Neuroscience gives social workers hope because it shows that the work, they are doing has a good chance of improving a child’s life, and because it helps to understand the challenges that children face so that everybody can work together

Early relationships characterised by abuse and neglect have lasting effects on children. Overreacting to potential threat cues can cause one to miss positive social cues like a playful nudge, making it more difficult to negotiate stressful interactions and acquire confidence

Heart-breaking, searing emotions are at the core of what it means to have experienced trauma. This has nothing to do with our mental processes. The core issue here is that our body has become immobilised in a pattern of unbearable