Build judgement
Training develops the thinking behind good practice—not just the ability to recall policy or terminology.
Learn · Grow · Lead
Training that changes
how practitioners show up
for vulnerable people.
Better practitioners create better outcomes. Dragonfly CPD equips people supporting vulnerable adults, children and young people with practical skills, stronger judgement and greater confidence across education, care, justice, charities and public services.
THE PURPOSE
Strengthen the adults who hold difficult moments.
The moments that change a person’s trajectory are not always formal interventions. Dragonfly CPD strengthens how practitioners understand behaviour, build trust and respond in the everyday moments that matter.
Change practice
Applied scenarios, reflection and practical tools help learning travel into real conversations and decisions.
Grow confidence
Clear learning pathways give practitioners and organisations stronger shared language, oversight and evidence of development.
What it teaches
The skills behind
every Baxter Project session.
Dragonfly CPD teaches the skills, judgement and engagement techniques that have made The Baxter Project effective — so any school, service or organisation can raise the standard of its everyday practice.
01
Trauma-informed practice
Understanding how adversity shapes behaviour, and how to respond in ways that build safety rather than shame.
02
Professional curiosity
Asking better questions about behaviour before reaching for a label or a sanction.
03
Emotional regulation
Practical tools for helping children — and adults — manage state before expecting engagement.
04
Safeguarding awareness
Confident, current safeguarding knowledge embedded into everyday practice, not treated as a separate module.
05
Values-led support
Helping practitioners connect their day-to-day decisions back to what they actually care about.
06
Confident decision-making
Judgement for complex, ambiguous situations — not just procedures for straightforward ones.
Why it matters
Ordinary moments.
Extraordinary effect.
The moments that change a child's trajectory are not always formal interventions. They are how an adult responds to a child who refuses to engage, how a teacher interprets behaviour, how a practitioner builds trust. Dragonfly CPD is focused on improving those moments at scale.
Who it's for
Schools
Children's services
Charities
Our own team
Built for organisations who want their staff to do more than tick a compliance box — training that feels practical, meaningful and connected to real children in real settings.
Develop your workforce
Build stronger practice across your organisation.
Explore practical CPD for teams supporting vulnerable adults, children and young people—built from frontline experience and designed to change everyday practice.