The ABLE 4 Senior Leaders training is a five-day training course, focused on the ABLE Brief Intervention Framework that supports Principals and Deputy Principals to navigate challenging interactions in a time-bound manner. 

This is a practical, empowering and participative course designed for principals, deputy principals and leadership teams as a tool to assist them in leading systemic change. This course provides the skills to have meaningful, time-bound, relationship-based conversations, respond confidently and increases awareness of emotional safety, underpinned by a trauma-informed lens.

 You will gain:

• A practical framework for navigating challenging conversations with colleagues, school staff, parents, students and others
• The confidence to recognise, respond to and manage signals of distress in a respectful, time-bound way
• A straightforward strategy to listen effectively and respond appropriately within limited time and resources
• Simple yet powerful questions that help others find their own solutions
• A structure to close conversations clearly, while keeping the door open for future support, yet ensuring you do not take on additional responsibility
• Using this tool as a focus to embed whole-school relational systems and psychological safety
• Insight into family conflict, staff well-being and how the ABLE Brief Intervention Framework can help