“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...

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Helen Oakwater explains why so many adopted and fostered children "explode" for no apparent reason... and why “100% truth telling in an...

This powerful animation video, from The Open Nest, was created 3 years ago... It was produced by adopters and adoptees to raise...

For traumatised and attachment-injured young people, their experiences have taught them that the adult world cannot be relied upon....

For children who have been severely psychologically damaged in contexts where the community did not (or could not) protect them, healing...

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

Some key stats from the 70/30 Campaign showing why prevention and treatment of Adverse Childhood Experiences (e.g. abuse, neglect and...

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...

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. In her TEDMED Talk, Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the...

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...

“Robbyn Peters Bennett is a psychotherapist, educator, and child advocate who specializes in the treatment of trauma-related mental...

Recently added to our Pinterest Trauma Informed Care: What Is It and Why Should We Care? from the website, SW Helper. You can see more...

“...what happens when the challenges the adoptive family faces become overwhelming? And is there enough support available to the families...

If you know anybody living or working with violent, destructive and/ or controlling young people, please share this with them. We have an...

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Click here to read this article from www.socialworkerhelper.com (originally shared on our FB Page in March 2016). Take a look at our...

Love this guy. A concise description of some of the behaviours that are often seen as 'bad', but may well be in response to trauma (past,...

Click here for details of these "Must Read" books #MustReadBooks #TraumatizedYouth #BooksforProfessionals #RecommendedReading...

Click here to read a blog entry written from the perspective of a 4 year old who has experienced trauma... #ChildhoodTrauma #Trauma...