What you will learn?
Please complete the case study in full before reviewing the provided answers. This ensures you can engage with the material fully and develop your professional judgment independently, allowing you to apply the learning effectively in practice.
Participants must successfully complete the multiple-choice/true-or-false assessment to be eligible for the certificate of completion. This ensures that learners have understood and can apply the principles of practical self-care effectively in their professional practice.
About the course
Practical Self-Care for Professionals Working with ACEs
Preventing Burnout and Sustaining Your Practice
Course Overview
Working with individuals affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is rewarding but can be emotionally and professionally demanding. This practical, self-paced online course equips professionals with the tools, strategies, and techniques to maintain well-being, prevent burnout, and sustain high-quality trauma-informed practice.
Through engaging slides, interactive tasks, comprehensive handouts, and workbooks, participants gain immediately applicable skills to support their personal resilience and professional longevity.
This course also includes case studies, practical assessments, and a certificate of completion, providing recognition for your commitment to professional development.
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for:
Professionals in education, healthcare, social care, justice, and perinatal services working with trauma-exposed populations
Anyone seeking practical self-care strategies to prevent burnout
Staff aiming to enhance personal resilience while maintaining trauma-informed practices
Course Benefits
By participating in this course, you will be able to:
Implement practical self-care strategies tailored to professionals working with ACEs
Recognise early signs of stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout
Apply workable techniques immediately to improve wellbeing and professional performance
Access resources, references, and tools for ongoing support
Gain confidence in sustaining your practice while protecting personal health
Course Features
Online, self-paced: complete at your own convenience
Estimated 5 CPD learning hours (not yet accredited)
Interactive slides and practical tasks to apply learning immediately
Handouts and workbooks with references and further resources
Case study exercises to embed learning
Assessment with a certificate of completion to demonstrate your CPD commitment
Why Take This Course?
Working with ACEs can be emotionally challenging, and without structured self-care, professional burnout is a real risk. This course provides practical, actionable solutions to maintain well-being, prevent fatigue, and continue delivering high-quality, trauma-informed care.
Invest in your resilience, safeguard your practice, and ensure you can continue to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those you support.
Please note: This course is not yet formally accredited, and CPD hours are based on the estimated learning time.
Call to Action
Prioritise your health and well-being today
Enrol in Practical Self-Care for Professionals Working with ACEs and gain the skills, resources, and confidence to sustain your practice while protecting your health and resilience
About the teacher
Dr Lydia Taiwo
DSc Pathology - Patient Testing, ACEs Educator & Specialist Consultant, Diploma Safeguarding &...
Dr. Lydia Taiwo is an award-winning author, trauma-informed educator, and leading specialist consultant on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), toxic stress, and safeguarding practice. With a PhD in Patient Testing and extensive experience in training professionals across education, health, and social care, Dr. Taiwo combines academic expertise with powerful lived experience as an ACEs survivor.
She has authored over a dozen influential books on trauma, safeguarding, and child protection, widely used by educators and practitioners in the UK and internationally. Through her work with Haven Hall, Dr. Taiwo empowers professionals to understand ACEs, recognise trauma, and create safer, more compassionate environments for children, parents, and adult survivors.
Her message is clear and inspiring:
-Your ACE score does not define your destiny — awareness, empathy, and the right support can change everything.
