance — When demands can trigger a threat response, and how to reduce pressure and support autonomy. (1h 6m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Running Nurture-Informed Groups — Setting up and running a nurture group in a school. (2h 30m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Different Behaviour Between Home and School — When a child holds it together all day and falls apart at home. (57m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Reducing Anxiety through Soft Landings — Making arrival at school feel safer and more manageable, morning by morning. (1h 3m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Being Trauma Informed — What trauma does to a developing nervous system, and what changes because of it. (55m) Available on its own or as part of a package.

U — Understanding Sensory Differences

• U — Understanding Sensory Differences Applied Sensory Processing — The Applied Framework course for the Understanding pillar. (4h)
• Interoception in the Classroom — Building body awareness as everyday classroom practice. (26m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Running SEMH Sensory Circuits — A short daily circuit of alerting, organising and calming activity. (3h) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Creating a Multi-Sensory Regulation Toolkit — Build a personal toolkit of sensory strategies with a child. (1h 1m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Sensory-based Story Massage — Story told with agreed strokes and pressure on back or arms. (2h) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Emotional Overwhelm due to Sensory Overload — When the sensory environment is what tipped it over. (1h 14m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Fidget Toys for Learning and Regulation — Using fidget items purposefully rather than as a reward. (57m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Exploring Sensory Differences & Assessment of Need — Recognising sensory differences and working out what a child needs.

N — Navigating Emotions

• N — Navigating Emotions Applied Emotion — The Applied Framework course for the Navigating pillar. (3h 30m)
• Delivering the BOUNCE Programme — Twelve weeks of emotional literacy work with a small group, LEGO®-style. (1h)
• Drawing Feelings Intervention — A sequence of sessions working through drawing. (3h) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Running a Play-doh Feeling Session — Feelings shaped in dough rather than described. (2h) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Running a Theory of Mind Intervention — Exploring how different people can know, notice and interpret the same situation differently. (57m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Lego Feelings Intervention — Feelings built and talked about through bricks. (1h 11m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Creative and Expressive Arts — A structured series using several art forms. (4h) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Reducing Anxiety in Children — What keeps anxiety going, and what reduces it. (1h 11m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Emotional Regulation and BOUNCE — How regulation is understood within the framework. (1h 12m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Negative Behaviour and Emotional Intelligence — How emotional understanding changes behaviour. (1h 20m) Available on its own or as part of a package.

C — Connection and Communication

• C — Connection and Communication Applied Communication — The Applied Framework course for the Connection pillar. (3h 40m)
• Running a Lego-based Therapy Intervention — Structured building in roles, to build interaction. (3h)
• Running Solution Circles — A group process for solving one person's problem together. (1h) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Running a Comic Strip Intervention — Sessions using comic frames to work through events. (2h 30m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Restorative Justice in Schools — A structured process for repairing harm between people. (2h 11m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Using NLP to De-escalate and Defuse Conflict — Language patterns for defusing a rising situation. (58m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Exploring the Principles of NVR — Presence and persistence without escalation. (1h 5m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Using Declarative Language — Commenting rather than questioning, to lower demand. (1h 30m) Available on its own or as part of a package.
• Supporting Autistic Students in the Classroom — Practical classroom adjustments, affirming rather than corrective. (54m)

E — Esteem and Identity

• E — Esteem and Identity Applied Identity — The Applied Framework course for the Esteem pillar. (5h)
• Being Neurodivergent Affirming — Adapting the setting rather than asking a child to mask. (1h 10m) Available on its own or as part of a package.