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Robin Barre 10/11/23 Robin Barre 10/11/23

Is It Trauma, a Mental Health Disorder, or Just Adolescence? ~ Some Meandering Thoughts

Robin Barre 9/27/23 Robin Barre 9/27/23

How to Celebrate, Nurture, and Ground the Idealistic Adolescent

Robin Barre 9/13/23 Robin Barre 9/13/23

Anger & Adolescing

Robin Barre 8/30/23 Robin Barre 8/30/23

Unpacking “Traumatic Invalidation”

Robin Barre 8/16/23 Robin Barre 8/16/23

The Middle/High School Educator’s Most Powerful and Effective Disciplinary Tools

Robin Barre 8/4/23 Robin Barre 8/4/23

An Ecology of Validation: What is it & Why Teens & Adolescent Service Providers Need it

Robin Barre 7/19/23 Robin Barre 7/19/23

Yes, Adolescents Do Bad Things—And Why That’s Okay

Robin Barre 7/5/23 Robin Barre 7/5/23

Getting Our Adolescents to True Adulthood

Robin Barre 6/28/23 Robin Barre 6/28/23

Our Teens are not Labels

Robin Barre 6/7/23 Robin Barre 6/7/23

How to Keep Our Trans Kids Safe at School

Robin Barre 5/22/23 Robin Barre 5/22/23

Why We Need Trauma-Informed Schools, not Just Trauma-Informed Educators

Robin Barre 5/8/23 Robin Barre 5/8/23

Four Reasons Why You Aren’t Able to Validate and What to Do

If you’ve been with me even for just a little while you know that validation is my go-to tool for connecting, repairing relationships, helping kids (or anyone) feel emotionally safe and seen in the interaction. It truly is a communication superpower.