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When Children Feel Safe
#AlfieKohn #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising
Apr 13, 20181 min read


Children will become what they are told they are...
#SupportiveParenting #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #LadyBirdJohnson
Apr 13, 20181 min read


Be the One
“How great would our world be if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks, ...not afraid to think & who had a champion. Every child...
Apr 13, 20181 min read


Timeout
Reward-and-punishment-based approaches simply do not work for all children or teenagers. Nonviolent Resistance can help....
Apr 11, 20181 min read


Relationship-based Trauma
“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...
Apr 9, 20181 min read


Self Regulation Support for Violent Children
We must come up with community responses that support violent children in developing their self regulation - even if one-to-one were...
Apr 8, 20181 min read


Relationships are the Agents of Change
“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love” - Bruce D Perry #BruceDPerry #Relationships...
Apr 6, 20181 min read


The Hole in the Soul
#DevelopmentalTrauma #TreatingChildhoodTrauma #OprahWinfrey #RelationalRepair #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #ACEs...
Apr 6, 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...
Apr 2, 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 29, 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 28, 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 27, 20181 min read


Treating Behaviour
#ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #ToxicStress #DevelopmentalTrauma #RelationalRepair #ConnectedChildRaising #Connection...
Mar 26, 20181 min read


Relationships
The importance of supportive relationships and human connection... #MayaAngelou #DevelopmentalTrauma #ToxicStress #ChallengingBehaviour...
Mar 21, 20181 min read


Connection
The importance of connection- feeling seen, heard and valued... able to give and receive without judgement... deriving sustenance and...
Mar 19, 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.”...
Mar 17, 20181 min read


The Power of Connection
#Relationships #BruceDPerry #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #ACEs
Mar 12, 20181 min read


Approach challenging behaviour with compassion
#ChallengingBehaviour #CompassionateAction #MarshallBRosenberg #NonviolentResistance #NVR
Feb 28, 20181 min read


Listening
“Listening focuses awareness. Awareness opens the way to effective action.” #CompassionateAction #StephenRCovey #NonviolentResistance #NVR
Feb 26, 20181 min read


Compassion and understanding
Until you approach the problem with sufficient compassion for all who are involved, the key to it’s resolution will continue to evade...
Feb 25, 20181 min read
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