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In her 2017 TEDx talk, Dr Treisman talks about the importance of forging good, healthy relationships and society-wide systems when it comes to understanding and healing trauma. ”ALL relationships ‘are the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind’... because relationships, shape who we are.” - Dr Karen Treisman We are so excited that Karen will be joining us in January for Towards Trauma- Informed Practice in Northamptonshire - for more info and tickets, click

“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

“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

Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress. #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #ACEs #ToxicStress #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Relationships #RelationalRepair #BruceDPerry

‪“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” - Peggy O’Mara #Development #Connection #WordsMatter #Empathy #ConnectedChildRaising

‪“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love” - Bruce D Perry ‬ ‪ #Development #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #PamLeo #RelationalRepair #DevelopmentalTrauma #BeTheOne

“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

“Empathy is a choice and it’s a vulnerable choice because in order to connect with you, I have to connect with something within myself that knows that feeling.” - Brené Brown #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #Empathy #RelationalRepair #DrDanSiegel #BreneBrown #ACEs #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #ChildhoodTrauma

“It’s easier to build strong children than repair broken men.” - Frederick Douglass #Development #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #BeTheOne #RobertIngersoll #Buildthemup

“A person can grow to his or her fullest capacity only in mutually caring relationships with others." - Fred Rogers #Development #Connection #RelationalRepair #Relationships #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #BreneBrown #FredRogers

“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

“You can influence & you can make a positive change in a child’s life - & in an adult’s life - all the way through because of the remarkable malleability of the brain.” - Bruce D Perry #RelationalRepair #Relationships #DevelopmentalTrauma #Development #AdverseChildhoodExperiences #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #BruceDPerry #ACEs

“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

“Take your time to understand. Don’t just do something, be there.” - Marshall B Rosenberg‬ #BreneBrown #Empathy #Development #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #MarshallBRosenberg

“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

“Our children were harmed in relationship and they will experience healing through nurturing relationships.” - Dr Karyn Purvis‬ ‪ NVR can help... ‬ #DrKarynPurvis #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #FosterCare #Adoption #Connection #ConnectedChildRaising #Connectedness #RelationalRepair #DrDanSiegel