- www.saia.org.uk (Scottish Attachment in Action)
- www.istss.org (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)
- www.estss.org (European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)
- www.estd.org (European Society for Trauma and Dissociation)
- www.isst-d.org (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation)
- www.ukpts.co.uk (UK Psychological Trauma Society)
- www.trauma-pages.com
- www.understandingdissociation.com
- www.nctsn.org (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
- www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk (Birth Trauma Association)
- www.janinafisher.com (Janina Fisher’s Trauma Pages)
- www.familyrelationsinstitute.org (Patricia Crittenden’s Attachment Pages)
- www.iasa-dm.org (International Association for the Study of Attachment)
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Adoption Support
The Adoption Club
Buy The Adoption Club: Therapeutic Workbook Series on Amazon.com
This set of five workbooks, written for therapists who work with children, could also be used by adoptive parents to help a child work through what adoption means, feelings about being adopted, new siblings, and more.
Trauma and Attachment in the Classroom
Child and Family Mental Health Resources
Self Harm Support – No Harm Done
Young Minds. “Self-harm is a common problem that can often point to underlying issues with your mental health. There is help out there to help you stop and also address whatever triggers are causing you to start. In this booklet, we’ll guide you through what causes people to self-harm, how to get help and how to help if you know someone who might be self-harming. You can order copies from YoungMinds by email: shop@youngminds.org.uk or phone: 020 7089 5050.”
Rosie Remembers Mommy – The National Child Trauma Network
The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children poster
‘The teenage years are often referred to as a time of “storm and stress”. For many young people, they are emotionally fuelled years, but adolescence is also a time of unparalleled opportunity for learning and creativity. One vital skill for all teenagers to learn is emotional regulation — the ability to calmly assess and then keep emotions in check. However, one challenge in perfecting this skill lies in the “developmental mismatch” in the teenage brain. During adolescence, the limbic system, which processes emotions, develops more quickly than the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which is involved in planning, judgement and emotional control. It’s still only a theory, but the evidence is stacking up that the excitability of the limbic system versus the PFC is responsible for heightened emotional reactivity in adolescents. However, as the PFC matures, its ability to regulate the activity in limbic structures improves. Dr Sarah McKay’s blog post goes into more detail about the brain changes that are happening during adolescence.’ Courtesy of The Neuroscience Academy website.
Click here to read.
Liar Liar Liar
“We often get very frustrated and indignant when children lie. We mount our ‘moral crusader horse’ forgetting to reflect on why children who have complex trauma might lie. Watch the Skill Bite below and think differently about what to do when a child lies, it might just help you not fall off your ‘horse’ so often or not climb up onto it in the first place.” soapbox – Why Do Children Lie. Gregory Nicolau, Founder / CEO Australian Childhood Trauma Group.
Children need help regulating emotionally by looking to a calm adult to provide tools and assurance. A dysregulated adult will escalate the child and miss the opportunity to teach the child how to self-calm. Sometimes adults need help learning self-regulation, too. It’s okay to ask for help.
