The Behaviour Clinic

19/02/2026

🎙️ Is Your Child Taking Risks and You’re Not Sure Why It Keeps Happening?
When a child repeatedly seeks out danger, pushes limits, or engages in risky behaviour, it can leave parents feeling confused, scared, or misunderstood. These behaviours often aren’t just “attention‑seeking” — especially for children impacted by trauma, they can be a way of coping, expressing unmet needs, or managing overwhelming feelings.

🎧 Listen to our podcast Why Children Take Risks — The Hidden Impact Of Trauma | Talk – Ep.8, where we explore the unseen drivers of risk‑taking behaviour, how trauma shapes choices that look “risky,” and practical ways to respond with understanding rather than punishment.

Listen here:
🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tribe-talk/id1844466329

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GYLqmkBAIgAzYGDHA0XqO

18/02/2026

Seeing is the first step.
Understanding is the next.

Join our Risky Friends, Risky Choices deep dive — Feb 25th at 10:30am.
🔗 https://www.tribecare.org/risky-friends-risky-choices?new_run=true

17/02/2026

Jess has been working on developing some new direct-work resources this week focused on helping young people understand who they are interacting with and how to respond safely and appropriately.
The aim is to move beyond simply telling a young person who is “safe” or “unsafe”, and instead build their critical thinking skills, supporting them to identify different roles in the community, consider context, and choose an appropriate way to engage (e.g., wave, handshake, hug, observe, or walk past).
Making these social rules visual, structured and explicit can reduce anxiety, increase independence, and strengthen personal safety skills.

16/02/2026

The Worrysaurus
Help your child with anxious thinking 🦖

The Worrysaurus helps children recognise anxious thoughts and understand how worries can grow. It gently supports calming strategies and reassurance.
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4JQS2Pw3EY

It's a beautiful day and Worrysaurus has planned a special picnic.But it isn't long before a small butterfly of worry starts fluttering in his tummy . . .If ...

15/02/2026

Join our February Deep Dive, You’ll leave with clearer insight, practical tools, and more confidence navigating risky friendships and choices.

🗓 Feb 25th
⏰ 10:30am
👉 Book here: https://www.tribecare.org/risky-friends-risky-choices?new_run=true

13/02/2026

If you’re noticing withdrawal, defensiveness, or secrecy ... you’re not alone!
This February deep dive explores why these patterns show up and how to respond with connection.

🗓 Feb 25th | ⏰ 10:30am
🔗 https://www.tribecare.org/risky-friends-risky-choices?new_run=true

12/02/2026

🎙️ Are You Struggling to Understand How Data Can Actually Improve Trauma‑Informed Care?
Lots of parents and professionals talk about trauma‑informed support — but few explain how to use real evidence to shape better care for children. Without a way to track progress, understand behaviour patterns, or measure what’s working, it’s easy to feel like you’re making decisions based on guesswork rather than insight.
Apple Podcasts

🎧 Listen to our podcast Data & Evidence Based Practice in Trauma Informed Care | Talk – Ep.7, where we dive into why thoughtful, compassionate use of data matters in trauma‑informed care, how it helps you see the “why” behind behaviour, and how it strengthens support so it’s responsive, accountable, and genuinely effective.
Apple Podcasts

Listen here:
🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tribe-talk/id1844466329

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GYLqmkBAIgAzYGDHA0XqO

11/02/2026

We love using nesting dolls in our sessions as a tool to explore different layers of a person. There are lots of activities that we incorporate them into.

Leon recently used these in session as therapeutic tool to help children understand that what we show on the outside is not always what is happening on the inside:

💠The biggest doll represents our actions and what we want other people to see, the smaller dolls are parts of ourselves that are not show to everyone, our big feelings or certain behaviours. At the centre are our thoughts.
💠When we open the dolls in session, talk about them, decorate them and explore how they fit inside each other, young people learn how thoughts create feelings and how feelings can drive and influence our actions or behaviour s.

10/02/2026

𝙒𝓮'𝒗𝓮 𝙱𝕖𝙚𝘯 𝙲𝐫𝚎𝕒𝕥𝖎𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝔬𝔫𝔰𝙩𝕖𝒓𝘀!
By experimenting with unusual shapes, extra limbs and silly features, children can safely practice the idea that things don’t have to be “perfect” to be good or okay.

09/02/2026

The Koala Who Could
Help your child with coping with change 🐨

The Koala Who Could helps children face change with courage and curiosity. It reassures children that trying something new can feel scary—and still be okay.
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LDhXbWNbKU&t=15s

The Koala Who Could is a therapeutic story about about a reluctant Koala who finds change just a little bit worrisome. This is perfect for children who like ...

09/02/2026

Seeing changes but not sure what they mean?
Join us to unpack risky choices, peer pressure, and how adults can respond without panic or power struggles.

🗓 Feb 25th | ⏰ 10:30am
🔗 https://www.tribecare.org/risky-friends-risky-choices?new_run=true

09/02/2026

🚀 Training starts tomorrow!

Join Laura, Kim, and the expert Life Story Team for a hands-on, inspiring experience that strengthens your practice and supports young people to make sense of their life story.
👉 https://www.lifestorywork.com/life-story-ppf-model-signup