Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSA) Training

Training courses are run annually, typically from January to June. Courses will be advertised through; KELSI, The Education People and on this website. The six days of training covers modules such as:

Day 1

An Introduction to Emotional Literacy

Introductions for ELSAs and Line Managers

Day 2

Active Listening

Social skills, Friendships and Games

Day 3

Attachment, Resilience and Self-Concept

Day 4

Managing Emotions and Difficult Feelings

Day 5

Loss, Bereavement and Family Break-Up

Therapeutic and Social Stories

Day 6

Play and Drawing

Getting Started - Applying and Developing ELSA Learning (with Line Managers)

ELSA Supervision

We have 14 supervision groups across the county, including a group specifically to cater for our ELSAs in secondary schools. This means that there should be a local supervision group for each ELSA, enabling them to network with neighbouring schools.

Supervision sessions of two hours are run by a qualified EP on a termly basis and ELSAs are expected to attend all sessions wherever possible.

For any more information email elsa@kent.gov.uk

To register your interest in the next course please complete this form below: