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Give and take
Your child isn’t giving you a hard time, your child is having a hard time. NVR can help... #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...
Jun 6, 20181 min read


Punishment
“Kids with a trauma history do not need more punishment, and quite frankly they don’t need more stickers.” - Dr Ross Greene...
Jun 4, 20181 min read


Human relationships
“Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.” - Bruce D Perry #Development #DevelopmentalTrauma...
Jun 3, 20181 min read


Fear of punishment
Traumatised & attachment-injured children are prone to respond to authority with anger & defiance. Reward & punishment will not work with...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


They are stuck
For traumatised & attachment-injured young people, their experiences have taught them that the adult world cannot be relied upon. Healing...
Jun 1, 20181 min read


Kids everywhere
“Relationships matter... people, not programs, change people.” - Bruce D Perry #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...
May 31, 20181 min read


Assume the best
The child is not the problem, the problem is the problem. “See a child differently, you see a different child.” - Stuart Shanker...
May 23, 20181 min read


Beauty of the brain
“The most important thing that parents need to understand is that the brain of their child will become exactly what the child was...
May 23, 20181 min read


Children are not problems
“...NVR begins with the acknowledgement that the child is not the problem - the problem is the problem.” #LRKnost...
May 22, 20181 min read


Challenges
Your child isn’t giving you a hard time, your child is having a hard time... NVR can help #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA...
May 20, 20181 min read


There’s Power in Love
What makes children get better from a trauma is connection to other human beings.... those kinds of interactions end up being much more...
May 20, 20181 min read


What they believe
“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...
May 20, 20181 min read


Relational Trauma requires Relational Repair
"What happened to you? Who are you? What is your story? What kaleidoscope do you see the world through? We need to see the person behind...
May 19, 20181 min read


When people have been traumatised
“When people have been traumatised they are stuck in paralysis... or abrupt explosions of rage”. “Traumatic symptoms... stem from frozen...
May 18, 20181 min read


Sad’s Bodyguard
#LizaPalmer #ChallengingBehaviour #CPV #CPVA #APVA #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma
May 14, 20181 min read


Supportive, Caring Adults
Relationships with supportive, caring adults as early in life as possible, can prevent or reverse the damaging effects of toxic stress....
May 14, 20181 min read


Community Approach to Healing
#FiNewood #TraumaInformed #DevelopmentalTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #Connection #Connectedness #ConnectedChildRaising #NVR #NonviolentResistance
May 11, 20181 min read


Team Effort
“Instead of fighting against your child, try working with your child. Childhood should be a team effort, not a battleground.” - LR Knost...
May 10, 20181 min read


See a Child Differently
The child is not the problem, the problem is the problem. “See a child differently, you see a different child.” - Stuart Shanker (The...
May 8, 20181 min read


The Science of Resilience
The importance of connection and responsive relationships and in building resilience: “There is always an adult, or more than one adult...
May 8, 20181 min read
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