DDPI Worldwide is delighted to announce the completed DDP in Focus series programme for the second half of 2026.
These online workshops have been carefully curated to help you develop and deepen your DDP skills, broaden your cultural competency, and connect with a global community of practitioners who share your commitment to children and families.
They are open to all professionals who work with children who have experienced relational trauma. Whether you are a therapist, social worker, residential care or education professional there is something in this programme for you.
We now have our first webinar which includes a recording for ticket holders with Dr. Jon Baylin and Dr. Sian Phillips. There are three upcoming workshops for Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Asia Pacific, as well as explorations into navigating school transitions, the neurobiology of developmental trauma, transforming discomfort in transracial adoption and examining assumptions and beliefs around queer identity. The full schedule can be found below.
Continued professional development with DDPI Worldwide is an opportunity to not only learn new skills but also to connect with a community of practitioners navigating similar challenges and successes. As DDP evolves and grows, these workshops give you space to reflect upon and explore aspects of your relational, trauma responsive work grounded in the model.
Past workshop attendees said the following:
“It was amazingly helpful and really inspired me”
“…an excellent workshop that combined theory with practice; and offered opportunities for reflection”
“The presenters were really clear. The information was really interesting and relevant. They gave clear examples which helped think about how to apply ideas to practice.”
“Jon’s thoughtful and informative workshop gave me a welcome boost of confidence, clarity and lots of inspiration.
Full schedule
MIND THE GAP: Transitioning from Primary to Secondary school
Presenter: Lucy Joy
3 June 2026 (8-10am EST, 1pm-3pm BST, 2-4pm CET)
Price: $40–$50 USD
School transitions can be a significant moment for any child, but for children with developmental trauma, the move from primary to secondary school (and between elementary, middle and high school) can intensify feelings in ways that are easily missed or misunderstood. In this workshop, Lucy Joy draws on PACE principles and Dyadic Developmental Practice to explore how practitioners and carers can create relational safety during this vulnerable period.
DDP Group Supervision with Dan Hughes, founder of DDP
7 July 2026 & 22 October 2026 (9am-12noon EST / 2-5pm GMT / 3-6pm CST)
Price: $100 – $125 USD
There are few opportunities quite like this one. Join Dan Hughes, the founder of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, for live group supervision sessions in July and October. Bring your clinical cases, explore your practice, and receive direct guidance from the expert who created DDP. Two sessions are available and we encourage you to book early.
A Deeper Dive into Storytelling
Presenter: Leah Millward
21 July 2026 (12pm-1:30pm AWST & SGT, 2pm-3:30pm AEST, 4pm-5:30pm NZDT)
Price: $40 – $50 USD
Storytelling is at the heart of DDP. In this session, Leah Millward takes us deeper into the art and practice of therapeutic narrative. Explore principles and the application of storytelling within DDP, helping you to build your confidence and connect with others.
Roots and Rhythms: Transforming Discomfort in Transracial Adoption
Presenter: Lucy Joy
16 September 2026 (8am-12noon EST / 1-5pm GMT / 2-6pm CET)
Price: $80 – $100 USD
In this workshop, Lucy Joy invites attendees to sit with discomfort, explore their own assumptions, and develop the skills and confidence to support children and families navigating transracial adoption with honesty, attunement and care. An essential session for everyone working in and around adoption.
Presenter: Leah Millward
22 September 2026 (10am-11:30am AWST & SGT, 12noon- 1:30pm AEST, 2pm-3:30pm NZDT)
Price: $40–$50 USD
This session explores how DDP can be successfully applied in the out-of-home care sector, with individual children, and the teams and organisations around them. Leah Millward draws on her extensive experience as a social worker, DDP Consultant and Trainer to examine how blocked care develops within systems, and how practitioners and agency leaders can begin to rebuild trust and restore safety within their teams and the children they support. Ideal for clinicians, practitioners, and agency leaders working in complex out-of-home care settings.
Color Me Queer: An examination of your own biases around queerness and queer identity
Presenters: Anne Benson & Benjamin Hargrave
6 October 2026 (9am-1pm CDT, 10am-2pm EDT, 3-7pm BST, 4-8pm CEST)
Price: $80 – $100 USD
This workshop invites us into honest, courageous reflection. Anne Benson and Benjamin Hargrave create a thoughtful space for attendees to examine their own assumptions and beliefs around queer identity, helping them to develop the awareness and skills needed to genuinely support LGBTQ+ children and families. Empathetic and hopeful, this is a session that will stay with you.
TRIPLE TROUBLE: The Neurobiology of Developmental Trauma and Implications for Treatment
Presenter: Jon Baylin
29 October (at 3pm-6:30pm PST, 6pm-9:30pm EST) and 30 October (6am-9:30am SGT, 8am-11:30am AEST, 11am- 2:30pm NZDT)
Price: $60 – $75 USD
Jon Baylin is one of the most compelling voices in his field and this session is not to be missed. Triple Trouble takes us inside the neurobiology of developmental trauma, exploring the challenges that shape how children with complex trauma histories experience relationships and regulate their nervous systems. This is an essential workshop for any professional who wants to understand the brain behind the behaviour.
Presenters: Dr. Jon Baylin & Dr. Sian Phillips
19 November 2026 (9am-12noon EST, 2-5pm GMT, 3-6pm CET)
Price: $60–$75 USD
Recording available for this webinar for up to 4 weeks post-event (Terms and Conditions apply)
In this session, Dr. Jon Baylin and Dr. Sian Phillips explore integrating Low Energy Neurofeedback (LENS) and DDP. Learn how these approaches can be brought together to help organise neural networks in ways that improve children and parents’ ability to make use of therapy and reduce automatic defensive responding. For practitioners curious about neurofeedback and what it means for DDP practice, this session offers an exciting opportunity.
Left to right: Dan Hughes, Anne Benson, Jon Baylin, Benjamin Hargrave, Lucy Joy, Leah Millward and Sian Phillips
We are committed to making professional development accessible to as many people in our community as possible. Intersectional Inclusion tickets are available across all our sessions. These tickets warmly welcome people from LGBTQ+ communities, the Global Majority, disabled and neurodivergent attendees, those on low incomes, and adult adoptees.
For teams and agencies, our Buy 2 Get 3rd Free offer makes it easier than ever to invest in group learning. Contact us directly for invoice-based team bookings.
All events are held online and are accessible to practitioners worldwide. Please note that recordings are not available unless explicitly stated on the workshop page.
All sessions can be found in our events and training section under DDPI Worldwide Professional Development. Please book through the individual event pages, where you can also find more detailed course information.
If you have any questions about the DDPI Worldwide professional development programme please use our Contact form. We look forward to seeing you there!
