Sanctions and Exclusions Cannot Build A School Culture of Values, Trust and Positive Behaviours  The anticipated webinar held on 13th November 2023 led by Tom Bennett, Lead Behaviour Advisor OBE , on “Behaviour in Schools” left many questioning why the “new guidance” failed to offer any new evidence-based practices or real solutions to curb the […]

There are times that there can be a sense of incongruence when we’re working in an organisation that considers itself to be on the continuing journey to becoming trauma informed yet the team just isn’t working well together at all. We explored this incongruence in this week’s webinar which saw our Director, Lisa Cherry, in […]

Staring out of the window on an Autumn day, it dawned on me that as humans, we rarely adjust to the season of Autumn as we approach the darkness of winter. As the trees prepare for releasing what no longer serves them in preparation for rest and replenishment, we are called to do the same.  […]

Writing has long been used to satisfy the call to heal from emotional distress, to understand more of our internal workings and to share what we have learnt in the process of experiencing something we have struggled with or found traumatic. I first learned of this wonderful healing ability in its full entirety as I […]

Underpinning Trauma Informed principles into your setting, service or system is now more important than ever. A trauma-informed approach can support children, young people, families and those working in the settings that support them, dealing with the impact of the areas highlighted in the report above.

As described by David Emerson and Elisabeth Hopper in their book “Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga” Human beings are tender creatures - we are born with our hearts open. Sometimes our open hearts encounter experiences that shatter us. Sometimes we encounter experiences that so violate our sense of safety, order, predictability and rights, that we feel […]