BUSS® Level One Training 2025

Trainer

Sarah Lloyd, is a specialist Occupational Therapist and Play Therapist. Working in CAMHS teams in England and in Scotland. While working in Fife CAMHS (2005-2013), Sarah developed a specialist CAMHS / Social Work team working with children who were looked after and this became the Springfield Project. It was during this time that Sarah developed the BUSS Model. She headed up the ADHD assessment service and worked in the Leeds Eating Disorders Team, while continuing the development of BUSS, and Leeds CAMHS service. In 2018 she was seconded by the Children’s Commissioner, to the Therapeutic Social Work Team and One Adoption West Yorkshire to continue to develop the BUSS clinical work as well as training staff in this way of working.

Sarah has completed her MA in Psychoanalytic Studies in 1991 before going on to complete a number of clinical trainings. She currently works part time in Leeds CAMHS, seconded to fostering and adoption services and part time heading up the BUSS team in partnership with the Oakdale Centre.

Sarah Lloyd is a Specialist Occupational Therapist and Author of the BUSS® Model. Sarah has published 2 books: Improving Sensory Processing in Traumatised Children (2016) and Building Sensorimotor Systems in Children with Developmental Trauma (2020).

Description of course

Level One training builds on the one day ‘Introduction to the BUSS® model’ training.

It is designed to increase participants’ knowledge and understanding of the model, the key tenets of which are movement, playfulness and relationships. Using teaching, case studies, video, small group work and hearing from parents experienced in using the model, participants will develop their understanding of children’s motor development and learn how to make a hypothesis about the state of development of a child’s proprioceptive, vestibular and tactile functioning using this information.

By the end of Level One, participants should have an understanding of the sequential nature of motor development in the preschool child, taking into consideration the individual child and the environment that child is growing up in.

Participants should know what the critical stages of development are and how these form a platform for later development. Participants will also be beginning to understand the impact of critical stages being missed and how this impacts on the developing child.

Participants will be offered guidance on how to use the BUSS® screening tool with families to aid observation of how a child is moving.

There is an expectation that participants will use this framework to undertake observations of typically developing children between the day two and day three sessions, ready to reflect on these in group discussions.

After Level One training delegates can enrol on our BUSS® in Early Years Groupwork training. Delegates who have a clinical or social work training (e.g. eligible for HCPC, BASW or equivalent) will be ready to move onto Level Two training, which will support them to develop their skills in assessing the state of development of an individual child or young person’s foundation sensorimotor systems.

Objectives and Outcomes from the course

Participants will build on the introductory training day to develop a greater understanding of sensory integration theory, considering the relational context required for development

Participants will develop their understanding of the sequential nature of motor development in the first 3 years of life, using teaching, practical activities, video analysis and group work

Participants will become more familiar with the underpinning tenets of the BUSS® model and have the opportunity to practise the kinds of games and activities used at this stage of the model

Participants will hear from families who have used the model and have the chance to talk with parents about their experience of supporting the development of their children’s underdeveloped sensorimotor systems and the impact this has made on their lives

Participants will be given guidance in the use of the BUSS® screening tool and there is an expectation that this will be used by participants between day two and day three of the training

Who should attend

This course is suitable for anyone who has completed our Introduction to the BUSS® Model training.

If it has not been possible to attend a BUSS® introduction day, it may still be possible to attend the Level One training but some preparatory reading / discussion will be required.

This course is not suitable for participants wishing to develop skills in sensory integration therapy with children who have sensory processing disorders.

Pre-requisite

Participants must have completed the Intro to the BUSS Model online course to be able to access this Level One course.

PLEASE NOTE: July 9th is held ONLINE

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