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Jun 17, 20181 min read
Lacking the skills
“...it’s our job to share our calm, not join their chaos.” - LR Knost NVR can help... #DrRossGreene #LRKnost #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV...
Jun 17, 20181 min read
Believe
“Take some time to tell your child you like them today & list the reasons why. Then watch in wonder as they blossom before your eyes....
Jun 16, 20181 min read
Rewards and consequences
“...most challenging kids already want to behave the right way. They don’t need us to continue giving them stickers, depriving them of...
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 15, 20181 min read
Learn what they live
“The way we treat our children directly impacts what they believe about themselves.” - Ariadne Brill #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma...
Jun 14, 20181 min read
Extraordinary
“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are...
Jun 12, 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 11, 20181 min read
Children need your presence
“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...
Jun 10, 20181 min read
Hurt people
“Anger is just loud hurt, sadness and unmet needs.” - Suzi Lula #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV#DevelopmentalTrauma #Adoption#FosterCare...
Jun 10, 20181 min read
Play is really the work of childhood
“Play is an incredibly powerful way to learn, grow and heal.” - Bruce D Perry (The Child Trauma Academy) #Play #DevelopmentalTrauma...
Jun 9, 20181 min read
Be there
“The key to fostering a connection in the face of a ‘no’ is always hearing ‘yes’ to something else.” - Marshall B Rosenberg...
Jun 8, 20181 min read
Heroes
“Every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.” - Josh Shipp #ChallengingBehaviour #DevelopmentalTrauma #ACEs...
Jun 8, 20181 min read
Discipline is helping
“Punishment & reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the...
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 6, 20181 min read
Give and take
Your child isn’t giving you a hard time, your child is having a hard time. NVR can help... #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...
Jun 4, 20181 min read
Punishment
“Kids with a trauma history do not need more punishment, and quite frankly they don’t need more stickers.” - Dr Ross Greene...
Jun 3, 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 2, 20181 min read
Fear of punishment
Traumatised & attachment-injured children are prone to respond to authority with anger & defiance. Reward & punishment will not work with...
May 31, 20181 min read
Kids everywhere
“Relationships matter... people, not programs, change people.” - Bruce D Perry #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...
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