Ms Clodagh Carroll:

The challenge for any setting that children are coming into is the variety of needs the children may have, whether that is the additional needs that Ms Ward has spoken about, or traumatised children coming from situations that have been very unsettling for them and their parents. Our webinars and supports are around the trauma-informed care perspective, what to expect, how to set up an environment that can work towards balancing children's nervous systems, how to approach children who may respond differently, and how to recognise different behaviours that may indicate there are additional needs for that child or may indicate there is trauma behaviour. It may be parental support that is required for these children or it may be about supporting early years settings, in particular, in these webinars, to help to communicate with parents about how to support their children with the needs they have, whatever they may be presenting with. It is also about looking at availability of services in the area and how they can understand what is happening for that child in order to integrate that child into their service and provide support for that child and their parent.