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...

"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...

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

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

“Telling a child in fight or flight that ‘you’re not alone’ is the same message we gave the child in infancy, and what is truly...

#FiNewood #TraumaInformed #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #NVR #NonviolentResistance

NHS Health Scotland produced this short animation to contribute to raising awareness about the impact of childhood adversity. #ACEs...

“Instead of fighting against your child, try working with your child. Childhood should be a team effort, not a battleground.” - LR Knost...

#UrieBronfenbrenner #Relationships #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #BeTheOne

‪The child is not the problem, the problem is the problem. “See a child differently, you see a different child.” - Stuart Shanker (The...

#ZigZiglar #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Relationships #Development

“Families play a very important role but nobody raises a child in isolation... teachers, coaches, other adults in the community... help...

The importance of connection and responsive relationships and in building resilience: “There is always an adult, or more than one adult...

#StuartShanker #Reframe #TheMEHRITCentre #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #NonviolentResistance #NVR

#VickiStoraas #ChallengingBehaviour #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Connection

All behaviour is a form of communication and “At the root of every tantrum and power struggle are unmet needs.” - Marshall B Rosenberg...

1-day Introduction to Nonviolent Resistance Workshop (4th Aug 2018) for anyone who lives/ works with violent & destructive young people...

“...the better we can soothe them when they are agitated, or support them when they are low, the better they will be able to “absorb”how...

Your child isn’t giving you a hard time, your child is having a hard time... NVR can help... #SuziLula #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...