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Mar 10, 20181 min read
“It’s changed the way I see everyone”
“This story has had more impact on me than practically anything I’ve ever done.” – Oprah Winfrey on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes story about...
Mar 6, 20181 min read
60 Minutes - Treating Childhood Trauma
“Unless you fix the trauma... the hole in the soul - where the wounds started - you’re working on the wrong thing.” For years we have had...
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 16, 20181 min read
The body remembers
“Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic...
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.”...
Jan 11, 20181 min read
Compassionate Action
Trauma informed, compassionate action... #CompassionateAction #NVR #ACEs #TraumaInformed #NonviolentResistance #AdverseChildhoodExperiences
Jan 10, 20181 min read
Every child deserves a champion
"Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they...
Dec 24, 20171 min read
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...
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...
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