For practitioners
The WILD AcademyTraining the practice, not the theory
The Academy exists because a framework only works if the adults delivering it share the same understanding. Practitioners progress through four stages, evidencing real practice with young people rather than sitting a course.
The practitioner pathway
Four stages, evidenced in practice
Each stage is assessed against real work with young people and signed off by a WILD Assessor. Progression is about demonstrated practice, not attendance.
WILD Foundation Practitioner
Understanding The WILD Framework and its application to everyday practice.
WILD Applied Practitioner
Developing consistent, confident and evidence-based WILD practice with young people.
WILD Advanced Practitioner
Leading and modelling WILD practice within a team or provision setting.
WILD Lead Practitioner
Shaping practice, quality-assuring delivery and developing others within the WILD methodology.
Beyond the pathway
Designations that sustain the model
WILD Assessor
Quality-assures practitioner evidence and confirms progression between stages.
WILD Supervisor
Provides reflective, framework-aligned supervision to practitioners in the field.
WILD Trainer
Licensed to deliver Academy training within their own organisation.
Curriculum
What practitioners learn
Training is delivered through the same cycle practitioners use with young people: Understand, Support, Engage, Develop. The method is modelled, not only described.
Understand
Support
Engage
Develop
- 01Trauma-informed and relational practice
- 02Regulation, co-regulation and low-arousal approaches
- 03Behaviour as communication
- 04Writing and reviewing individual support plans
- 05Evidencing progress across the five strands
- 06Safeguarding in alternative provision
- 07Working with families and commissioners
- 08Reflective practice and supervision
Who it is for
Individual practitioners, and whole teams
Academy training is open to practitioners working in alternative provision, SEND settings, youth work and therapeutic education, and is delivered organisation-wide for providers adopting the Framework.