ConnectionsMatterCB @ConnectPottCo
Connections Matter promotes caring connections as the foundation for developing healthy brains, supportive relationships and strong communities. connectionsmatters.org Council Bluffs, IA Joined August 2016-
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Spring is here! Still a little cold outside but still warm enough to spend 15-20 minutes outside with a child. Play catch, rack the leftover leaves, take a walk. Whatever you do make #GREATCHILDHOODS. Those memories will last a lifetime!
In School and Out, Relationships Matter blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learnin…
What is serve and return? And how can we, as parents and caregivers, be responsive to a young child’s signals and needs? Experts break brain-building serve and return down into 5 steps for us: developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/5-st…
Christmas Reinvented: The 12 Days of Connection attachmenttraumanetwork.org/12-days-of-con…
You see, all families go through some adversity. For some families, however, the trauma is too severe or too frequent for a child to cope with. If you’re a parent in this situation, fostering supportive relationships is the best thing you can do to... stresshealth.org/what-can-i-do/…
Some great ideas today at the Hand in Hand Conference about ways to build connections.
Medical professionals and researchers have long studied the effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and lifelong mental... usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Relationships are important for brain development! One way to build better relationships with your children is to connect with them! Have a daily “connect” time with your child. Do this face-to-face,... facebook.com/Connectionsmat…
Advice from 7 TED speakers on creating better connections. ideas.ted.com/how-to-build-c…
"Trauma is a time traveller, an ouroboros that reaches back and devours everything that came before. Only fragments remain." - Junot Diaz newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
"Stress is a normal part of life, while toxic stress occurs on a different plane. It's chronic and overwhelming. Toxic stress is often the result of severe hardship or circumstances -- extreme poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, and more." wrvo.org/post/healing-c…
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