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24.01.2022 Maybe I’ve spent one too many hours recently dealing with schools and therapists who want to continue implementing inappropriate and ineffective behavior plans... for kidsand I’m feeling a little feisty about it. If you aren’t focusing first and foremost on building safe trusting relationships with children who are struggling (or any child for that matter)-you’re doing it wrong. Full stop. You’re missing the necessary ingredient to help kids develop the skills needed for better behavior. Adult-Child relationships are literally the foundation of all cognitive, communication, social, emotional, and behavioral development. Children form the neural connections they need for skill development in all of these areas through their relationships with others. We can thank psychologists and educators like Dr. Alan Fogel (Developing Through Relationships), Dr. Alan Sroufe (Emotional Development), Dr. Dan Seigel (The Developing Mind), Dr. Barbara Rogoff (Apprenticeship in Thinking), Dr. Peter Hobson (The Cradle of Thought), and many others for showing how the development of thinking, communication, emotional and behavioral regulation happens via relationship with caregivers. And we can thank people in the realm of behavioral neuroscience, like Dr. Stephen Porges (Polyvagal Theory), for helping us understand the physiological components of emotional/behavioral regulation. There’s no question that relationship is at the heart of everything with kids. But when a child is having challenges (especially in the realm of emotions/behavior), relationships are often not what people look to as the primary intervention. Instead, they focus on tallying, giving stickers, time-outs, detention, calling parents, restraint, and many more strategies that are misguided at best-and damaging at worst. When a child exhibits concerning behaviors, start with developing or strengthening caring, trusting, safe relationships with at least one adult in that environment. That’s not just the nice thing to do-it’s the right and only thing to do if you really want to improve a child’s development and behavior. Leave a if you agree, and feel free to share your thoughts. #ADHD #autism #adhdparenting #autismmom #behaviormanagement #beyondbehaviors #childdevelopment #developmentalpsychology #traumainformed #childmentalhealth #consciousparenting #schoolpsychology #discipline #earlychildhoodeducation #earlychildhood #familysupport #kids #learningdisabilities #meltdown #neurodiversity #parenting101 #parentingwithoutpowerstruggles #raisingkids #schoollife #development #socialemotionallearning #specialneeds #specialneedsparenting #specialneedsmom #childpsychology

17.01.2022 Intrusive thoughts are what makes trauma so difficult to cope with. The brain perceives threat that is imagined rather than real - a misfiring if you will. Th...is activates the bodies fight, flight or freeze response as a survival mechanism. Trauma threats and triggers are as unpredictable as they are individualised & trauma specific. A sound, an image, a smell; a repetitive dream are all capable of activating the body’s survival mode of flight, fright or freeze. See more

14.01.2022 National #SorryDay today. I acknowledge the atrocities perpetrated on our First Australians; the legacy of which many continue to battle each day. The forcible... removal of children, dispossession & ongoing disadvantage of collective post-trauma heal only through acknowledgment & validation. Your pain matters See more

11.01.2022 As a psychologist I’ve had so many victims of psychological & emotional violence tell me they’ve lost count of how many times people have told them what a nice... bloke their abusive ex partners are. The carefully constructed false mask that rarely drops. Abusers will always surround themselves with enablers. Usually family members. Those who will normalise abusive behaviours. They will often hero worship the abuser to enable the reeling in of the next victim by providing the good bloke cover. #CoerciveControl

09.01.2022 If you use Instagram, follow me here: https://bit.ly/3mJmK5B

02.01.2022 Looking forward to seeing you all soon!!! We are driving across from Broome! If you would like me to call in, please contact me either by phone or email. Have a great day

01.01.2022 Consistent with my passion & desire to make a difference to outcomes in our highest risk communities I am announcing 3 FREE places at my Darwin public training ...(June 15-17) and 3 FREE places at my Melbourne public training (July 5-7) in Aboriginal Mental Health Assessment & Suicide Prevention in Aboriginal Communities. These workshops and all of my work receive ZERO Govt funding. I try to hit at least $100k in free places each year which I am pleased to say we have exceeded!! As a result of COVID these are likely to be my last public trainings until at least 2022. Please DONT message me via Facebook-send an email to [email protected] by Friday 21st May requesting consideration for one of the free places. To be considered for a free place (and to prevent the deluge!!!) you need to: 1. Work specifically with Aboriginal ppl and preferably identify as Aboriginal, 2. Work in a high risk, remote or regional community, 3. Are from either an NGO or AMS We will advise you after Friday #BuildAnArmy