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


Recognition and Appreciation
Love grows brains. #LRKnost #WordsMatter #Development #Connectedness #Relationships #ConnectedChildRaising
May 4, 20181 min read


Anger
Your child isn’t giving you a hard time, your child is having a hard time... NVR can help... #SuziLula #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...
May 3, 20181 min read


Fix the Environment
#AlexanderDenHeijer #TraumaInformed #DevelopmentalTrauma #ACEs #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #RelationalRepair #Connection...
May 3, 20181 min read


Words Matter
#LRKnost #NonviolentResistance #NVR #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #RelationalRepair #TraumaInformed #Connection...
Apr 30, 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 29, 20181 min read


Need for Connection
"See a child differently, see a different child." - Stuart Shanker (The MEHRIT Centre) #KellyBartlett #TheMEHRITCentre #StuartShanker...
Apr 28, 20181 min read


BIG Connections
“Children don't need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them.” - Bruce D...
Apr 27, 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 26, 20181 min read


Will you play with me?
“Everyday in a hundred small ways, children ask, ‘Do you see me?’, ‘Do you hear me?’, ‘Do I matter?’ Their behaviour often reflects our...
Apr 25, 20181 min read


Listen
Rarely can a response make something better. What makes something better is connection.” - Brené Brown #RalphGNichols #Connectedness...
Apr 24, 20181 min read


Adjust the Sails
“You can influence & you can make a positive change in a child’s life - and in an adult’s life - all the way through because of the...
Apr 23, 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 20, 20181 min read


Reframe the Behaviour
“See a child differently, see a different child.” - Stuart Shanker “Treating behaviour like misbehaviour means we punish. Treating...
Apr 19, 20181 min read


Everyone has a Story
#ChallengingBehaviour #ExtremeBehaviour #Schools #AnnetteBreaux
Apr 18, 20181 min read


NVR
Nonviolent Resistance (NVR) is a highly effective approach that can help anyone who lives with or works with children/young people who...
Apr 17, 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 16, 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 15, 20181 min read


Look for the Helpers
With so many worrying news stories, this seems particularly apt... #FredRogers #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising...
Apr 14, 20181 min read
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