Trauma Informed Care & Therapy
Pre-School Life Skills Therapy
Pre-School Life Skills Therapy helps children develop the foundational skills typically learned in early childhood; skills essential for communication, cooperation, and building relationships. These include instruction following, functional communication, tolerance, and friendship skills. While these abilities are usually established before school age, children who have experienced developmental trauma, neglect, or disrupted attachment may have missed these milestones, even well into their teenage years.
This therapy builds on the Pre-School Life Skills Assessment, creating a structured programme that teaches these key areas step-by-step while supporting parents to embed learning in everyday routines.
Who Pre-School Life Skills Therapy Helps
Who Provides It?
Overseen by Behaviour Analysts (BCBA, UKBA(cert)) and delivered by Practicing Registrants trained in trauma-informed care and early developmental interventions.
What Can Pre-School Life Skills Therapy Help With?
Who Can It Support?
Suitable for children aged 3 and above, including older children and teenagers who may have developmentally missed early milestones due to trauma, neglect, or neurodevelopmental difficulties.
What Does It Look Like?
The therapy combines direct sessions with the child and coaching for parents or carers to help reinforce learning at home. Sessions use structured, play-based and interactive activities to teach each skill in a supportive, trauma-informed environment. Therapists model strategies for parents, focusing on consistency, patience, and positive reinforcement to help the child succeed. This is a structured evidence based programme where a curriculum will be written in-line with the child’s needs. There is also the friendship element (if needed as part of the child’s programme whereby a sibling can join sessions too.
What Does It Look Like in Practice?
Therapy
Sessions
12 therapy sessions tailored to the child’s developmental level.
Parent/Carer Guidance
Parent/carer coaching to promote skill generalisation at home.
Structured resources and practical tools for ongoing use.
Review & Report
Review and progress evaluation following the programme.
