Mathew Portell on transitioning to trauma-informed practices
Earlier this year Edutopia published, “An Inside Look at Trauma-Informed Practices” about Fall-Hamilton Elementary School...
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Oct 9, 20181 min read
Dr Karen Treisman on the importance of relationships
In her 2017 TEDx talk, Dr Treisman talks about the importance of forging good, healthy relationships and society-wide systems when it...
Jul 5, 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...
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 1, 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...
May 23, 20181 min read
Assume the best
The child is not the problem, the problem is the problem. “See a child differently, you see a different child.” - Stuart Shanker...
May 18, 20181 min read
When people have been traumatised
“When people have been traumatised they are stuck in paralysis... or abrupt explosions of rage”. “Traumatic symptoms... stem from frozen...
May 11, 20181 min read
Community Approach to Healing
#FiNewood #TraumaInformed #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #NVR #NonviolentResistance
May 6, 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 3, 20181 min read
Fix the Environment
#AlexanderDenHeijer #TraumaInformed #DevelopmentalTrauma #ACEs #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #RelationalRepair #Connection...
Apr 30, 20181 min read
Words Matter
#LRKnost #NonviolentResistance #NVR #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #RelationalRepair #TraumaInformed #Connection...
Apr 29, 20181 min read
No Bad Kids
“Thinking of your child as 'behaving badly' disposes you to think of punishment. Thinking of your child as 'struggling to handle...
Apr 28, 20181 min read
Need for Connection
"See a child differently, see a different child." - Stuart Shanker (The MEHRIT Centre) #KellyBartlett #TheMEHRITCentre #StuartShanker...
Apr 26, 20181 min read
When children feel better, they behave better
“You can't teach children to behave better by making them feel worse.” NVR can help... #PamLeo #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA...
Apr 24, 20181 min read
Listen
Rarely can a response make something better. What makes something better is connection.” - Brené Brown #RalphGNichols #Connectedness...
Apr 20, 20181 min read
Hard Time
“It’s not you against this child. It’s YOU AND THIS CHILD against this child’s history. It is not a personal attack on you.” - Dr Karyn...
Apr 16, 20181 min read
Love Grows Brains
“The more healthy relationships a child has the more likely they will recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of...
Apr 15, 20181 min read
Safety Blanket
The principles of Nonviolent Resistance are simple, so all involved parties (extended family and friends, teachers, police officers,...
Apr 15, 20181 min read
A Child’s Brain
“The most important thing parents need to understand is that the brain of their child will become exactly what the child was exposed...
Apr 2, 20181 min read
Children Will Listen
“The child has a different relation to his environment from ours… the child absorbs it... He incarnates in himself all in the world about...
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