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Early Bird Extended- EMPOWER, EMBRACE, EMERGE
We’ve extended the early bird deadline for EMPOWER, EMBRACE, EMERGE to this Friday April 10th! Register before the end of the day on Friday and you’ll be saving $10 off your investment. You can CLICK...
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A Trauma Informed Approach to Behaviors in the Classroom- free download!
Free Article Download- A Trauma Informed Approach to Behaviors in the Classroom is a letter to your child’s teacher- short, simple, and steeped in science- on why behavior management systems don’t...
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Trauma is Contagious
***This article was originally posted on 04/21/2014*** Like the common cold, influenza, or measles, trauma can actually pass from person to person- airborne and invisible. You don’t have to be exposed...
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Boise, ID- Trust Based Parenting in Real Life!!!
There are just a few day left to register for Trust Based Parenting…In Real Life! in Boise, ID on October 10. There is a minimum number of registrants required for this workshop to be held so please...
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Trust Based Parenting…In Real Life {Austin, TX}
Central Texas Attachment & Trauma Center regularly offers a six hour parenting class for our clients as well as the community. Trust Based Parenting…In Real Life will be held NEXT Saturday the...
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Empower, Embrace, Emerge- A Nourishing Retreat for Parents & Caregivers...
Our 2016 Event has grown from a one-day conference into a two-day retreat! In addition to the cutting edge information we have provided in the past, this year we will be adding an enriching component...
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Be calm. Be confident. Be compassionate.
I think I finally get it. Or at least, I’m getting it in a deeper way. In a whole-body, brain and heart, I can feel it in my bones kind of way. In the past few weeks, I’ve have the opportunity to...
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{Webinar} How to Talk About the Hard Truths in Adoption THIS WEEK
Happy rainy Sunday It’s coming down like cats and dogs in Austin, TX right now! You may already know that I have another webinar series beginning on Tuesday, November 8. “How to Talk About the Hard...
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Resources to help talk to kids about adoption
My webinar on How to Talk About the Hard Truths in Adoption airs tonight and I wanted to put together a summary of a few of my blog articles for the attendees. Whether or not you are attending...
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Helping Kids Calm
You’re probably looking to add just a few more tools to your toolbox when it comes to helping your kiddo stay regulated. I know I always am! Once your child has TOTALLY flipped their lid, there isn’t...
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Step 2: How Did Your Child’s Trauma Impact THEM??
Step 2 in the Super-Powers of Adoptive Moms and Dads. How did my child’s trauma impact their brain? (In step 1, you learned about trauma and the brain, just in general. In this step, you start to...
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Can you notice a moment of being OK?
{Written on Friday March 3}…At this very moment, I’m gazing at a lazy river in Central Florida- and it truly is the laziest river I’ve ever seen. What a brilliant idea to have a moms retreat in...
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Untangling Disorganized Attachment
Children with early attachment trauma often have bizarre, confusing, and unpredictable behaviors. In fact, one of the most predictable things about a child with a history of early attachment trauma is...
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My child sets me up to say “NO”
WHY oh WHY does your child ask questions that they absolutely know will be answered with a big fat “NO.” “Mom, can I ride my bike to the gas station so I can get a candy bar?” (Your child is 8 and it’s...
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Connection is a Beacon
Advances in the relational neurosciences are making many things so much more clear. But my favorite thing that has emerged as a truth is that our systems are always driven toward coherence. Always...
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Relationship Builds Resilience
I’ve been mulling around the concept of resilience lately. Why are some children more profoundly impacted by their experiences than others? Why are some children seemingly able to pull up and out of...
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Creating Felt Safety
Have you ever been dumbfounded at why your child is dysregulated? Completed flabbergasted as to what on earth could be triggering them? Feeling POSITIVE that there is absolutely no reason for your...
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{Guest Post} Equine-Assisted Therapy
I think this is the first time I’ve had a guest-blogger Everyone- meet Jason Ledlie. Jason- meet everyone. Jason is a good friend, an amazing colleague, a super dad, and all-around pretty fantastic...
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All True Selves are Loveable
I’ve never met a true self I haven’t fallen in love with. ~Candyce Ossefort Russell, LPC-S My life literally changed the moment I heard those word. September 2015. Our true selves are always here...
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