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I have been working very hard on completely revising my Restorative Approach one day training. It now follows the order of my book (Trauma Informed Care- The Restorative Approach www,nearipress.org). The exercises consist mainly of scenarios. The training includes many useful tools. I strongly urge anyone who is interested in the approach to attend my day long training at Klingberg on the 29 th , even if you have attended a previous one. Besides, everyone who attends that training will get a copy of my book! If you can’t do that, I hope to see you at a training in the future. As you can see I am very excited about this new presentation.   Here is the outline: I.               The trauma framework, a useful road map to understanding both the effects of trauma and how people can heal. II.             The Treatment Model a)       ...

I just finished the book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston New York 2012. This book has received a lot of media attention. For example, was reviewed in the NY Times Book Review ( http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/books/review/how-children-succeed-by-paul-tough.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 )   Paul Tough was also featured on This American Life. ( http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/474/back-to-school ). To give an overview of the book I’ll quote the New York Times: “This book challenges the belief that success today depends primarily on cognitive skills — the kind of intelligence that gets measured on I.Q. tests, including the abilities to recognize letters and words, to calculate, to detect patterns — and that the best way to develop these skills is to practice them as much as possible, beginning as early as possible. In his new book, “How Children Succeed,” Tough sets out t...