Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....

“You can influence & you can make a positive change in a child’s life - & in an adult’s life - all the way through because of the...

“...being abandoned..., being robbed of the one-on-one relationships that allow you to feel safe & valued and to become humane - these...

“...for children play is serious learning. Play really is the work of childhood.” - Fred Rogers ‬ #Play #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development...

“Children don’t need more things, the best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them.” - Bruce D...

“Play is an incredibly powerful way to learn, grow and heal.” - Bruce D Perry (The Child Trauma Academy) #Play #DevelopmentalTrauma...

“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.” - Bruce D Perry #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma...

“Relationships matter... people, not programs, change people.” - Bruce D Perry #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...

"We’re spending all this money on mental health “but we are spending almost nothing in the first 5 yrs of life, when the brain is the...

‪“The most important thing that parents need to understand is that the brain of their child will become exactly what the child was...

What makes children get better from a trauma is connection to other human beings.... those kinds of interactions end up being much more...

“Children don't need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them” - Bruce D...

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Get trauma-informed... “Push past the simple question ‘What happened to you?’ and ask ‘When did it happen?’, ‘Who was there to help?’,...

“Relationships matter... people, not programs, change people.” - Bruce D Perry (The Child Trauma Academy) #BruceDPerry...

“Children don't need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them.” - Bruce D...

“You can influence & you can make a positive change in a child’s life - and in an adult’s life - all the way through because of the...

“The more healthy relationships a child has the more likely they will recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of...

“The most important thing parents need to understand is that the brain of their child will become exactly what the child was exposed...

“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love” - Bruce D Perry #BruceDPerry #Relationships...