How the Positive Internal Working Model influences perceptions and actions Positive internal working model PIWM-Smell something burning, remember he left a stew simmering You immediately put down the project and rush to the kitchen You begin to imagine a boiled over pot, and possibly a dried-out...
How a Negative Internal Working Model influences our perceptions and actions… Last week we talked about a mix. Today we thought we would give you examples of which internal working model you are drawing from at the moment. The thoughts The emotions The actions Their impact on other people...
How internal models are formed Our mixture of positive and negative models will function as a neuro pathway diverter. The degree of model purity determines which pathways our thoughts will travel. The thought patterns, neuro pathways, engendered by our mix of internal working models become,...
Introduction to internal working models: Internal Working Models: Internal representations of self, caregivers, and the world initially generated via experiences with the primary caregiver, modified by the interpretation of experiences through the rest of our lives. Positive Internal Working...
Learn about the benefits of the Trauma Lens Paradigm Shift Trauma Lens Paradigm Shift: Parental learning and the implications Parents see theirs and others’ fear driving bad behaviors.A bad behavior is a behavior that either fails to achieve the desired results or accumulates unacceptable side...
Part 2: Ways we maximum the power of our unique position We ensure our responses to the behaviors, opportunities, stressors, etc. reflect the Trauma Lens Paradigm Shift (refer to the website for more videos and content on the Trauma Lens Paradigm shift)PACEBaylin, J. & Hughes, D. (2016). The...
Foster and adoptive parents open their homes to children from many cultures and races, but all with histories of loss and pain. Willingly, these parents accept the challenge to help children become more successful in life. Their loving hearts and investment in the process become assets to their...
Parenting qualities: When we sign up to be a foster or adoptive parent, we are most likely unaware of the depth of the task ahead. Most of us enter this parenting with an assumption that we have the needed skills. We may have parented other children, had good role models, or a preconceived idea of...
Emotional blindness and how it impacts parents parenting traumatized children What is it? Emotional blindness-referenced in D. Siegel’s book, then researched it. Emotional blindness: an inability to identify and describe one’s own and other’s emotions. It’s considered a personality trait that can...
We recommend four powerful strategies for implementing the paradigm shift required for healing trauma. Here are six reasons the strategies are so...
THANKSGIVING: HOW IT IMPACTS CHILDREN WITH EARLY TRAUMA AND THEIR FAMILIES Introduction: It’s November! Parents are pulling out their children’s sweaters because the seasons are changing. Along with that the time changes, too, and it gets darker earlier. Stores change their merchandising....