Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) training programme (Online)
Details
- Start: 10/11/2026 2:00 pm
- End: 18/11/2026 5:00 pm
- Ticket Price: Free – this training is funded
- Location: Online/Teams
Important information for enrolment:
Please note this training programme takes place from 2pm-5pm across 4 days:
- 10 November
- 11 November
- 17 November
- 18 November
You must be able to attend the training across all 4 days to be enrolled.
Key Learnings:
- Explore Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) as a tool for attunement
- Build awareness of FAN Core Processes
- Begin to understand the FAN and the Arc of Engagement as a tool for relational practice
- Practice with us, using an experiential approach
This training programme is aimed at early years practitioners, particularly those interested in the principles of Open Kindergarten.
Background
Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) is a relational practice framework and approach for professionals working with families in Early Years.
The role of the frontline practitioner is crucial; learning and evidence from Phase 3 of the Open Kindergarten project cited the importance of having tools to respond to the emotional aspects of working with families, balanced with robust support including reflection opportunities to build and maintain a healthy, well supported practitioner.
Having embedded FAN training as a core learning for all staff since 2018, Midlothian Sure Start are now able to offer FAN Training more widely in Scotland as part of our partnership work on the Phase 4 Open Kindergarten project in conjunction with Children in Scotland and Parenting Across Scotland.
Facilitators
Midlothian Sure Start supports infants, young children and their families to ensure they are building best beginnings. Midlothian Sure Start is an award-winning organisation who have embraced the Erikson Institute’s FAN training and have embedded it as a core learning for all staff since 2018.
Professor Carole Norris Shortle, an international trainer with the Erikson Institute and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland, will also co-deliver this training.
