Entry Requirements for Training Pathway
Participants must be accredited practicing therapists or professionals, or practitioners (such as lived experience practitioners or family support workers) who work with children and families within an organisation that maintains practice governance, supervision, safeguarding, and equality policies.
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Foundation Training
Duration
4 days, of which 3 are didactic teaching days and one practice day to consolidate learning and apply it to your own workplace situation. (total 24 hours).
Certification
Candidates receive an attendance certificate upon completion.
Coursework Requirement for Accreditation and Eligibility for Level 2
Participants must present a reflective journal detailing their journey in NVR, how it resonates with them, and examples of its application in their practice. This journal will be assessed and evaluated by a Connective Strength associate (charges apply).
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A level 2 certificate is given once the coursework has been evaluated as passed.
Advanced Training
Duration
6 days in total (36 hours).
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Generic Advanced Level module
4 days, of which 3 are didactic teaching days, and one practice day to consolidate learning and apply it to your own workplace situation.
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One of three Specialist Advanced Level modules
2 days focusing on a specialisation.
Forthcoming Training
Foundations in NVR (NVRA Level I)
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With Kerry Shoesmith and Peter Jakob: 20-23 May 2025.
Location and venue TBC.
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Generic Advanced training in NVR (NVRA Level II module 1)
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With Peter Jakob and Kerry Shoesmith: 14-17 October 2025.
Location and venue TBC.
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Specialist Advanced training in NVR (NVRA Level II, module 2)
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With Peter Jakob and Kerry Shoesmith – NVR as a Trauma and Child-focused approach: 12-13 January 2026.
Location and venue TBC.
Specialist Advanced Levels Available
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Child and Trauma
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Organisational (agency-based or available on request with sufficient individual demand)
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Residential and Fostering (agency-based or available on request with sufficient individual demand)
Coursework Requirement for Accreditation and Eligibility for taking part in Level 3/Accreditation Module:
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Participants must submit a case study on an NVR intervention, incorporating relevant literature, to achieve NVRA Level 2 accreditation and qualify for Level 3 accredited practitioner training.
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Coursework will be evaluated by a Connective Strength associate. Charges apply.
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Currently, we do not provide an Accreditation Module. However, the accreditation module can be undertaken with any other NVRA training organisation).