CATCH (Children And Trauma Community Hub) is an online support platform that provides accessible tools to inform and empower families supporting children who have experienced early life trauma and are now under: adoption, special guardianship, or child arrangements orders.

This is applicable to parents and carers with children attending schools or settings in Worcestershire.

About CATCH services

CATCH provides:

• extensive collection of webinars - webinars hosted by subject experts can be attended live or watched later on the Hub at a time that suits you
• eLearning courses to expand your knowledge - eLearning courses exploring attachment and trauma in children, the principles of PACE and intercountry and transracial adoption
• wide range of tailored resources - regular new content on topical issues and themes, including video and audio interviews of personal experiences
• podcasts and audio interviews - listen on the go as adopters, carers and professionals share their experiences and top tips
• private forums and peer-to-peer webchat - exclusive, anonymous forums for adopters and special guardians and a private one-to-one webchat service for adopters

Topics include:

• ethnicity and identity
• education
• behaviour and parenting
• attachment and trauma
• additional needs

CATCH provides eLearning, webinars, resources and more for your own learning, support and continued professional development.

Find out more here: Children and Trauma Community Hub - CATCH

Workshops

Join our workshop to learn how to use CATCH's services:

Workshops will be added here when available.

To book, email: virtualschool@worcestershire.gov.uk 

Want to join CATCH?

If you do not have a CATCH membership and would like to be a member, please contact: jbusby@worcestershire.gov.uk