The SEL training and daily companion for every adult in your education ecosystem, from the classroom to the front office to home. Start with yourself, explore the science behind behavior, and use the six SEL Muscles™ and Notice Choose Act® in everyday interactions with students. Six trainings, one for every role on campus.
A trusted space on every campus, all year long.
Building Trusted Spaces develops the adults who shape how a campus feels: an eight-module training in the science and practice of trusted spaces, followed by a daily companion through the school year. It is a Tier 1 toolkit. It is not a counseling curriculum or crisis training, and it never replaces professional judgment.
Start with yourself, understand the science behind behavior, build your six SEL Muscles™, and practice Notice Choose Act®. Finish with a certificate of completion.
One page for the week: the focus, where it appears in your work, and what to say. Set your own calendar and pace.
Talk through a realistic scenario with a simulated student, family member, or colleague, then review a debrief of the conversation.
Conversations with working school counselors on building trusted spaces in their roles. Films from the A Trusted Space® series run throughout the training.
Tier 1 support from every adult on campus.
Strengthening Tier 1 reduces the number of students who need Tier 2 or Tier 3 support.
Building Trusted Spaces at Tier 1
Teachers, classified staff, school counselors, and school leaders use the six SEL Muscles™ and Notice Choose Act® with every student, so trust is in place before conflict arises.
Fewer students reach Tier 2
Small groups and targeted plans stay with your school counselors and student services team.
Intensive support for a few
Intensive, individual support will always exist for the students who need it most. Building Trusted Spaces does not replace it or your district’s MTSS plan.
A training for every role on campus.
Each training carries the same eight modules and weekly focus, with examples and practice written for that audience. A district can enroll one group or the whole campus, and families can take part at home.
Support for California community schools.
The California Community Schools Partnership Program names four features of a community school. Building Trusted Spaces and Playgility support all four.
Teachers, classified staff, school counselors, and student services staff share one language for supporting students.
Building Trusted Spaces for Families brings the same training home, with a weekly note about what the school is focusing on.
School leaders and staff learn the same framework and follow one weekly focus on a calendar the district sets.
Playgility for ELO brings the experiential SEL curriculum to expanded learning programs, aligned to the California Quality Standards for Expanded Learning.
Building Trusted Spaces is included with Playgility, the experiential SEL curriculum that teaches students the same six SEL Muscles™ through play in PE and expanded learning programs.
Learn more →FAQs
Who is Building Trusted Spaces for?
Every adult on campus. There are six trainings: teachers, school counselors, classified professionals, school leaders, student services staff, and families.
How long does the training take?
Eight self-paced modules, with a certificate of completion.
What happens after the training?
A weekly focus continues through the school year, on a calendar your district sets.
Is it counseling or crisis training?
No. It is a Tier 1 toolkit for every adult, not a counseling curriculum or crisis training, and it does not replace your district’s MTSS plan.
Does the school counselor training map to professional standards?
All It Takes® has mapped each module of Building Trusted Spaces for School Counselors to the California Standards for the School Counseling Profession, the CTC School Counseling Performance Expectations, and the ASCA National Model.
What information does it collect?
Each adult’s name, work email, school or district, role, and training progress. It holds no student names or student records. The district owns its data, and All It Takes does not sell it. How we handle data →
Does it use AI?
Only in the Practice Room, where generative AI plays a fictional student, family member, or colleague for adults to practice a difficult conversation. It never touches student data.
Is it included with Playgility?
Yes. Every Playgility license includes Building Trusted Spaces. To bring it to every adult on your campus, request a demo.