Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Feb 29, 20204 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 24, 20194 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 22, 20192 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 15, 20193 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jan 16, 20193 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 9, 20185 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jun 1, 20185 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Feb 21, 20185 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Aug 24, 20176 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 27, 20174 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 20, 20173 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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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 10, 20172 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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