Applying sound within real-world child-centred practice
In-person | Small group | Bespoke options available
A one-day CPD training exploring how sound is experienced by children and young people, and how it may support wellbeing or contribute to overwhelm within everyday environments.
Through guided listening, gentle instrument playing and discussion, participants develop an understanding of sound as a sensory and relational experience.
The training offers space to explore how sound may be introduced and used within existing professional roles, including simple, responsive approaches to playing and structuring sessions.
Participants are supported to recognise sound sensitivity, and to work with pacing, restraint, and choice, alongside reflecting on appropriate boundaries within their role, including safeguarding considerations.
“It really highlighted the impact sound has on our everyday lives, and how differently it can be experienced by each person – and each child.”
Early Years Practitioner
This training combines listening, gentle instrument playing and discussion to support practical understanding and application within your setting.
The focus is on awareness, responsiveness, and safe integration into practice, rather than performance or technique.
This training is offered as professional development and does not provide therapeutic or clinical intervention training.
It supports practitioners to work with sound in a more considered and responsive way within their existing professional role and responsibilities.
This training does not prepare participants to deliver therapeutic sound sessions or sound baths with children. Instead, it explores how sound may be introduced thoughtfully and responsively within existing educational, creative, wellbeing, and support roles.
This training is designed for professionals working in child-centred settings who wish to explore how sound may be used in a way that is responsive, appropriate, and grounded in their existing role.
This may include:
Early Years Practitioners
Nursery and Primary Teachers
SENCOs and SEND Practitioners
Classroom Assistants
Sure Start Staff
Children's Arts Practitioners already working within educational or community settings
Children's Wellbeing Practitioners working within their existing professional scope
This training is particularly suited to those who:
Are interested in how sound may support regulation, presence, and transition
Wish to explore sound in a way that is sensitive to individual needs and environments
Value a thoughtful, relational approach rather than fixed methods or performance
Participants are expected to work within an existing professional role, and the training supports the development of awareness and application within that context.
This training is focused on professional application within child-centred settings and does not include the broader exploration of sound offered in other trainings.
"This was a very meaningful experience. I had never fully considered the impact of sound before, and it has given me lots of food for thought within my teaching practice.”
Olivia, Nursery Teacher, Belfast
“I absolutely loved the Sound Awareness training and left inspired to try these ideas within my setting. Tessa has taught me so much.”
Jennifer, Nursery Teacher, Belfast
Sound as a sensory and relational experience
How qualities of sound — tone, rhythm, volume, and texture — are perceived
Variability in sound experience across environment, context, and individual sensitivity
Developing listening through sound, silence, and observation
Exploring responsive approaches to playing and using sound
Working with sound safely, with attention to pacing, volume, choice, and response
Supporting settling, transition, and presence
Recognising sound sensitivities
Reflecting on when to use — and when not to use — sound
Exploring flexible session flow as a responsive guide
Adapting sound use based on context and individual needs
You will explore example ways of structuring sessions, supporting you to integrate sound awareness into your existing role in a way that is responsive, safe, and appropriate to your setting.
Example session flows are provided as practical illustrations of how sound may be introduced within child-centred environments. These are intended as adaptable frameworks rather than fixed programmes or prescribed approaches.
This training aligns with principles from the Sound Space Connect® framework, a practical approach to understanding and responding to sound in everyday environments.
Alternative delivery formats, including shorter multi-session pathways, implementation support, and personalised practitioner mentoring, are available by enquiry.
A full-day, in-person CPD training
Small-group format with guided discussion, practical exploration, and reflection
Includes an optional follow-up reflection and implementation session (online or in person)
Available in-person or online
Suitable for schools, Sure Starts, educational settings, and community organisations
Alternative delivery formats, including shorter multi-session pathways and personalised practitioner support, are available by enquiry
Please get in touch to discuss the most appropriate format for your organisation, team, or professional role.
By the end of this training, you will be able to:
Understand how children and young people may experience sound differently
Recognise and respond to signs of sound sensitivity and overload
Apply sound with awareness of pacing, volume, and restraint
Support sensory awareness, emotional safety, and calmer participation through sound awareness and responsive use of sound
Work with sound in a way that is ethically grounded within your professional role
Reflect on safeguarding, consent, and responsibility in practice
Sound is present in every child-centred environment.
When used without awareness, it can contribute to overwhelm.
When approached with sensitivity, sound can support calmer sensory experiences, connection, and a sense of safety.
This training helps you recognise the difference, and respond in a way that is appropriate to your setting.
This training is offered as professional development and supports practitioners to work with sound within their existing role, aligned with organisational policies, safeguarding frameworks, and scope of practice.
It does not provide therapeutic or clinical certification.
Participants receive a Certificate of Attendance for CPD records.
This training provides 5 hours of CPD learning.
Investment
£397
or 3 monthly payments of £133.
Payment plans are available for participants booking in advance. All instalments must be completed prior to attendance.
Places are limited to support a calm, attentive learning environment with space for individual attention and discussion.
Places are limited to 3 participants per training date.
For further information or to register your interest, please contact:
tessa@tessaunltd.com
Secure your place:
Participants will have the opportunity to explore a range of sound sources as tools for listening, awareness, and responsive playing.
These may include:
Singing bowls
Percussion
Gongs
Drums
Voice
Exploration focuses on how sound is produced, perceived, and responded to, with attention to pacing, volume, space, and individual sensitivity.
No prior musical experience is required.
Instruments and Materials
A small selection of starter instruments may be available for purchase on the day.
Participants will also receive the resource Magical Sounds, supporting continued reflection and exploration beyond the training.
This one-day training is offered on selected dates throughout the year. You are welcome to attend a scheduled date or enquire about a bespoke option.
Sunday 23 August 2026
11.00 am - 5.00 pm
Saturday 3 October 2026
11.00 am - 5.00 pm
Saturday 14 November 2026
11.00 am - 5.00 pm
Places are limited to 3 participants per date to support a calm, attentive learning environment.
An optional follow-up reflection and implementation session is available online or in person, providing an opportunity to discuss observations, questions, and practical application within your own setting.
The Sound Healing Spa
Comber (beside WWT Castle Espie)
Co. Down
BT23 6EA
Tessa Ann is a sound practitioner, sound artist, educator, and facilitator with over three decades of experience working with sound, wellbeing, and sensory awareness across a wide range of contexts.
She is the founder of Tessa Un Ltd and creator of The Sound Healing Spa, offering practitioner training, CPD, and sound-based wellbeing experiences grounded in listening, awareness, and relational practice.
Her work centres on sound as an embodied and relational experience, supporting calmer sensory experiences, connection, and sensitivity within both individual and group settings.
Tessa has worked across education, community, organisational, and creative environments. Drawing on a background in sound, music, yoga, movement, and trauma-aware practice, she offers a calm, responsive, and integrative approach grounded in observation, listening, and ethical awareness.
“I found this training extremely valuable and thought-provoking. It highlighted the impact sound has on everyday life, and how differently it can be experienced by each person — and each child.”
“I loved the day’s training — it was unlike anything I had experienced before. The immersive sound experience, combined with reflection and discussion, really supported my understanding of how differently people respond to sound.”
If you would like to attend an upcoming training or explore a bespoke option for your setting, you are welcome to get in touch.
The small-group format supports attentive learning, shared discussion, and space for individual exploration.
Places are intentionally limited to support a calm and attentive learning environment.
Designed for real-world application in child-centred settings
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