The editorial discusses the shift towards trauma-informed pediatric practice, emphasizing the importance of understanding adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and positive childhood experiences (PCEs) in shaping lifelong outcomes. It highlights the need for pediatricians to ask about trauma, recogni...
‘Trauma-informed practice’ is a phrase we hear more and more in our work, but what really is trauma, and how can we learn to recognize it? This simple guide illustrates how trauma can affect the body, and how to support distressed individuals. This is a basic guidance note to support...
How to Practice Trauma-Informed Sex Having an understanding of how trauma can influence your sex life is a great start, but you still need practical tools to help as you move forward. Understand and Practice Consent While consent is nuanced and changes from situation to situation, it is nece...
4. Expressive arts therapy is used to establish and support a sense of safety, positive attachment, and prosocial relationships. Reconnecting with a sense of safety is central to trauma-informed practice. In particular, expressive arts approaches are used to help individuals recover a sense ...
What is trauma? Many people have experienced traumatic events as part of their childhood or, more recently, as adults. Traumatic events have several characteristics in common. They are distressing situations inflicted on a person involuntarily (meaning that experiencing trauma is never a person’s...
Grief is an emotional response to a loss. Often the most intense grief is in response to the loss of a loved one or a divorce, but grief can also be experienced from the loss of other things that were important such as a job, a pet, a friendship, or safety after a trauma, financia...
Take this trauma quiz to uncover what kind of trauma you may have experienced. Unhealed trauma can lead to various issues, from decreased performance to chronic problems like insomnia. This "What Trauma Do I Have?" quiz is designed to help you explore your emotional well-being by identifying ...
Look at how other people practice self-love and acceptance. Simply noticing how they experience self-love will prime your brain to see it more and more. And if you haven't worked with a trauma therapist, someone who is well versed in childhood trauma and all the ways it can be re-...
This means they can intervene early and prevent exclusions by introducing initiatives such as trauma-informed schools training or mentoring cohorts and children particularly at risk. Key Challenges of Supporting Children in Alternative Provisions Of course, avoiding exclusions is not always possible, and...