Links to learning

Center on the Developing Child (CDC)

• Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for children and families - Center on the Developing Child compilation of decades of research 
• Connecting the brain to the rest of the body  - National Scientific Council on the Developing Child Working Paper 15 - early childhood development and lifelong health are deeply intertwined 
• Brief version of Connecting the brain to the rest of the body
• Infographic - Inflammation and why it matters for child development
• Jack Shonkoff Lecture on Toxic Stress - at the bottom of this web page  
• Center on the Developing Child Resources including on Toxic Stress
• Recommended by Jack Shonkoff: 'Where good ideas come from' -Steven Johnson - the natural history of innovation 2010
• Alberta CDC Learning Community online learning -  Brain Story Certification  - provides a historical perspective on the current CDC resources. 

Mindfulness and contemplation

• Thriving with Uncertainty - Opening the Mind and Cultivating Inner Well‐Being Through Contemplative and Creative Mindfulness’ Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness, Chapter 2, Siegel and Siegel, 2014 ISBN:9781118294895

• Practical Mindful Exercises from neuroscientist Professor Dan Siegel Wheel of Awareness 
• Jon Kabat-Zinn speaking at the Mindful Healthcare Summit
• Christian Contemplation- a journey into a deeper understanding of mindful activities and faith practices - Journey to the Heart, Freeman, de Waal, Ware, Boulay, Luth  ISBN 978-1-84825-108-3
• Headspace- summary of research into meditation

Siegel

• Dan Siegel biography
• The Mindsight Approach to Childhood and Adolescence . More free resources are available on the Mindsight Institute website
• Dan Siegel- The Whole Brain Child and accompanying Workbook - also No Drama Discipline if you like this approach
• Daniel J. Siegel Brainstorm - ‘The power and purpose of the teenage brain’
• Daniel J. Siegel Mind - ‘A journey to the heart of being human’ (part of Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology.
• Dan Siegel and Tina Payne - ‘The Power of Showing Up’ Scribe 2020

 Gottman

• Parental Meta- Emotion Philosophy and the Emotional Life of Families: Theoretical Models and Preliminary Data   Gottman and Katz, University of Washington 1996 Journal of Family Psychology 1996, Vol10, No3, 243-268
• John Gottman Lecture Series https://emotioncoaching.gottman.com   The first chapter is free in shop on the nav bar
• John Gottman- Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child- available on Amazon

Eagleman

• David Eagleman - The Brain either book or film

Attachment Theory

• Daniel J. Siegel ‘The Developing Mind’ How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are 

• Brief summary of Attachment Theory- Courtney Ackerman, Positive Psychology 

• Attachment and Trauma awareness training in schools - Alex Timpson Trust Working Paper shows value of Emotion Coaching in school settings

Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma

• Summa ry and context provided by EHCAP
• UK Trauma Council - set up in 2020 this organisation provides valuable resources linking experienced trauma with mental health difficulties across the life span.
• NHS Scotand FREE online Trauma Informed Practice modules
• Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study  Anda and Felitti 1998 Am J Prev Med 1998 May;14(4):245-58
• The biological effects of Childhood Trauma Child Adolescent Psychiatry Clin N Am. 2014 Apr ; 23(2): 185-222 -Michael D. De Bellis MD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director Healthy Childhood Brain Development and Developmental Traumatology Research Program Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke University Medical Center Box 104360, Durham NC.
• The effects of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health   Professor Mark Bellis et al.,Lancet Public Health 2017;2:e356-66  Bellis is Public Health Wales lead working on the Early Action Together Project with Wales Policing Services
• Life course health consequences and associated annual costs of adverse childhood experiences across Europe and North America   Professor Mark Bellis et al., The Lancet 2019

• Lemma, Davies, Ford, Hughes,Homolova,Gray, Richardson (2019)  Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences - An evidence review of interventions to prevent and address adversity across the life course. Public Health Wales, Cardiff and Bangor University, Wrexham, ISBN 978-1-78986-035-1
• UK Parliament 2018, Commons Select Committe the current state of evidence relating adversity and trauma suffered in childhood to a range of problems in later life, as well as the effectiveness of measures that aim to prevent adverse childhood experiences or mitigate their linked negative outcomes
• NSPCC Vulnerable Adolescents Thematic Review  - recommendations include: consider how awareness raising about the impact of adverse childhood experienced (ACEs) will be built upon to include professionals, families and the community
• The devastating clinical consequences of child abuse and neglect: increased disease vulnerablity and poor treatment response in mood disorders   Lippard and Nemeroff Am J Psychiatry 2020; 177:20-36

Post traumatic stress and climate change

• The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace- Wells ISBN 978-0-141-98887-0 Effects of rising temperatures, unbreathable air, dying oceans, lack of fresh water on human health and development in utero and childhood. Page 137 - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in adolescents as a result of climate trauma.

EHCAP Reports

• Evaluation reports for EHCAP's Somerset Project   

Parents

• Tuning in to Kids is an evidenced based parent support programme compatible with the Mindful Emotion Coaching approach - written by Associate Professor Sophie Havighurst from Melbourne University, the manual is full of references.
• John Lambie of Anglia Ruskin University has extensivley researched emotion validation and created a practical set of actionable resources for 0-3 year olds titled ' My First Emotions' available from SkyLark Learning

Resilience Framework 

• Boing Boing Interactive Resilience Framework  - developed in partnership with University of Brighton, Lisa Williams Consultancy and Young Minds

Specifically for the Six Step Wellness Plan

• HEEADDS  - psychosocial interview for adolescents - this updated version includes structured relationship based questions and awareness of media use and can be seen as a framewoork or guide to having a conversation. Goldenring and Cohen, Contemporary Paediatrics in 1988
• The framework for this Plan has been adapted from beyondblue’s BeyondNow suicide safety planning app. beyondblue is an Australian non profit organisation working to promote good mental health, tackle  stigma and discrimination, and provide support and information on anxiety, depression and suicide.

When Shoba Manro Holly (social worker) and  I - Sarah Temple-  first started to put this approach together (2010) we based our thinking on Professor Eileen Munro's Review of Child Protection, Department for Education 2011, the anticipated changes to Working Together statutory guidelines and the SCIE (Social Care Institute of Excellence) Accredited Guide 30 Think Child, Think Parent, Think Family. 

The Theory of Change used to embed safeguarding as a golden thread.

The programme has since developed to focus on the following skills and capabilities  such that the fundamental needs of children, young people and families are addressed:

• understand the neuroscience of the effects of adversity (including abuse and neglect) in childhood on long term physical and mental health outcomes and integrate this understanding into safeguarding children, young people and families
• build skills and capabilities in managing the effects of early adversity through Dan Siegel's Hand Model, John Gottman's Emotion Coaching and Mindful Exercises
• demonstrating the principles of person centred care
• awareness of the importance of personal physical and mental wellbeing and incorporating compassionate self-care into your personal and professional life.