Hidden Treasure with Tracey Farrell in Echuca, Victoria | Educational consultant

Hidden Treasure with Tracey Farrell

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25.01.2022 Insightful words from Lindsay Braman - Therapist & Psychoeducator - kids are looking for safety and we can answer big questions using that frame.

23.01.2022 There’s lots to love in this clip where Gabor Mate talks about the Wounded Healer, however the reframe of healing as responsibility to healing providing response ability is especially powerful!

23.01.2022 So honored to have contributed to this powerful new book ‘We are the Change Makers: Poems supporting Drop the Disorder’ and can’t wait to have it in my hands! Thank you to Jo Watson for bringing together this powerful collection of poems, and to all of the contributors for their meaningful, thought provoking voices. Dr Akima Thomas said it beautifully with this endorsement These are the voices of the rebel souls, the truth tellers, the defiant and the righteous...this book is rich, full and will take you on a journey with no turning back.

23.01.2022 Many of us live in emotion-phobic societies that devalue sensitivity. Is it any wonder that so many people feel like their emotional sensitivity is a defect? . . @australianpsychologist

22.01.2022 It’s National Child Protection Week, a good time to reflect on what it really means to protect children, and what is needed to make a significant change to the trauma and adversity children face in this country. In this article Joe Tucci asks ‘do we really put children first?’ and states we don’t need further distraction. Our own research shows Australians already put child abuse last on a list of community problems after problems with roads and footpaths. They prefer to... believe that child abuse happens somewhere else in someone else’s family in a neighbourhood far away... He asks us to join the ACF in petitioning the Government to appoint a dedicated Minister for Children and National Child Protection Council. You can sign here: https://www.childhood.org.au/child-protection-week-petition/

21.01.2022 A good reminder x

21.01.2022 Educators, here’s a 7 minute video for you to learn more about Dr Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model and how it impacts on readiness for learning and engagement. This is part 1 of a series of 5 short videos just released on Stress, Trauma and the Brain: Insights for Educators. Link to the entire series in comments. Enjoy!

19.01.2022 Such a good question! In times of stress, we can either use our nervous system to co-regulate or co-escalate. As Stuart Shankar says you can’t lend calm if you’re not calm. You can only lend your chaos. Kristin Wiens, northstarpaths.com

18.01.2022 We all have to play our positions, she insists, emphasizing the need for broader coordination between medical, educational, and emergency systems. It’s unfair to ask teachers to be therapists or doctors. The role of educators is in delivering that daily dose of buffering care that’s so important for healing.

18.01.2022 Today is National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day. The 2020 theme is ‘We are the Elders of tomorrow, hear our voice’. Huge respect and big love to the many wonderful people on Yorta Yorta Country keeping children strong in culture.

16.01.2022 Great stuff, thanks MamaManon, trauma informed parenting support.

15.01.2022 Thanks Trauma Geek - Trauma and Neurodiversity Education for sharing my graphic. If you aren’t already following Trauma Geek, I highly recommend Janae’s work. Janae has created a load of resources, which make neuroscience accessible.

15.01.2022 CN: family violence, suicide This is Tash's story. Natasha Anderson is a survivor of family violence, and a child and young persons advocate with the Victim Survivors' Advisory Council. In this animation, featuring her own illustrations, Tash tells of her experiences of family violence, child protection and out of home care. Tash has a powerful message - she wants children and young people to know "your origin is not your future".... At yesterday's premiere, Natasha shared the things she wanted to see from people working with children and young people: building relationships; understanding barriers to engagement and safety (including why mistrust is so common); transparency; seeing children as whole people and individuals who do have a voice; and the importance of building a caring team.

13.01.2022 VIRTUAL SCREENINGS: + Resilience + Paper Tigers + The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia films ... KPJR FILMS will produce a global virtual screening of the award-winning films Resilience, Paper Tigers, and The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia in collaboration with the UK-based International Festival of Learning between Tuesday, August 25 and Friday, August 28th, 2020. Resilience is a must see for anyone interested in understanding the impacts of childhood trauma and adversity. It explains the biology of toxic stress and provides the science of hope, by showing the power of relationships and community in supporting resilience. Paper Tigers follows six students across a year of high school, documenting the ways trauma informed practice can change lives. It’s a film that stays with you long after it ends. Anyone working in education will benefit from watching this one! Link to register in comments.

13.01.2022 When children can’t connect to caring adults to reduce their subconscious perception of threat, they experience stress responses, which often show up as behavio...ral challenges. When we view behaviors from the lens of safety-seeking, we find that soothing the child through our gentle interactions (emotional co-regulation) is the answer, not issuing consequences. All techniques that degrade the social engagement system increase autonomic distress. When a child’s behaviors increase in severity, that’s a sign that the child needs more engagement and not less. The message for teachers, administrators, and parents: Instead of trying to extinguish unwanted behaviors, we should shift our paradigm from behavioral compliance to physiological safety. As a clinician, I have found that the subconscious perception of threat underlies most challenging behaviors, and the solution isn’t through a time-out or counting to three, but through social engagement. As Alexander Van Hiejer says, When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower. Quoting experts from an article by the wonderful author of #beyondbehaviours and child advocate Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. With Love, Lelia. www.leliaschott.com

13.01.2022 Hey all, please share - don’t forget to register your interest so I can send out the link. Look forward to seeing all our deadly youth.... Nadine

13.01.2022 I love this response by Janet Lansbury to a mother concerned about her toddlers 'regressive' behaviours after a major transition of bringing a new baby into the family. Whilst Janet's answers are for a specific question, they really are relevant to any transition a child is experiencing. It has also sparked an idea about 'attention-getters' and 'attention-givers' so I'll get working on that!

12.01.2022 Sadly, some children and young people will have seen the disturbing footage of a man who died by suicide which was shared widely across social media platforms in recent days. Dr Justin Coulson provides some ideas here about how to talk to your children about it - being curious, not furious.

11.01.2022 Rose is loved, and held in mind even when - no especially when - she thinks she doesn’t need it. Such a beautifully made animation, enjoy!

10.01.2022 If you want to learn more about neurodivergence/neurodoversity from true experts - those with lived experience, that get the ‘why’ - check out this newly created collective of first voice advocates from across the world. Thank you Kristy Forbes - Autism & ND Support, what an excellent initiative.

09.01.2022 Reframing "Attention Seeking" I've written about this before, however was spurred into action again today after attending my second Circle of Security training ...day, where we are encouraged to understand "attention seeking" as Connection Seeking. I also believe that behaviours described as 'attention seeking' are often expressing need for attunement and attachment. The needs exist on a continuum, and often the 'behaviour' becomes more confronting, confusing or chaotic to match the underlying need and emotion. See more

09.01.2022 I've been thinking a lot lately about all of the 'right ways' we have to address problems. Of how the next big thing comes along, and we jump in, hoping that it will be the knowledge / skill / practice / event / guru that changes everything. The ways we look for 'strategies' from 'experts' and ask them to "tell me what to do". I've been pondering the way we manualise different knowledge, hoping that if we apply this as skill in just the right order, at just the right time, th...at we will suddenly be able to create the change and growth we are hoping for. Our modern world's preoccupation with perfection, and intolerance to mistakes has led us to believe that the perfect answer is out there, we just have to find it. Of course, I do think there is an answer, I just think it's a messy one...it's about our relationships - and the mistakes we make in them. Resilience is created through mismatches that are repaired, and so to, a sense of self that can hold the space for not knowing, trusting that it will be okay, and that connection can come even after the pain of disruption. 'The Power of Discord' tells us why the ups and down of relationships are the secret to building intimacy, resilience and trust. The authors Ed Tronick (you probably know him for his still-face experiments), and Claudia M Gold have written this brilliant overview of the power of relationships, filled with research and stories...not to give you the answers laid out perfectly with all the right steps to take, but providing the stepping stones to thinking about and feeling the beautiful ways love and relationships can make us strong. The answer lies within the relationship itself. Yes!

09.01.2022 What did your history lesson teach you? NIYEC in collaboration with In My Blood It Runs and BeCollective are launching a new campaign #LearnOurTruth fighting for the truth and equity to be the foundation of our education system. We know that First Nations experiences through time and the full impact of colonisation is silenced in many classrooms around the country. We are calling on all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to share your experience of learning hi...story in our #LearnOurTruth survey that will be the foundation of this campaign. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are at the coal face our education system, and it’s important that their voices are centred. If you are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander aged 16-25, you can complete the survey using the link below. https://learnourtruth.com/ The #LearnOurTruth campaign and survey was created by @niyec_mob in collaboration with @InMyBloodItRuns and @be.collectiveculture

08.01.2022 In Circle of Security, this is represented by Delight in Me. For a child to see their delight mirrored back to them creates connection that says I see you. You are precious and loved. This felt sense of being loved and accepted just as they are, helps a child to explore the world and seek out support when needed, and is the foundation of self worth. Thanks Resilient Little Hearts

08.01.2022 BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Yellow Leaf by Ebony-Jane Carroll and Bianca Lavorgna, with illustrations by Caroline Keys. I received this special book in the mail today and had to post about it here! The Yellow Leaf is a children’s book about grief and loss, following Andy whose brother died, and Grace who is grieving her mum. The wind brings along a yellow leaf which provides the pathway to a colorful forest where feelings can be felt. As they walk together, Andy and Grace ex...press all of their emotions, from tiny smiles and angry bubbly bursts, to tummy crawling worries, that spark memories and understanding that there’s no perfect way to feel, when trying to heal, and that is perfectly fine. What I love about this book is that it gently encourages bereaved children to understand and express their feelings about the people they love and miss, with beautifully evocative illustrations adding a real sense of authenticity to the children’s experience. This book deserves a place on the shelves of anyone working with bereaved children, wellbeing teams, and of course in the homes of families where a loved one is missed. It’s available from ejcarroll.com

08.01.2022 This is a brilliant interview with Isaiah Dawe, a Butchulla and Gawara saltwater man who grew up in foster care, experiencing 17 different placements until he turned 18 and ‘aged out’ of the system. Isaiah shares what kept him strong as a child, and how he was eventually able to reconnect to his extended family, culture and Country later in life, to find a real sense of belonging. Isaiah is CEO of ID. Know Yourself, a mentoring program that brings back identity, connection and belonging to Indigenous children in care. You can hear his strength, courage, authenticity and absolute determination to create change in this interview, and it’s well worth a listen

04.01.2022 People who love and love and love and love.

03.01.2022 Thank you Lindsay Braman - Therapist & Psychoeducator for this. A smaller window of tolerance is very much a normal response to an abnormal situation.

02.01.2022 NEW PARENTS & MASK WEARING After sharing yesterday's 'Smile with your Eyes' post, I had a few messages about the impact on babies where parents are wearing masks as part of the coronavirus response. Covid has certainly thrown us some additional parenting curveballs! This article by Parenting Now explains why infants might be frightened of masks until they develop a sense of 'object permanence' - an understanding that what they can't see still exists.... The article also discusses ideas of how to support babies and young children to feel less afraid, including introducing the mask at home and playing peek-a-boo. I would also consider the type, colors and patterns of masks we are choosing so that we aren't inadvertently adding confusing or frightening features around the mouth area where children frequently scan for social cues. You might also like to check out your facial expressions in the mirror while wearing your mask so that you can notice any patterns that naturally happen when you smile, share comforting words, or express your love and concern. You can then purposely draw on these when communicating with your baby in situations where you need to wear a mask. Finally, as the article mentions, also attune to your child's distress and comfort, comfort, comfort!

01.01.2022 Echuca/Moama parents: register your interest with Claire for these wonderful wobbelyoga sessions

01.01.2022 Such a brilliant lineup! An event not to be missed.