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Setting the Ground
Introduction
Welcome to “Rooted in Safety”
Why safety comes first
The Circle of Care
Preparing Your Learning Space
Workbook
The Lens of Trauma-Informed Care
Learning Objectives
Trauma Informed Care - A Perspective Shift
Sit Back and Listen
The Four R’s of Trauma-Informed Care
What might be a trigger
Changing the Lens in Practice
Tiny Shifts, Big Difference
The paradox of trauma-informed care | Vicky Kelly
Seeing the Lens in Ourselves
Workbook Module 1
Behaviour Is Not Character
Learning Objectives
Behaviour Isn’t Who We Are
Meet Your Autonomic Nervous System
The Two Faces of Each State
The ANS in safety and threat
Dancing with Yin Yang Chapter 6 - The Polyvagal Theory
Responding with Safety
Workbook Module 2
Redefining Trauma – The Body Remembers
Learning Objectives
What Is Trauma, Really?
The Power of An Unspoken Voice - Peter Levine
The Biology of Stuck: When Protection Can’t Complete
Dr. Gabor Mate- The 7 Impacts Of Trauma
Trauma in the Perinatal Field
The Pathway to Healing: Safety and Completion
From Stuck to Flow: The Resilience in the System
Workbook Module 4
Turning the Lens Inward
Learning Objectives
Awareness Without Judgement
Reflection - Awareness without judgment
Meeting My Patterns with Curiosity
Reflection - Meeting My Patterns with Curiosity
My Safety Signals
My Safety Signals
The Practice of Self-Regulation
From Awareness to Integration
Rooted in Safety vs Rooted in Threat
Learning Objectives
Two Root Systems - Safety and Threat
Activity - Two Root Systems - Safety and Threat
The Science of Safety in Relationships
Activity - The Science of Safety in Relationships
The Environment as a Nervous System
Activity - The Environment as a Nervous System
Shifting from Threat to Safety
Activity - Shifting from Threat to Safety
The Collective Field
Activity - The Collective Field
The Perinatal Cycle of Resilience
Learning Objectives
The Mother–Baby Dyad
Life in the Womb - Chapter 1
Epigenetics - The Biology That Listens
Behavioral Epigenetics: How Nurture Shapes Nature - Tabitha M Powledge
Building the Brain
The Fetal Senses - David Chamberlain
Organ Development & The Biology of Stress
What is Health?
Attachment Begins Before Birth
Early and Very Early Parenting: New territories - David Chamberlain
When the Mother Feels Threatened
Building the Baby’s Resilience
Human Neurobiology and Emotional Intelligence: The Five Rights Of Passage To Developing Core Beliefs
The Circle of Care
Understanding the significance of Perinatal Period - Quiz
Activities for Expectant Parents
Are You a Safe Person?
Learning Objectives
What Does “Safe” Really Mean?
Activity 1
A Science of Safety
How Others Experience Us
Activity 2
Brene Brown on Empathy
When We Are Not Safe (And Why That’s Human)
Activity 3
Name It to Tame It
Becoming a Safer Presence
Activity 4
Caring for Patients Who Have Experienced Trauma
Psychological Safety - Steven Baert and Amy C. Edmondson
The Importance Of Being Inauthentic - Mark Bowden
Safety as Leadership
Activity 5
The Question That Changes Everything
Activity 6
Strengthening the Vagal Connection
Learning Objectives
Vagal Tone in Plain Language
The Fastest Regulator - Breath
Voice as Medicine
Orientation & Grounding
Co-Regulation - Borrowing Calm, Sharing Safety
Repair After Rupture
Micro-Habits That Build Vagal Tone Over Time
A 2-Minute Toolkit for Busy Shifts
Vagal Tone Exercises
Tracker
Download Tracker
Respectful Maternity Care & Trauma Informed Care
RMC and TIC Same Destination, Different Doorways
Dignity Is a Nervous-System Intervention
Consent Beyond the Signature
The Power of Choice Tiny Choices, Big Safety
Equity and Bias Who Gets Safety
One-Minute Integration - Daily Practice
Readings
intrapartum Care for a Positive Childbirth Experience
The Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth in Health Facilities Globally
Videos about Shared Decision-Making
Practice Toolkit for Perinatal Professionals
Communication Is key
You Cannot Not Communicate
The 4 Things That Shape Communication
Frame of Reference and Filters
Nuances of Language in Maternity Care
Active Listening as a Safety Skill
Micro-Skills of Active Listening
Questions That Reduce Threat
Communication Under Stress
Reflective Practice for Better Language
Quiz - Communication is Key
Integration