Beacon House is passionate about developing freely available resources so that knowledge about the repair of trauma and adversity is in the hands of those who need it. Please feel free to use our resources in your home or work setting.
All we ask is that you credit our team for the information and design using this credit: Image or information courtesy of Beacon House Therapeutic Services & Trauma Team | 2019 | www.beaconhouse.org.uk
Developmental Trauma Close Up Article | Revised January 2020
Dissociation in Children & Teens Resource
Dissociation Conversation Cards
Grounding Texts (Dissociation)
Bottom up Brain Development Diagram
Developmental Trauma Summary Sheet
Side By Side: A Therapeutic Journey Through Secondary Trauma
‘What We Say’ Comic. (A language shift resource)
Sensory Processing, Coordination & Attachment
Hand gym video and hand gym resource
Screen Savers: Looking after your eyes, body and mind when using screens
Trauma Informed Schools Resources Bank
Attachment Strategies In The Classroom
Click here to view our animated version of Repair of Early Trauma: A Bottom Up Approach Told to us through the voices of children, this unique animation teaches us that by putting together the seven-piece jigsaw puzzle of ‘Developmental Trauma’ we can repair it using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics.
Click here to view our animation ‘The Window of Tolerance’ Find out how a traumatised child swings from fight/flight to freeze/collapse, and what adults can do to help bring the child back into their window of tolerance so they can be at their personal best.
Click here to view James’ story – a story about how a childhood of trauma and adversity led James to feel despair, loneliness and rage. Walk with James through his pain to a new chapter in his life where he begins to heal, and create a new and hopeful future. James’ story and the images you’ll see may trigger powerful feelings, look after yourself as you walk by his side.
We are proud to share some creative resources produced by one of our adoptive parents, Helen Townsend at innerworldwork.co.uk
What Survival Looks Like At Home (Developmental Trauma)
What Survival Looks Like At Primary School (Developmental Trauma)
What Survival Looks Like At Secondary School (Developmental Trauma)
Trauma, PTSD and Attachment
www.saia.org.uk (Scottish Attachment in Action)
www.istss.org (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)
www.estss.org (European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies)
www.estd.org (European Society for Trauma and Dissociation)
www.isst-d.org (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation)
www.ukpts.co.uk (UK Psychological Trauma Society)
www.trauma-pages.com
www.understandingdissociation.com
www.nctsn.org (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk (Birth Trauma Association)
www.janinafisher.com (Janina Fisher’s Trauma Pages)
www.familyrelationsinstitute.org (Patricia Crittenden’s Attachment Pages)
www.iasa-dm.org (International Association for the Study of Attachment)
Young people’s mental health
www.childmentalhealthcentre.org (Child Mental Health)
www.childline.org.uk – 0800 11 11 (Childline)
www.youngminds.org.uk (Young Minds)
www.headspace.com/ (A Mindfulness app for relaxation)
www.smilingmind.com.au/ (Relaxation made easy)
www.gires.org.uk (Gender Identity Research and Education Society)
www.mermaidsuk.org.uk (Support and information for gender variant children and teens)
switchboard.org.uk (Brighton & Hove LGBT Switchboard was established in 1975 and is here to listen to, inform and support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people)
Adult mental health
www.samaritans.org – 08457 90 90 90 (The Samaritans)
www.mind.org.uk (Mind)
www.ntw.nhs.uk/pic/selfhelp (Cognitive Behavioural self-help strategies)
www.llttf.com/index.php (An online self-help service)
www.getselfhelp.co.uk/links2.htm (Links to other useful website and self-help strategies)
www.headspace.com/ (A mindfulness app for relaxation)
www.sussexrecoverycollege.org.uk/
Fostering and adoption
www.baaf.org.uk/info (British Association of Adoption and Fostering)
www.adoptionplus.co.uk (Adoption Plus)
www.pac-uk.org/ (Post adoption Centre)
Abuse and child safety
www.nspcc.org.uk (NSPCC)
www.ceop.police.uk (CEOP – online safety)
www.safelives.org.uk (Safe Lives)
Parenting and Parent-Infant mental health
www.parentskool.co.uk/
www.nct.org.uk/
www.aimh.org.uk/
www.zerotothree.org/
www.breakthesilence-pni.org/
www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk
www.pandasfoundation.org.uk/
www.brightpip.co.uk (Parent Infant Psychotherapy Service based in Brighton)
Occupational Therapy
www.sensoryattachmentintervention.com
www.sensoryproject.org/through-the-senses
www.sensoryintegration.org.uk/What-is-SI
www.zonesofregulation.com/index.html
www.hwtears.com
www.sosapproach-conferences.com
