“...it’s our job to share our calm, not join their chaos.” - LR Knost NVR can help... #DrRossGreene #LRKnost #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV...

“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....

“...most challenging kids already want to behave the right way. They don’t need us to continue giving them stickers, depriving them of...

The objective... “is not to change people & their behaviour in order to get our way; it is to establish relationships based on honesty &...

“The way we treat our children directly impacts what they believe about themselves.” - Ariadne Brill #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma...

‪“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are...

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

Just spotted this great quote from from Dave Melnick via the Ana Grace Project at the NM Symposium 2018 #DaveMelnick #Relationships...

“We rise by lifting others.” - Robert Ingersoll #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness...

“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...

“Anger is just loud hurt, sadness and unmet needs.” - Suzi Lula ‪#ChallengingBehaviour #CPV#DevelopmentalTrauma #Adoption#FosterCare...

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

“The key to fostering a connection in the face of a ‘no’ is always hearing ‘yes’ to something else.” - Marshall B Rosenberg...

“...NVR begins with the acknowledgement that the child is not the problem - the problem is the problem.” #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...

“Kids with a trauma history do not need more punishment, and quite frankly they don’t need more stickers.” - Dr Ross Greene...

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

Traumatised & attachment-injured children are prone to respond to authority with anger & defiance. Reward & punishment will not work with...

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

...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...

“...rewards and punishments are worthless at best, at destructive at worst, for helping children to develop such values and skills. What...