TRIBE Talk
Welcome to TRIBE Talk, the podcast where we talk trauma-informed care. Hosted by Laura Neal and Rachel Evans, from The Behaviour Therapy Clinic, the creators of the TRIBE model of Trauma Informed Care. Each episode explores real stories, practical strategies, and the science behind supporting children, families, and carers through adversity.
We dive into the challenges of parenting and caring for children impacted by trauma, share insights from behavioural science and therapy, and offer practical tools you can use in everyday life. Whether you’re a foster carer, adoptive parent, social worker, educator, or therapist, TRIBE Talk is here to help you turn trauma theory into trauma-informed practice.
Join us for compassionate conversations, expert advice, and a dose of inspiration—because every child deserves care that heals.
TRIBE Talk
Seeing BEHAVIOUR As Communication In TRAUMA Informed Care | #TRIBE Talk - Ep. 23
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In this episode of TRIBE Talk, we explore one of the most important shifts in trauma-informed care: learning to see behaviour as communication. For children who have experienced trauma, behaviour is often the language through which distress, fear, confusion, or unmet needs are expressed. What may appear as defiance, withdrawal, aggression, or avoidance is often a signal about what the child is experiencing internally.
This conversation focuses on how adults can move beyond surface behaviour to understand the meaning underneath it.
Episode Highlights:
- Why behaviour is often the clearest form of communication for traumatised children
- Understanding the needs and emotions that may sit underneath behaviour
- The difference between reacting to behaviour and understanding behaviour
- How trauma shapes the way children communicate distress
- The role of adults in interpreting and responding to behavioural signals
- Supporting children to develop safer, more effective ways to communicate
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