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Helping Children Understand the Passage of Time
It's natural to assume that children of a certain age - say 8 or older - can tell the time. Most can. But what about the passage of time? Not the same thing Telling the time and understanding the passage of time are very different things. Most normally developing kids...
The State of UK Children’s Rights – What the UN Thinks
This month saw the publication of the latest report and recommendations from the United Nations about how well (or not!) they think the UK is doing in respect of children's rights. Findings: The report gives recommendations about how the UK might improve its efforts...
3Ms Approach to Defensible Decision-Making
We've all been in practice situations where we've felt exposed, at risk. Dealing with very troubled children and families means this is going to happen. It's inevitable, sooner or later. Risky Practice... It's not that we set out to take risks - well, not usually...
Book Review: When The Adults Change, Everything Changes
This is the first of two books by Paul Dix looking at the impact of consistent adult approaches to troubled children in education settings. But I'm Not a Teacher Neither am I. But you don't need to be a teacher, or indeed an educationalist of any hue, to get a lot...
What Exactly is ADHD?
I've had ADHD since I was little. I'm now in my late 50s. I can't recall exactly when I first realised that there was something different going on with me - but I was an adult before the light dawned. Well known, but not known about Most people who work with troubled...
Criminal Justice – Trauma’s Triple Whammy?
It struck me today - not for the first time - that trauma has a nasty habit of reproducing itself. Or rather the behaviour that springs from trauma and the systems that respond to it often seem to compound the problem. An example... Trauma 1 HISTORY: I'd like you to...
Harry 3 – Book Review: ‘Harry the Hound’s Book of Kindness’
Those of you who watched the live streams we did this summer will be familiar with Harry - a hound who speaks to kids and encourages them, helping them cope with difficult situations. The first book looked at how Harry and his Mum handled the return to school after...
Book Review – Know Me To Teach Me
Title: Know Me To Teach Me Subtitle: Differentiated Discipline For Those Recovering From Adverse Childhood Experiences Author: Louise Bombér This book - Know Me To Teach Me - is written by an educator and is aimed at helping apply trauma theory into practice in school...
Book Review – Ego Is The Enemy
I've often said the you are your most important client - emphasising the need to look after yourself in order to have what it takes to help others. Well this book takes another tack - it addresses what the author, Ryan Holiday, describes as: 'The Fight to Master Our...
#AskMeAnything 1
Live on 12th June 2020, we discussed: Kids hoarding food - why do they do it and how to help them stop... Good endings - how to finish well (placements, interventions, school moves, etc.) Self-care - an brief intro to the TRM Academy online course - here Here's the...
