A Smash Life talk covers a whole range of topics and emotions. As well as having a positive message at its core a Smash Life Talk touches on:
- Resilience and how we can all build resilience and self care through advice and techniques offered.
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s).
- Complex Trauma and Trauma and its impact on our mental health, relationships and adulthood.
- Attachment.
- Physical and emotional childhood abuse.
- Parenting; Responding to behaviour.
- Foster Carer / Adoption: Helping carers and parents understand children and young people you will love and care for.
- A life in Care
- School – Good/Bad approaches from teachers and school staff. How we displayed at school and why. What trauma informed approaches we believe work in schools.
- Post 16 Journeys
- What things saved us from making the wrong choices after our abusive placement. Bucking the ACE’s research and trends.
- Safeguarding young people. Signs to look for and how to create an environment where young people feel comfortable to disclose.
- A Tale of two placements in care….From an abusive placement to a therapeutic placement.
*Please note due to the content of this talk and the fact it is powerful and touches on a range of sensitive subjects a gentle fore warning for your audience is advised as it can stir a range of emotions in others listening to it.