ACEs - a pictorial guide
Are you trauma informed? Do you know what ACES are? Here's a brief pictorial guide to adverse childhood experiences and the lifelong...
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Nov 30, 20171 min read
It takes a village...
For traumatised and attachment-injured young people, their experiences have taught them that the adult world cannot be relied upon....
Nov 14, 20171 min read
Healing requires a community approach
For children who have been severely psychologically damaged in contexts where the community did not (or could not) protect them, healing...
Nov 12, 20171 min read
Stress in Childhood
Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....
Nov 9, 20171 min read
ACE Stats
Some key stats from the 70/30 Campaign showing why prevention and treatment of Adverse Childhood Experiences (e.g. abuse, neglect and...
Nov 9, 20171 min read
Throwback Thursday - ACEs
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...
Nov 5, 20171 min read
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. In her TEDMED Talk, Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the...
Nov 3, 20171 min read
Trauma-Informed Care
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...
Oct 23, 20171 min read
Trauma informed care
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...
Sep 26, 20171 min read
Adoption: Families in Crisis
“...what happens when the challenges the adoptive family faces become overwhelming? And is there enough support available to the families...
Jul 15, 20171 min read
Dr Bessel van der Kolk Talks Trauma
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,...
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