
Managing Relationships in Schools: The ABLE Series
The ABLE Series equips school leaders, inclusion coordinators, and classroom mentors with practical, evidence-informed tools to build safe, connected, and psychologically supportive school environments. Using the renowned ABLE Brief Intervention Framework — Adopt, Build & Boundary, Listen, Empower & End — each course supports confident, relational leadership across all layers of the school system.
Over 4,000 professionals across Ireland have used the ABLE Framework to strengthen communication, manage complexity, and foster school cultures rooted in connection, co-regulation, and inclusion.
Delivered by experienced FACILITATORS. Custom sessions available for schools or groups.

ABLE for Principals and Deputy Principals
Designed for principals, deputy principals, and leadership teams ready to lead systemic change. This course provides the skills to respond confidently to conflict, enhance emotional safety, and embed sustainable, trauma-informed systems of belonging.
You will gain:
- Leadership strategies grounded in the ABLE Framework
- Confidence to manage distress, rupture, and repair with staff or parents
- Insight into family conflict, staff well-being, and role confusion
- Tools to embed whole-school relational systems and psychological safety
ABLE for Assistant Principals
A practical, empowering course for AP1s and middle leaders who shape school culture every day — mentoring peers, guiding teams, and connecting with families.
You will gain:
- Tools to manage difficult conversations and miscommunication
- Communication techniques for managing conflict with clarity and care
- Routines and microstructures that promote inclusion and co-regulation
- Confidence to model relational leadership and build team cohesion
ABLE for Special Class Teachers anD
SENCOS
Tailored for Autism Class teachers, SENCOs, and inclusion leads. This course blends neuroaffirmative approaches, trauma-informed practices, and sensory-aware strategies to meet the needs of students and their families.
You will gain:
- Frameworks for co-regulation, emotional safety, and sensory needs
- Tools to support collaborative practice across SNAs, SETs, and teachers
- Approaches for managing disability-related stress with families
- A deepened understanding of how to embed inclusion as a systemic norm
ABLE for Principals and Deputy Principals
Online
1pm to 4pm
Wednesday Oct 1 2025
Wednesday 5 Nov 2025
Wednesday 3 Dec 2025
Wednesday 14 Jan 2026
Wednesday 4 Feb 2026
ABLE for Assistant Principals
Online
1pm to 4pm
Thursday 2 Oct 2025
Thursday 6 Nov 2025
Thursday 4 Dec 2025
Thursday 15 Jan 2026
Thursday 5 Feb 2026
ABLE for Special Class Teachers and SENCOS
Online
1pm to 4pm
Monday September 29th 2025
Monday November 8th 2025
Monday December 1st 2025
Monday January 12th 2026
Monday February 9th 2026
Monday March 2nd 2026