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May 18, 20181 min read
When people have been traumatised
“When people have been traumatised they are stuck in paralysis... or abrupt explosions of rage”. “Traumatic symptoms... stem from frozen...
May 14, 20181 min read
Sad’s Bodyguard
#LizaPalmer #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma
May 14, 20181 min read
Supportive, Caring Adults
Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....
May 11, 20181 min read
Community Approach to Healing
#FiNewood #TraumaInformed #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #NVR #NonviolentResistance
May 6, 20181 min read
1 day Introduction to NVR Workshop
1-day Introduction to Nonviolent Resistance Workshop (4th Aug 2018) for anyone who lives/ works with violent & destructive young people...
Apr 30, 20181 min read
Words Matter
#LRKnost #NonviolentResistance #NVR #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #RelationalRepair #TraumaInformed #Connection...
Mar 6, 20181 min read
60 Minutes - Treating Childhood Trauma
“Unless you fix the trauma... the hole in the soul - where the wounds started - you’re working on the wrong thing.” For years we have had...
Feb 28, 20181 min read
Important, powerful and very readable
“Today most parents are aware that secondhand smoke is really bad for kids, everyone has to wear a seatbelt, and lead is a neurotoxin. We...
Feb 16, 20181 min read
The body remembers
“Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic...
Feb 13, 20181 min read
And sometimes it comes back to haunt them
Get trauma-informed. Start by asking “What happened to you?” NOT “What is wrong with you?”. #TraumaInformed #ACEs #ChildhoodTrauma...
Feb 8, 20181 min read
Addressing Adversity
As part of the Beyond Adversity campaign, Young Minds have launched Addressing Adversity - they’re calling on the government to make...
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...
Dec 24, 20171 min read
ACEs - a pictorial guide
Are you trauma informed? Do you know what ACES are? Here's a brief pictorial guide to adverse childhood experiences and the lifelong...
Nov 14, 20171 min read
Healing requires a community approach
For children who have been severely psychologically damaged in contexts where the community did not (or could not) protect them, healing...
Nov 12, 20171 min read
Stress in Childhood
Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....
Nov 9, 20171 min read
ACE Stats
Some key stats from the 70/30 Campaign showing why prevention and treatment of Adverse Childhood Experiences (e.g. abuse, neglect and...
Nov 9, 20171 min read
Throwback Thursday - ACEs
If you’re unfamiliar with ACEs and/ or the pioneering work of Dr Nadine Burke Harris, take a look at this #tbt Washington Post article...
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 3, 20171 min read
Trauma-Informed Care
It’s about asking what’s happened to a person, NOT what’s wrong with them. Take a look at our ACEs and Trauma Informed Care Board on...
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