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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

Expressed and understood
“When we can empathetically connect with what is alive in each other, we can restore any conflict peacefully.” - Marshall B Rosenberg ...
Jul 10, 20181 min read


Community responses
We must come up with community responses that support children, exhibiting violent and destructive behaviour, in developing their self...
Jul 8, 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

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

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


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

A signal
All behaviour is a form of communication and... “Behind intimidating messages are simply people appealing to us to meet their needs.” -...
Jun 20, 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

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 16, 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 7, 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 6, 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...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


They are stuck
For traumatised & attachment-injured young people, their experiences have taught them that the adult world cannot be relied upon. Healing...
Jun 1, 20181 min read


Community Approach to Healing
#FiNewood #TraumaInformed #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #NVR #NonviolentResistance
May 11, 20181 min read


Team Effort
“Instead of fighting against your child, try working with your child. Childhood should be a team effort, not a battleground.” - LR Knost...
May 10, 20181 min read


Reframe the Behaviour
#StuartShanker #Reframe #TheMEHRITCentre #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #NonviolentResistance #NVR
May 7, 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...
May 7, 20181 min read


Co-regulation
“...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...
May 6, 20181 min read


Relationships Matter
“Relationships matter... people, not programs, change people.” - Bruce D Perry (The Child Trauma Academy) #BruceDPerry...
May 5, 20181 min read
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