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ATN's Virtual Pivot
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Feb 21, 2021
  • 3 min

ATN's Virtual Pivot

In the Spring of 2020, the Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN) staff and Board had to make a difficult decision. We decided our next...
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Watching the Sunrise: A Conference Reflection
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Feb 29, 2020
  • 4 min

Watching the Sunrise: A Conference Reflection

Have you ever stood and watched the sun rise over the mountains? First there is a glow. Then a glimmer. Then an explosion.
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BRAVE for Teachers: The Importance of Play
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Aug 24, 2019
  • 4 min

BRAVE for Teachers: The Importance of Play

Thinking a child who doesn’t enter into play is simply being shy or obstinate prevents us from helping the child utilize this important path
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BRAVE for Teachers: The Need for Physical Activity
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Aug 22, 2019
  • 2 min

BRAVE for Teachers: The Need for Physical Activity

Increasingly, the researchers are telling us the key to learning is physical activity (though this is not a new understanding). While we nee
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BRAVE for Teachers
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Aug 15, 2019
  • 3 min

BRAVE for Teachers

“Tell the teachers to start watching for posts,” Jeannie said. “They will understand and buy my book and it will help them understand childr
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What Educators and Therapists are Saying!
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 3 min

What Educators and Therapists are Saying!

During my healing journey, my dissociated child selves, frozen in time by trauma, provided a window into the mind of a child who has suffere
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Ten Things I Needed at School
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Aug 9, 2018
  • 5 min

Ten Things I Needed at School

For a child who has suffered trauma—especially abuse, sexual abuse in particular, the main goal of every single day is to feel safe. This ne
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Helping Jeannie Release Trauma
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jun 1, 2018
  • 5 min

Helping Jeannie Release Trauma

We often stop ourselves and the children in our lives from doing everything necessary for the body to heal from trauma. We stop our tears, w
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An Airport Reflection about Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Feb 21, 2018
  • 5 min

An Airport Reflection about Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools

I realize more and more how trauma informed my teaching methods and choices. No one expected anyone else to be perfect. Stories were receive
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Our Tenacious Inner Child
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Aug 24, 2017
  • 6 min

Our Tenacious Inner Child

Jeannie was and is tenacious, but I don’t think there is really anything inside me that is not available to every human being. We are born t
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Effects of Trauma: I Was an Underachiever
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jul 27, 2017
  • 4 min

Effects of Trauma: I Was an Underachiever

I was an underachiever. Has God enabled me to live my life and use my suffering to help others? Absolutely! But there is so much I would hav
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The Classroom through the Lens of Trauma
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jul 20, 2017
  • 3 min

The Classroom through the Lens of Trauma

The doctor my parents took me to was wise beyond his era. He said, “She seems to be a bit anxious about school. Maybe it would help to keep
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Because a Teacher Cared
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • May 10, 2017
  • 2 min

Because a Teacher Cared

The following excerpt from my first book, BRAVE: A Personal Story of Healing Childhood Trauma, explains the reason I spent my life...
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