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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


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


Resilience Trailer
Resilience is a documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and a new movement to treat and prevent...
Apr 4, 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


Exposure to Violence and a Child’s Developing Brain
Dr Bruce Perry (The Child Trauma Academy) and Linda Chamberlain (Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project) discuss the the impact of...
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


The Still Face Experiment
Dr Ed Tronick’s Still Face Experiment - A lesson in responsiveness and relational repair... The experiment was recreated with Dads... A...
Mar 27, 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


“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 10, 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...
Mar 6, 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


Tantrums and power struggles
Traumatised & attachment-injured children are prone to respond to authority with anger & defiance. Reward & punishment will not work with...
Jan 30, 20181 min read


2018 Child to Parent Violence & Aggression Survey
“For many adopted families CPVA is an issue but we are relatively small in number, beyond our circle other communities experience the...
Jan 8, 20181 min read


"The Lost Children of Trauma"
This powerful animation video, from The Open Nest, was created 3 years ago... It was produced by adopters and adoptees to raise...
Jan 1, 20181 min read
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