Programmes & Workshops

Junior Programme
Senior Programme
Parent / Carer Workshop

PTR Junior Programme

The PTR Junior Programme has been created for children between the ages of 8 and 11 years.  It is a series of 10 sessions exploring a range of skills and tools for resilience, regulation and emotional wellbeing through interactive games, reflection activities, creative activities, discussions and breathwork.

The Junior Programme has been successfully delivered over the last 4 years to groups of children and on a 1:1 basis.  It has been delivered as a whole programme as well as in shorter sessions.  It has been used for prevention and as an intervention.

The aim of the programme is to explore fun and engaging, age-relevant, evidence-based skills and tools to develop the PTR core skills for resilience: Balance, Self-esteem, Optimism and Perseverance.

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Rooted in psychoeducation and physiology, the programme draws on positive-psychology, the latest science on the nervous system as well as the mind-body connection.  It has been specifically designed to build on the skills for resilience from session to session.  This is done by:

  • Creating a safe environment for all children to be present

  • Introducing breathwork in session 1 and building on that in each subsequent session

  • Repeating certain activities to reinforce the children’s understanding of resilience and grow self-awareness

  • Introducing new tools each session and taking time to experience these

  • Creating a range of activities and resources to support different learning styles

Sessions are typically 1 hour long but can be adapted to meet the needs of the group or setting.  There are 10 sessions, each focusing on a different area of resilience and each one building on the last.  

By the end of the programme, children have built  a comprehensive toolkit for resilience. Using what they have learnt over the programme, they make their own ‘Soothe Box’ to take home to use whenever they need a reminder of the tools for resilience.

The Junior and Senior Programmes have different activities and areas of focus which make them age-appropriate.  For example, the Senior Programme includes a session on sleep, while the Junior programme includes a session on asking for help.

Balance

Self-Belief

Optimism

Perseverance

Balance Self-Belief Optimism Perseverance

PTR Senior Programme

The PTR Senior Programme has been created for students between the ages of 11 and 16 years.  It is a series of 10 sessions exploring a range of skills and tools for resilience, regulation and emotional wellbeing through interactive games, reflection activities, creative activities, discussions and breathwork. 

AQA Awards 

There are 3 AQA Awards that can be achieved by students attending some or all of the programme.

The Senior Programme has been successfully delivered over the last 4 years to groups of students and on a 1:1 basis.  It has been delivered as a whole programme as well as in shorter sessions.  It has been used for prevention and as an intervention.

The aim of the programme is to explore engaging, age-relevant, evidence-based skills and tools to develop the PTR core skills for resilience: Balance, Self-esteem, Optimism and Perseverance.

Rooted in psychoeducation and physiology, the programme draws on positive-psychology, the latest science on the nervous system as well as the mind-body connection.  It has been specifically designed to build on the skills for resilience from session to session.  This is done by:

  • Creating a safe environment for all students to be present

  • Introducing breathwork in session 1 and building on that in each subsequent session

  • Repeating certain activities to reinforce the student’s understanding of resilience and grow self-awareness

  • Introducing new tools each session and taking time to experience these

  • Creating a range of activities and resources to support different learning styles

Sessions are typically 30 minutes long but can be adapted to meet the needs of the group or setting.  There are 10 sessions, each focusing on a different area of resilience and each one building on the last.  By the end of the programme, students have built  a comprehensive toolkit for resilience. 

The Junior and Senior Programmes have different activities and areas of focus which make them age-appropriate.  For example, the Senior Programme includes a session on sleep, while the Junior programme includes a session on asking for help.

An anatomical illustration of the human head, showing the brain and related structures, along with a side profile of the human respiratory system, including the nose, mouth, throat, lungs, and diaphragm.

  • “When I went to a Taster Day visit recently I was soooo nervous and me and my friends used finger tapping under the desks. It really really helped.”

    Year 6 Pupil

  • “I use finger breathing when I am nervous or when I want to be calm”

    Primary School Pupil

  • "I go to hospital to have my tummy checked because I’m in so much pain and I use breathing to help me. I’m sad the programme is ending"

    Primary School Pupil

  • "I use the breathing when I go to sleep"

    Secondary School Student

  • "I use the humming and the breathing when I am overwhelmed. It makes me calm down"

    Primary School Pupil

  • "I use the humming, it distracts me from bad things I think about. I think Pathways is good to teach people ways to feel happier.

    Primary School Pupil

  • "I do belling breathing to feel calm at night"

    Primary School Pupil

Parent/Carer Workshop 

The PTR Parent/Carer Workshop is an engaging and interactive 90 minute session giving adults the opportunity to explore a range of tools for resilience, regulation and emotional wellbeing to support their children at home. 

The aims of the Parent/Carer Workshop are to:

  1. share simple tools for resilience 

  2. explore the benefits of regulation and co-regulation within the family system

  3. offer a low-key group setting to be able to ‘normalise’ the many challenges of being a parent/carer in today’s world

  4. provide information for post workshop reflection and practice 

  5. make it known that it is never too late to change some methods that might not be working and to create new ways of reconnecting with ourselves and our children

Rooted in psychoeducation and physiology, the workshop draws on positive-psychology, the latest science on the nervous system as well as the mind-body connection. 

The workshop is designed to support all parents/carers, whether their children attend the programmes or not. It can be delivered as part of the Junior or Senior programme or separately from these as a stand alone workshop.

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  • "Big explanations, simple strategies to use, short and clear information, brilliant non-judgemental space, great pace.”

    Primary School Parent/Carer

  • "This should happen for every child in every year group and the staff should also experience the techniques to help support the students. I'm so pleased the school is running this. There is such a need.

    Year 10 Parent/Carer

  • "I feel grateful to know you are working hard to support youngsters and their families to feel calm and sharing such valuable skills for them, and ourselves, to learn."

    Primary School Parent/Carer