by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care In part 8 of an 8-part series, Ashley Bennett, our Director of Trauma Informed Care, explains a new lens to see some of our biggest scariest moments of dysregulation and offers us some new ways to support our most...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care In part 7 of an 8-part series, Ashley Bennett, our Director of Trauma Informed Care, helps us take a look at strategies that we can use to keep behaviors low once they begin and help bring our children back to calm...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care In part 6 of a 9 part series, Ashley Bennett, our Director of Trauma Informed Care, helps us take a look at proactive strategies that can support our child's regulation and prevent some major dysregulation from...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care In part 5 of a 9 part series, Ashley Bennett, our Director of Trauma Informed Care, helps us take a look at the costs of caring for children with complex developmental trauma and walks us through a way to take...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care In part 4 of a 9 part series, Ashley Bennett, our Director of Trauma Informed Care, helps us consider the kind of conversations we need to have with the members of our family and what kind of safety plan we might...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care In part 3 of a 9 part series, Ashley Bennett, our Director of Trauma Informed Care, helps us identify our child's triggers, including the most common ones for children who have experienced complex trauma and are in...
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care In part 2 of a 9 part series, Ashley Bennett, our Director of Trauma Informed Care, shows us that it's by God's design that our brains and bodies alert us to experiences that are not good for us. She helps us to...
“He gets bored easily.” “She’s always asking me to play with her.” “He has trouble finding something to do and then just bothers …
When we welcome a child into our home through foster care, our primary job in those early days is to work on cultivating felt-safety in …
by Ashley Bennett, Director of Trauma-Informed Care My kids have been out of school since last week and I am excited about the change in routine for us! Sleeping in, sunshine, lots of free time! Let’s go summer!! Even typing this makes me laugh, because there...