Effective Communication | Unlocking Children

Discover strategies for building positive communication with children. Explore ways to listen with empathy, respond calmly, and use language that supports trust, understanding and emotional growth. Whether at home or in professional settings, these articles help strengthen connection through respectful, meaningful conversations.

Why Some Children Don't Tell: Understanding Barriers to Abuse Disclosure in Schools

Explore the key reasons why children may struggle to disclose abuse in school settings. This evidence-based article highlights emotional, systemic, and cultural barriers—drawing on both child and professional perspectives—and offers actionable recommendations to improve safeguarding responses.

Restoring Trust: Repairing Youth-Professional Relationships After Safeguarding Disclosures

Learn how to support children after safeguarding disclosures. Rebuild trust, repair relationships, and restore emotional safety through trauma-informed care.

Seeing Beyond the Behaviour: Building Relationships with SEMH Children

Learn how behaviour is communication in SEMH children and discover relationship-based strategies to build trust, emotional safety, and resilience.

Enhancing Trauma-Informed Practices When Working with Children

Discover practical trauma-informed strategies to help children heal, build resilience, and thrive. Learn how to create safe, supportive environments rooted in empathy and trust.

Building Trust and Fostering Growth Through Relationships with Children

Learn how to build trust and foster growth through authentic relationships with children. Explore practical strategies to support emotional development, resilience, and well-being—especially for children with trauma or SEMH needs.

How Children Learn to Communicate

Discover how children develop communication skills through gestures, play, and storytelling. Learn strategies to support language growth and emotional expression from infancy to preschool.