Links to learning

• Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for children and families - Center on the Developing Child compilation of decades of research FREE
• Jack Shonkoff Lecture on Toxic Stress - at the bottom of this web page FREE
• Center on the Developing Child Resources including on Toxic Stress FREE

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

• 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
• 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

• 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
• 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 - if you want to look at a meta analysis this is a good summary by Mark Bellis in 2014. Bellis is now Public Health Wales lead working on the Early Action Together Project with Wales Policing

• The effects of multiple adverse childhood experiences on health Professor Mark Bellis et al.,Lancet Public Health 2017;2:e356-66
• Life course health consequemces and associated annual costs of adverse childhood experiences across Europe and North America Professor Mark Bellis et al., The Lancet 2019
• 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.

• 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
• EHCAP elearning FREE
• EHCAP ebook- ' A trauma informed approach to Wellness ' FREE
• John Gottman Lecture Series https://emotioncoaching.gottman.com The first chapter is free
• John Gottman - Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child- available on Amazon
• Dan Siegel Dan Siegel Lecture Series - 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
• Evaluation reports for EHCAP's Somerset Project FREE
• David Eagleman - The Brain either book or film
• Information about research into ACEs as well as response to ACEs is loaded on this page https://www.ehcap.co.uk/news/ACEs FREE
• Mindfulness - the Headspace research document is loaded into the Coaching Wellness section of our interactive site. Please also access the free video of Jon Kabat-Zinn speaking at the Mindful Healthcare Summit
• 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.
• Boing Boing Interactive Resilience Framework - developed in partnership with University of Brighton, Lisa Williams Consultancy and Young Minds

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.