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  • Empathy and emotional regulation

    Empathy is the ability to understand what other people are feeling, put simply, it is seeing things from another person’s viewpoint, and imaginin...
  • Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week

    The Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week occurs on the first full week of February. For 2023 that will take place from 5th to 11th F...
  • Jam Board

    WHAT IS JAMBOARD? We are always looking for different tools to make training interesting and interactive in the classroom, but especially more ...
  • Empathy and Emotions and their impact on learning

    Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. When a learner feels understood and supported: *  It helps them to s...
  • Safeguarding what and how often?

    Safeguarding What safeguarding training do I need and how often do I need to renew it? At The National Training Academy we cater for both E...
  • Resilience

    How can you become more resilient? The holidays can be a stressful time. Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, other traditions or ev...
  • Religious Holidays in December

    It’s December and for many that means Christmas celebrations, but did you know there are many other religious holidays for the month of December?...
  • Classroom Layout

    How you set up your classroom is extremely important. You want to get the best out of the learning experience, so below are a few things for you ...
  • Learning Through Play

    The dreaded ‘role play’ (or skills development as we like to call it!). Is it as bad as we think? Well actually no!  Role play is a really ...
  • Renters' (Reform) Bill

    Timescales and changes A number of our courses refer to Section 21 notices – A Section 21 enables landlords to repossess their properties from as...
  • Time Management

    Time – once it’s gone you can never get it back. Have you ever noticed as you get older time appears to pass more quickly? The long summer hol...
  • Assertiveness

    Being assertive means being able to communicate in a calm and positive way. Assertive individuals are able to get their point across without upse...