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Feb 8, 20181 min read
Follow Me
“You do everything you can to keep your child safe in the ‘real world’ – why wouldn’t you do the same online?” Follow Me is a social...
Feb 7, 20181 min read
I wish my teacher knew
Classrooms across America are taking part in America's Safe Schools Week. The goal of the annual campaign is to give educators, students...
Feb 3, 20181 min read
Folk need to talk to other folk... simple.
#CompassionateAction #NasDaily
Feb 2, 20181 min read
Truth telling
Helen Oakwater explains why so many adopted and fostered children "explode" for no apparent reason... and why “100% truth telling in an...
Jan 29, 20181 min read
Blame
"Inspirational thinker Brené Brown considers why we blame others, how it sabotages our relationships, and why we desperately need to move...
Jan 24, 20181 min read
Empathy vs Sympathy
“Rarely can a response make something better. What makes something better is connection.” - Brene Brown "What is the best way to ease...
Jan 23, 20181 min read
Nonviolent Resistance in action
This outdoor gym was created from melted-down knives collected by the police from gang members in London - nonviolent resistance in...
Jan 23, 20181 min read
Baby Naomi and The Roots of Empathy
"Naomi isn’t your average teacher. For one thing, she’s only 6 months old. But in many schools across Canada babies like Naomi are a...
Jan 10, 20181 min read
Every child deserves a champion
"Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they...
Jan 7, 20181 min read
Lotty
"Lotty is a 10 year old adoptee, explains when she thinks it's best to share with a child about their pre adoption life.” via Al Coates...
Jan 7, 20181 min read
The Window of Tolerance
This new animation from Beacon House shows how a traumatised child swings from fight/flight to freeze/collapse; and what adults can do to...
Jan 1, 20181 min read
"The Lost Children of Trauma"
This powerful animation video, from The Open Nest, was created 3 years ago... It was produced by adopters and adoptees to raise...
Nov 5, 20171 min read
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. In her TEDMED Talk, Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the...
Nov 4, 20171 min read
Some words can hurt
From the powerful OVEO & @StopVEO verbal abuse campaign - “Let's educate our kids in a violence free environment”. Take a look at our...
Oct 25, 20171 min read
TEDx - Violence - a family tradition
“Robbyn Peters Bennett is a psychotherapist, educator, and child advocate who specializes in the treatment of trauma-related mental...
Oct 10, 20171 min read
Supportive Parenting
Supportive Parenting - neither rescuing nor abandoning, but warmly encouraging... Eli R Lebowitz - Anxiety and the family: Parenting...
Oct 7, 20171 min read
Useful tips for de-escalation
Useful tips for de-escalation, delivered with FAS in mind, but applicable to anyone who can easily become volatile. 5 Unhelpful Responses...
Aug 26, 20171 min read
NVR in Action
CCTV footage of police officer, Anirut Malee, disarming a man wielding a knife is great example of NVR in action... You can read more...
Aug 26, 20171 min read
Children Who Experience Early Childhood Trauma Do Not ‘Just Get Over It’
Click here to read this article from www.socialworkerhelper.com (originally shared on our FB Page in March 2016). Take a look at our...
Jul 26, 20171 min read
Supportive parenting can work wonders...
How 6 months of unpredictability proved "life changing" for one teen with autism. (Read the ABC News article here) You can also watch...
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