Trauma and your body - Being a trauma informed community
Summary
These resources can help you understand how trauma effects a child’s body.
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Behaviours Are Communication [PDF 188.1 KB]
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Blocked Care [PDF 310.0 KB]
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Brain Building: Serve and Return [PDF 695.5 KB]
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Dissociation – A Survival Mechanism [PDF 154.4 KB]
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Eating Their Feelings [PDF 277.0 KB]
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Emotional Literacy and Co-Regulation [PDF 382.2 KB]
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Epigenetics: How Experiences Influence Genes [PDF 181.4 KB]
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Growth Mindset [PDF 282.2 KB]
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Hope for Healing: Understanding Neuroplasticity [PDF 286.3 KB]
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How motor neurons and play support physical development [PDF 490.6 KB]
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Internal working models: How a child’s former experiences guide current behaviour [PDF 285.3 KB]
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Making Meaning of Behaviour [PDF 444.8 KB]
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Our Emotional Brain: The Role of Chemical Messengers [PDF 572.6 KB]
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Reminders of Past Trauma [PDF 308.1 KB]
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Resilience: The Muscle of Adversity [PDF 277.9 KB]
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State Dependant Functioning [PDF 254.5 KB]
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Surviving the Turbulence [PDF 249.1 KB]
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The Body’s Alarm System [PDF 75.9 KB]
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The In-Utero Experience [PDF 528.9 KB]
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Understanding Intergenerational Trauma [PDF 201.9 KB]
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Understanding the Mistrusting Brain: Children’s “Blocked Trust” [PDF 381.9 KB]
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Up and Down the Ladder: How our Minds and Bodies React to Safety and Danger [PDF 254.4 KB]
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Vicarious Trauma [PDF 290.2 KB]
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Where is "Trauma" Stored in our Body? [PDF 344.1 KB]
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Why sleep is so important [PDF 1.5 MB]
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Window of Tolerance [PDF 202.5 KB]
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Staying Safe: The “Fawn” Response [PDF 185.7 KB]
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Staying Safe: The “Fight” Response [PDF 274.7 KB]
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Staying Safe: The “Flight” Response [PDF 260.6 KB]
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Staying Safe: The “Freeze” Response [PDF 249.7 KB]
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Healing trauma through occupational therapy [PDF 186.6 KB]
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Traumatic memory [PDF 158.0 KB]