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How lucky are we?!
How lucky are we?! Dr Karen Treisman, Mathew Portell (Principal of Fall-Hamilton Elementary in Nashville), KPJR Films’ Resilience...
Oct 11, 20181 min read


Mathew Portell on transitioning to trauma-informed practices
Earlier this year Edutopia published, “An Inside Look at Trauma-Informed Practices” about Fall-Hamilton Elementary School...
Oct 10, 20181 min read


Dr Karen Treisman on the importance of relationships
In her 2017 TEDx talk, Dr Treisman talks about the importance of forging good, healthy relationships and society-wide systems when it...
Oct 9, 20181 min read


Towards Trauma-informed Practice in Northamptonshire
We are very excited to officially announce NVRnorthampton’s 2-day immersive Conference: Towards Trauma-Informed Practice on the 23rd &...
Oct 7, 20181 min read


Instead of fighting
“If you manipulate, coerce and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example...
Jul 7, 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...
Jul 5, 20181 min read

A vulnerable choice
“Empathy is a choice and it’s a vulnerable choice because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something within myself...
Jun 27, 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 26, 20181 min read

Easy to say
“It’s easy to say, ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need &...
Jun 26, 20181 min read

We don't need to know the beginning
“Our children were harmed in relationship and they will experience healing through nurturing relationships.” - Dr Karyn Purvis NVR can...
Jun 25, 20181 min read

We don't have to do it alone
“A person can grow to his or her fullest capacity only in mutually caring relationships with others." - Fred Rogers #Development...
Jun 25, 20181 min read


Community approach
For traumatised & attachment-injured young people, their experiences have taught them that the adult world cannot be relied upon. Healing...
Jun 22, 20181 min read

Profoundly destructive
“...being abandoned..., being robbed of the one-on-one relationships that allow you to feel safe & valued and to become humane - these...
Jun 19, 20181 min read


Harmed in relationship
“Our children were harmed in relationship and they will experience healing through nurturing relationships.” - Dr Karyn Purvis NVR can...
Jun 18, 20181 min read

Play
“...for children play is serious learning. Play really is the work of childhood.” - Fred Rogers #Play #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development...
Jun 13, 20181 min read

Repair relationships
Just spotted this great quote from from Dave Melnick via the Ana Grace Project at the NM Symposium 2018 #DaveMelnick #Relationships...
Jun 12, 20181 min read

Kindness
“We rise by lifting others.” - Robert Ingersoll #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness...
Jun 12, 20181 min read


Human relationships
“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.” - Bruce D Perry #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma...
Jun 3, 20181 min read


There’s Power in Love
What makes children get better from a trauma is connection to other human beings.... those kinds of interactions end up being much more...
May 20, 20181 min read


Relational Trauma requires Relational Repair
"What happened to you? Who are you? What is your story? What kaleidoscope do you see the world through? We need to see the person behind...
May 19, 20181 min read
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