by sarah | Mar 6, 2018 | adoption
The book is written for birth children to help them understand the feelings they have when adopting a younger sibling. It’s easy to read, child friendly and designed for them to draw and write in. My son said that it looked good – high praise from him! It’s...
by sarah | Mar 28, 2017 | adoption, de-escalation, Uncategorized
This blog comes from the wonderful Gill Tree at the Adoption Academy I don’t always get it right. I get it wrong a lot still but when I do it get it right wow is it powerful! and boy does it feel good! Yesterday my son was kicking off big time, angry...
by sarah | Feb 15, 2017 | adoption, strategies
What’s the difference between boundaries and baskets? It’s a question I was asked recently and has come up before, so here’s an explanation. Baskets are what we use in NVR to help determine and prioritise the behaviours that you are going to focus...
by sarah | Nov 28, 2016 | adoption, parental presence
We communicate all the time, with everyone, it’s natural (for most people) and part of our lives. We don’t always think about how we communicate though. It can be very easy to communicate in a way that doesn’t give the intended message, or isn’t helpful to the other...
by sarah | Sep 14, 2016 | adoption, self care, understanding ourselves
As a parent you probably spend a lot of time trying to work out what might be the cause of negative behaviour, anger or sadness in your child. And, the NVR training gives us a framework for proactively looking for ‘triggers’ that might cause a meltdown. You might be...
by sarah | Aug 31, 2016 | adoption, non-violent resistance
My posts over the last few months have been focused on the pillars of NVR (Non Violent Resistance) and how to put it into practice in your home. It’s all very well blogging in a theoretical way about NVR, but, what is it about this methodology that makes it special?...
