The 'Hand Model of the Brain' is a really easy way to explain and visualise what happens when we become disregulated... "The power of awareness can change our well-being." - Dr Dan Siegel #DrDanSiegel #HandModelOfTheBrain #FlippingYourLid #ChallengingBehaviour #Connection #Regulation

How lucky are we?! Dr Karen Treisman, Mathew Portell (Principal of Fall-Hamilton Elementary in Nashville), KPJR Films’ Resilience Documentary - all at our 2-day Towards Trauma Informed Practice Conference in January!!! We can barely wait we’re SO excited!!! 😃 Full details and some VERY limited “Earliest Bird” tickets available on our Events Page #ChallengingBehaviour #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #ACEs #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #DrKarenTreisman #MathewPortell #

We are very excited to officially announce NVRnorthampton’s 2-day immersive Conference: Towards Trauma-Informed Practice on the 23rd & 24th January 2019 with the wonderful Dr Karen Treisman & our amazing international guest, Mathew Portell (Principal of Fall-Hamilton Elementary in Nashville). Whether you are a lead professional or frontline worker in education, policing, social care or mental health services, our conference aims to make you aware of just how important you can

‪“Kids with a trauma history do not need more punishment, and quite frankly they don’t need more stickers.” - Dr Ross W Greene ‬ ‪ NVR can help. ‪ #RewardandPunishment #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #DevelopmentalTrauma #ACEs #Connection #ConnectedChildRaising #RelationalRepair #StuartShanker

“See a child differently. See a different child.” - Stuart Shanker The child is not the problem - the problem is the problem.... #ChallengingBehaviour #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Reframe #RelationalRepair #InasChahboun

‪“When we can empathetically connect with what is alive in each other, we can restore any conflict peacefully.” - Marshall B Rosenberg‬ ‪ NVR can help...‬ #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #DevelopmentalTrauma #Connection #ConnectedChildRaising #RelationalRepair #Empathy #NonviolentResistance #NVR #MarshallBRosenberg

“Some of the most important things you can communicate to a child are that feelings are ok, mistakes are fixable and there’s nothing they could do that would push you away or make you love them less.” - Kelly Bartlett #ChallengingBehaviour #Development #Connection #ConnectedChildRaising #GordonNeufeld #Relationships

We must come up with community responses that support children, exhibiting violent and destructive behaviour, in developing their self regulation - even if one-to-one were affordable, it's no solution; it says 'we expect you to be dangerous and incapable of better'. Children will become what they are told they are... NVR can help. #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #ViolentandDestructiveYoungPeople #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectiveParenting #NVR #NonviolentResistance

“If you manipulate, coerce and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example you will need no power at all.” - William Martin #ChallengingBehaviour #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Development #Relationships #RelationalRepair #LRKnost

“Take your time to understand. Don’t just do something, be there.” - Marshall B Rosenberg ‬ ‪ NVR can help. #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #Connection #Reframe #ConnectedChildRaising #StuartShanker

For children who have been severely psychologically damaged in contexts where the community did not (or could not) protect them, healing will require a community approach.‬ ‪ NVR can help. #ChallengingBehaviour #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #CPV #CPVA #APVA #ACEs #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #FosterCare #Connection #RelationalRepair #ConnectedChildRaising #Adoption #Relationships #NVR #NonviolentResistance

“For a child or an adult, it’s extremely powerful to hear someone say, “I get you. I understand. I see why you feel this way.” This kind of empathy disarms us.” - Dan Siegel #DrDanSiegel #ChallengingBehaviour #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Empathy

“When your child is having a problem, stop, listen, then respond to the need, not the behaviour. The behaviour can be addressed later, after the need has been met, because only then is the door to ‬effective communication truly open.”‬ - LR Knost‬ ‪ #ChallengingBehaviour #Connection #Development #LRKnost

“But where classroom discipline is concerned...a punitive climate isn’t in anyone’s interest..., it strains the fabric of the relationship between kids and adults, as well as among kids.” - Alfie Kohn ‬ #ChallengingBehaviour #ACEs #RewardandPunishment #Development #Connection #ConnectedChildRaising #DrDanSiegel #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #AlfieKohn

All behaviour is a form of communication and... “Behind intimidating messages are simply people appealing to us to meet their needs.” - Marshall B Rosenberg NVR can help. #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #DevelopmentalTrauma #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #DrRossGreene #MarshallBRosenberg #NVR #NonviolentResistance

“Behaviour is not perfect, it is communication. Embrace the imperfect and show children they are worth holding close...” - Kelly Bartlett #KellyBartlett #ChallengingBehaviour #Development #Connection #ConnectedChildRaising

“Kids everywhere need to feel safe, hopeful, connected and appreciated.” - Michele Borba “Kids everywhere need to feel safe, hopeful, connected and appreciated.” - Michele Borba #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #ACEs #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #Development #RelationalRepair #ConnectedChildRaising #Connectedness #Connection #VirginiaSatir

“Everyday in a hundred small ways, ‬children ask, ‘Do you see me?’, ‘Do you hear me?’, ‘Do I matter?’ ‬Their behaviour often reflects our response.” - LR Knost #ChallengingBehaviour #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #ACEs #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #ConnectedChildRaising #Connectedness #Connection #LRKnost

“...it’s our job to share our calm, not join their chaos.” - LR Knost NVR can help... #DrRossGreene #LRKnost #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #ConnectedChildRaising #Connectedness #Connection #RelationalRepair #NVR #NonviolentResistance

“...most challenging kids already want to behave the right way. They don’t need us to continue giving them stickers, depriving them of recess, or suspending them from school; they’re already motivated. They need something else from us.” - Ross W Green #RewardandPunishment #ChallengingBehaviour #ACEs #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #MarshallBRosenberg #DrRossGreene