Develop Advanced Skills
What are Circle of Security Growth Learning Courses?
The Growth Learning Courses are designed for COSP Facilitators who want to advance beyond basic content delivery to deepen their understanding of the model of change and develop advanced skills. These courses help you move from simply knowing Circle of Security concepts to skillfully applying them in complex relational dynamics.
Each Growth course builds upon the Path to Secure Hands framework, emphasizing the development of your capacity to co-regulate with caregivers, recognize underlying attachment patterns, and create transformative learning environments. The courses integrate attachment theory, neuroscience insights, and decades of Circle of Security clinical experience.
Who Should Enroll in Growth Learning Courses?
Growth learning courses are exclusively available to Registered COSP Facilitators and Endorsed COS Classroom Coaches who have completed foundational training and are ready to deepen their expertise. We strongly recommend gaining practical experience facilitating COSP before enrolling to maximize your learning outcomes from these advanced courses. While these courses are built with COSP Facilitators in mind, many of the skills you will learn will also benefit COSC Coaches.
To get the most value from Growth courses, you should have:
- Completed COSP Facilitator training.
- Practical facilitation experience with the 8-chapter COSP program.
- Some exposure to real facilitation challenges working with diverse caregivers.
- A desire to move beyond content delivery to process expertise.
The courses are designed for those who have encountered the complexities of working with caregivers experiencing Shark Music, those struggling with attachment challenges, or situations where standard content delivery feels insufficient to create meaningful change.
What Courses Are Included in the Growth Learning Courses?
The Growth learning courses include three specialized courses totaling 32+ hours of advanced training:
Bigger, Stronger, Wiser, Kind Facilitator
- Price: $250 USD
- CEUs: 0.6 (6 hours)
- This course moves you beyond content delivery to develop advanced process fidelity skills. You'll strengthen your ability to Be With caregivers in their learning journey, helping them reflect, regulate, and engage more deeply with the COSP model while exploring your own strengths and struggles in facilitation work.
Shark Music and The Core Sensitivities
- Price: $350 USD
- CEUs: 0.8 (8 hours)
- Deepen your understanding of Shark Music—the uncomfortable feelings and sensations that arise when we perceive relationship threats. This self-paced course provides systematic insight into Core Sensitivities, the underlying themes and predictable reactions that live in our procedural memory and impact our capacity for responsive caregiving.
- Course includes: Comprehensive workbook and assessment tools, Core Sensitivity Questionnaire and Shark Music checklist, hands-on practice exercises and reflection templates, 60-day access to all materials, and integration with existing COSP Facilitator resources.
COSP Theory to Practice
- Price: $349 USD
- CEUs: 1.8 (18 hours)
- This refresher course allows you to revisit and deepen your skills with the flagship Circle of Security Parenting program. Designed for facilitators who want to review their foundational knowledge while advancing their capacity to create transformative learning experiences for caregivers.
How Do Growth Courses Build Upon Foundational COSP Training?
Growth courses transition you from content fidelity to process expertise, focusing on the sophisticated relational skills needed to facilitate meaningful change rather than simply delivering manualized material. These courses emphasize developing your capacity to co-regulate with caregivers and navigate complex attachment dynamics during facilitation.
While foundational COSP training taught you how to use the manual and videos, and COSC Coaching taught you how to support educators in the applications of the model, Growth courses focus on the deeper questions:
- How to Be With caregivers experiencing intense Shark Music.
- How to track moment-to-moment relational dynamics.
- How to recognize and respond to Core Sensitivities in yourself and others.
- How to create psychological safety for vulnerable learning.
- How to support genuine self-reflection rather than intellectual understanding.
The Growth courses follow the Path to Secure Hands framework, helping you develop the same qualities you're supporting in caregivers: the ability to be Bigger, Stronger, Wiser, and Kind in your presence.
How Much Do Growth Learning Courses Cost?
The complete Growth Learning Courses provide 2.4 Continuing Education Units across three specialized courses.
| Course | Price | CEUs | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigger, Stronger, Wiser, Kind Facilitator | $250 USD | 0.6 | 6 |
| Shark Music & The Core Sensitivities | $350 USD | 0.8 | 8 |
| COSP Theory to Practice | $349 USD | 1.8 | 18 |
| Total Courses Investment | $949 USD | 2.4 | 32+ |
Each course can be taken individually based on your learning priorities and professional development needs. All courses include comprehensive materials to support your learning process.
Frequently Asked Questions
While courses can be taken individually, we recommend starting with Bigger, Stronger, Wiser, Kind Facilitator as it provides the foundational process skills that enhance your experience in the other advanced courses.
Most Growth courses provide 60-day access from enrollment, with self-paced learning options that accommodate busy professional schedules.
Growth courses are for registered facilitators or endorsed COS Classroom Coaches. You'll need to complete one of these trainings first before accessing these advanced courses.
All Growth courses provide Continuing Education Units (CEUs) that typically meet professional development requirements. Check with your licensing board for specific approval.
Yes, foundational training qualifies you to facilitate or coach. Growth courses are optional advanced training designed to deepen your skills and enhance your effectiveness.
Advance Your Delivery Service
Elevate your skills from content delivery to genuine process expertise. Enroll in the Growth Learning Courses to confidently navigate complex relational dynamics and create lasting change for those in your service of care.
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