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Calm, Connect, Support

WHAT WE KNOW / UNDERSTAND PICTURE PROMPTS

1. The way I respond will change the biology of the child: I can
increase the child’s stress and risk escalating things further OR I can

work to reduce the stressors and get the child back on track.
2. I am more likely to get the child back on track by helping them to

feel I am on their side and understand what is going on for them. I
can ‘Connect to Calm’.

3. The way I respond will make a difference to how emotionally
secure the child feels with me. I can respond in a way that

strengthens our relationship or in a way that fractures it. I know the

stronger our relationship, the more likely the child will want to
work with me to feel better and do better.
4. I can respond in a way that helps meet the child’s 5C Needs in that

moment - so they feel more connected, more capable, more in

control. Or I can respond in a way that makes them feel worse.
5. I can respond in a way that helps meet the child’s 5C needs over

time - helping to weigh their Balance of Life towards resilience and
recolor the lenses with which they see the world to yellow.

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