Exposure to Violence and a Child’s Developing Brain
Dr Bruce Perry (The Child Trauma Academy) and Linda Chamberlain (Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project) discuss the the impact of...
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Mar 29, 20181 min read
Challenging Behaviour
Young people who demonstrate the most challenging behaviour, are often the most in need of adult support and understanding. ...
Mar 28, 20181 min read
Wake-up Call
Traumatised and attachment-injured children are prone to respond to authority with anger & defiance. Nonviolent Resistance can help......
Mar 27, 20181 min read
The Still Face Experiment
Dr Ed Tronick’s Still Face Experiment - A lesson in responsiveness and relational repair... The experiment was recreated with Dads... A...
Mar 27, 20181 min read
Relational Repair
“Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress.”...
Mar 26, 20181 min read
Treating Behaviour
#ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #ToxicStress #DevelopmentalTrauma #RelationalRepair #ConnectedChildRaising #Connection...
Mar 21, 20181 min read
Relationships
The importance of supportive relationships and human connection... #MayaAngelou #DevelopmentalTrauma #ToxicStress #ChallengingBehaviour...
Mar 19, 20181 min read
Connection
The importance of connection- feeling seen, heard and valued... able to give and receive without judgement... deriving sustenance and...
Mar 17, 20181 min read
Behind Intimidating Messages
All behaviour is a form of communication and... “behind intimidating messages are simply people appealing to us to meet their needs.”...
Feb 28, 20181 min read
Dr Nadine Burke Harris on Toxic Stress
“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...
Feb 28, 20181 min read
Important, powerful and very readable
“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...
Feb 13, 20181 min read
And sometimes it comes back to haunt them
Get trauma-informed. Start by asking “What happened to you?” NOT “What is wrong with you?”. #TraumaInformed #ACEs #ChildhoodTrauma...
Feb 8, 20181 min read
Addressing Adversity
As part of the Beyond Adversity campaign, Young Minds have launched Addressing Adversity - they’re calling on the government to make...
Feb 7, 20181 min read
I wish my teacher knew
Classrooms across America are taking part in America's Safe Schools Week. The goal of the annual campaign is to give educators, students...
Feb 6, 20181 min read
Children’s Mental Health Week 2018
Trauma Informed Care is about asking, “What happened to you?” NOT “What is wrong with you?” #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #TraumaInformed...
Feb 2, 20181 min read
Toxic Stress
“Toxic stress happens when a child's biological stress response gets so overtaxed by adversity that it can harm their brains and bodies.”...
Feb 2, 20181 min read
Truth telling
Helen Oakwater explains why so many adopted and fostered children "explode" for no apparent reason... and why “100% truth telling in an...
Jan 30, 20181 min read
Tantrums and power struggles
Traumatised & attachment-injured children are prone to respond to authority with anger & defiance. Reward & punishment will not work with...
Jan 29, 20181 min read
An unmet need
#TraumaInformed #CompassionateAction #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #MarshallBRosenberg #Quotes #ExtremeBehaviour #ViolentChild...
Jan 26, 20181 min read
When action meets compassion...
#CompassionateAction #TraumaInformed
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