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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · 1d

Co-regulation is powerful in micro-doses. This rewires neural pathways & calms the stress chemistry 🧠🌱

Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · 1d

When children are in survival mode,they shift from parasympathetic to sympathetic.A body flooded with stress signals hyperalert but exhausting.This event will help support anyone working with children to shift their bodies into a body that feels safe🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · 1d

You cannot consequence a pupil out of survival mode.Their brain is not in a place to think & reflect. In these moments, they need connection,safety & co-reg, consequences come later. This is not about being less strict but working smarter. Working with biology,not against it.🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · 1d

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1776798655...

Join me for this one-off workshop & the last event of 2025. Supporting children with trauma or just in general. We will look at gentle ways to understand & support nervous systems by giving children the reset their brains & bodies desperately need.🧠🌱

Trauma in Children & Responding to the Function of Distressed Behaviour

Eventbrite - Gerry Diamond presents Trauma in Children & Responding to the Function of Distressed Behaviour - Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · 10d

30 tickets away in under a week.This final workshop of 2025 is meeting children & young people's feelings & not the behaviour. Our nervous system influences all aspects of our lives through trauma, stress & dysregulation. How can we best support them instead of punishing them.🧠🌱

Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · 12d

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1776798655... You will not solve the behaviour of our children by punishing them into a better way of being.This will only exacerbate their inner word. If we can be curious about their behaviour,we can help them deactivate these defensive manoeuvres that ensure their survival.

Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · 12d

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1776798655... You will not solve the behaviour of our children by punishing them into a better way of being.This will only exacerbate their inner word. If we can be curious about their behaviour,we can help them deactivate these defensive manoeuvres that ensure their survival.

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1462746045...

Free event.8 tickets left out of 100.🧠🌱

How Trauma/Toxic Stress & ACEs Impacts the Brain/Body in Education/Orgs

Join us to explore how stress impacts our brains and bodies in schools and organizations - it's going to be eye-opening!

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 25

Due to working in a secondary school & busy myself,this will be the only time I get this one out
Nurture isn’t a room, but it should be every room in an educational setting. Creating a nurturing environment that allows children to learn, grow, and explore their potential🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 25

Breaking down the 6 principles through a trauma responsive, neuroscience lens.
What would we like to achieve?
Resilience (What is resilience?)
Regulating emotions.
Help pupils better navigate the school environment.
Make academic progress.
Nurture is everybody's business
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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 25

Supporting children through a nurturing trauma response lens, including the biological underpinnings.
Evidence based approaches supporting & teaching children about their brains & nervous system.

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 25

Overview.
Setting up a nurture group.
Planning & running a group.
Organising your nurture based.
Supporting the wider school staff in understanding the role & ethos of nurturing interventions through the 6 principles. 🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 25

How to Cultiivate, Create Nurturing Trauma Responsive Practices.
If you are running nurture groups or in the process of beginning groups or interested in a whole school nurturing approach,this presentation is for everyone within ed settings & parents
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1530077636...
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How to Cultivate, Create Nurturing Trauma Responsive Approaches

Join us for a deep dive into building supportive environments for healing from trauma - let's nurture growth together!

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 25

How many of you have told a pupil," You need to act your age?"
When a pupil experiences trauma, it creates developmental gaps(non-meeting of needs) .The trauma will attach itself to the developmental age of when the child experiences the trauma.
Educators need to know this. 🧠🌱

Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 17

Let's stop punishing pupils for having underdeveloped & under connected brain functios ,especially self-regulation & impulse control. They're not signs of defiance,they're signs of a pre frontal cortex still under construction. 🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 17

Pupils make mistakes because their brains are underdeveloped, trying to manage impulses & regulate emotions. This shouldn't be controlled and managed, which creates fear & disconnection,but is taught with compassion & guidance 🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 13

I have never seen a pupils behaviour improve with detentions, suspensions, or punitive consequences. Why are we still seeing these strategies used in educational settings?
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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 10

Pupils brains do not learn, process, or absorb information in hypervigilance. It becomes difficult to access the hippocampus,the part of the brain for memory & learning consolidation,which means it is harder for them to form new memories & harder to access what they do know🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 8

Once we understand that challenging, oppositional behaviours often stem from brain development rather than defiance,our entire approach shifts.We see behaviour in a new way, so we "act" instead of "react." A child who is signalling that they are vulnerable & need our help🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 7

Not all ACEs are identified as trauma. It's what was lacking when it happened & how the brain & nervous system responded to it. Was there an absence of acknowledgement, support,being held,supported & comforted.This leaves children with a nervous system focussed on inner chaos🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 6

Micromanagement behaviour strategies encourage pupils to suppress their emotions & robs them of the opportunity to learn how to regulate them.They need to be able to express their emotions without fear of punishment. Instead,give them the opportunity to learn how to regulate them🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 4

When supporting pupils with multiple ACEs,there is no quick fix solution,we also can't change the past.Its about the little interactions, being present & creating space to help them feel & grow.Opening up conversations that are healthy & supportive.
Transformation takes time.🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 3

Your nervous system is the lens on how you viewed the world.A body adapting to the conditions it was brought up in.
Emotions,reactions & symptoms, a body holding onto memories your mind is trying to forget.🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 3

Supporting pupils with trauma dysregulation,their nervous systems have been shaped by everything they have gone through "patterns of protection"that kept them alive.We can help them teach their nervous system something new. Self-regulation,coping strategies, managing emotions🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 3

In schools working with pupils who have trauma,stories often start with timing. "See when I was 5." We then we start to identify their unmet needs,emotional deprivation,you are now aware of the trauma. You now need responsive action to help dose down their stress response 🧠🌱

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Gerry Diamond. @gerrydiamond1971.bsky.social · Jul 2

Talking to an amygdala never works.

Basic neuroscience. 🧠🌱

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