Making things worse
“Kids with a trauma history do not need more punishment, and quite frankly they don’t need more stickers.” - Dr Ross W Greene NVR...
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Jul 10, 20181 min read
Expressed and understood
“When we can empathetically connect with what is alive in each other, we can restore any conflict peacefully.” - Marshall B Rosenberg ...
Jul 8, 20181 min read
Community responses
We must come up with community responses that support children, exhibiting violent and destructive behaviour, in developing their self...
Jul 5, 20181 min read
Children will become what they are told they are
We must come up with community responses that support violent children in developing their self regulation - even if one-to-one were...
Jun 28, 20181 min read
Reframe the behaviour
“Take your time to understand. Don’t just do something, be there.” - Marshall B Rosenberg NVR can help. #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV...
Jun 26, 20181 min read
Healing will require a community approach
For children who have been severely psychologically damaged in contexts where the community did not (or could not) protect them, healing...
Jun 16, 20181 min read
Hear what they're needing
The objective... “is not to change people & their behaviour in order to get our way; it is to establish relationships based on honesty &...
Jun 10, 20181 min read
Hurt people
“Anger is just loud hurt, sadness and unmet needs.” - Suzi Lula #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV#DevelopmentalTrauma #Adoption#FosterCare...
Jun 7, 20181 min read
You don't fix your child
“...NVR begins with the acknowledgement that the child is not the problem - the problem is the problem.” #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...
Jun 1, 20181 min read
They are stuck
For traumatised & attachment-injured young people, their experiences have taught them that the adult world cannot be relied upon. Healing...
May 22, 20181 min read
Children are not problems
“...NVR begins with the acknowledgement that the child is not the problem - the problem is the problem.” #LRKnost...
May 14, 20181 min read
Sad’s Bodyguard
#LizaPalmer #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma
May 13, 20181 min read
Hurt Child
“See a child differently, you see a different child.” - Stuart Shanker #PamLeo #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #ViolentChild...
May 12, 20181 min read
Online Booking
We’re now taking online bookings for our 1-day Introduction to NVR Workshop for anyone who lives or works with violent & destructive...
May 10, 20181 min read
Team Effort
“Instead of fighting against your child, try working with your child. Childhood should be a team effort, not a battleground.” - LR Knost...
May 8, 20181 min read
See a Child Differently
The child is not the problem, the problem is the problem. “See a child differently, you see a different child.” - Stuart Shanker (The...
May 7, 20181 min read
Behaviour
All behaviour is a form of communication and “At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs.” - Marshall B Rosenberg...
May 5, 20181 min read
Relationships Matter
“Relationships matter... people, not programs, change people.” - Bruce D Perry (The Child Trauma Academy) #BruceDPerry...
May 3, 20181 min read
Anger
Your child isn’t giving you a hard time, your child is having a hard time... NVR can help... #SuziLula #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...
Apr 29, 20181 min read
No Bad Kids
“Thinking of your child as 'behaving badly' disposes you to think of punishment. Thinking of your child as 'struggling to handle...
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