EBSA Practitioner Certification

This course runs across two days, 9:30am to 2:30pm each day.
Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th November 2026
Thursday 21st & 28th January 2027
Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd May 2027
Tuesday 22nd & 29th June 2027
About This Course
This is a professional training programme that qualifies you as a Certified STILL Method EBSA Practitioner, for coaches and school staff working with children who cannot get through the school gate.
You'll learn what emotionally based school avoidance is and how to read it, the frameworks used across local authority guidance, and the nervous system explanation underneath them: why mornings are the hardest hour, and why a graded return works where a firm one does not. The approach is built on the five pillars of the STILL Method: STOP, TALK, IMAGINE, LISTEN and LEARN.
Day two is the practical work: the first conversation with a family, building a return that survives a bad week, the doorstep, holding the parent, and working alongside a school without taking over its plan. Scope of practice and referral are covered throughout.
Training is delivered live on Zoom and includes the full handbook, session materials, case studies and a worked example, referral guidance, and a one-to-one call on completion. Certification follows a written case formulation, worked from a case study supplied on the course.