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We explore how stigma sticks to children when they are moved out of mainstream schooling and into alternative provision and how that shift can turn a young person into a visible “case” for the system to manage. We connect Goffman’s stigma theory with liminality, class and digital life, asking what it means to be a student when the ideal pupil is the only one the system truly recognises.

• What alternative provision means and how it differs from PRUs
• How exclusion creates a liminal identity between being and becoming
• Why AP is politically contested as either opportunity or segregation
• How stigma becomes visible and fixed through labels and paperwork
• The role of disciplinary language such as ‘at risk’ and ‘hard to reach’
• How blame often lands on the child and the mother
• Why critical theory still matters for understanding structures
• Whose voices are missing in AP research and practice
• Working class boys and the stereotype of the ‘angry’ young man
• Class as rational decision-making under risk and limited opportunity
• The digital space as a new frontier for stigma and cultural capital

You can find Craig on LinkedIn and at UWE (University of the West of England) Bristol.

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Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Betsy de Thiery about why vague trauma language creates real harm, from shallow training to rising shame for people living with complex trauma. We argue for clearer definitions, better role boundaries in services and a return to community and connection as the foundation for recovery.

RESOURCES:

Trauma Recovery-UK, which is a highly specialised therapy centre charity for children and their families who have experienced trauma. www.trc-uk.org 

Trauma Recovery Global https://www.traumarecoveryglobal.com/

Amazon links to books: 

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Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Dr Cathy Malchiodi, expressive arts therapist,  challenge the idea that trauma-informed practice is a set of tools you can apply without relationship, culture and context. They explore how the arts can restore joy and capacity when the world feels stuck in long-haul distress, distraction and performative “quick fixes”.

RESOURCES:

Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, REAT www.cathymalchiodi.com  

Director, Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute

Author, Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body and Imagination in the Healing Process | Guilford Press 

Handbook of Expressive Arts Therapy | Guilford Press (October 2022)

Contributing Writer, Psychology Today Online | Arts & Health, 6.5 million readers

LinkedIn (39,000 followers) and Facebook (400,000 followers) for resources, articles and community networking in the fields of trauma, expressive arts therapy, sensory integration and neurodiversity

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Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with psychotherapist Graham Music about why trauma-informed practice cannot be reduced to training badges or compliance, and how real trauma work demands presence, humility and emotional stamina. We explore how helpers can stay close to pain without shutting down, over-identifying, or turning hope into a shallow performance.

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Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Dr Lucy Johnstone as they explore why trauma-informed practice becomes diluted when services keep diagnosis, coercion and the medical model intact. They explore meaning-making, formulation and the Power Threat Meaning Framework as practical ways to build understanding without turning distress into disorder.

RESOURCES:

'A disorder 4 everyone' events and resources: www.adisorder4everyone.com

'A straight talking introduction to psychiatric diagnosis' https://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/sti-diagnosis

Resources and information about the Power Threat Meaning Framework: https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/introducing-power-threat-meaning-framework

A video about the Power Threat Meaning Framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWAv4IBsCjc

Accessible introduction to the PTMF and how to use it: https://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/a-straight-talking-introduction-to-the-power-threat-meaning-framework-an-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosis

Follow the PTM Framework on Twitter @PTMFramework and on Bluesky: ptm-framework.bsky.social 

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Welcome to Episode 1 of a 5-part series on Resisting the Dilution of Trauma Informed Practice. Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Dr Karen Treisman as they explore how 'Trauma-informed' came to be on websites, job adverts, strategies and posters everywhere, but what happens when the terminology travels faster than the creation of the opportunity for transformation? 

Together they unpack how trauma informed care gets reduced to slogans, checklists and superficial signals, while day-to-day behaviours still communicate blame, shame and disconnection. Karen and Lisa explore why the mismatch between what a service promises and what it delivers can feel like betrayal, and how that can re-traumatise children, families and staff. They also get practical about what “modelling the model” looks like; noticing our own nervous systems, naming mistakes, apologising and doing relational repair, rather than hiding behind perfect-sounding language.

If you want to think about trauma-informed organisational change that is honest, grounded, and safe, then you'll enjoy this conversation. 

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Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Lucy Kate Barnes as we talk about what it means to be openly care-experienced in public life and how we choose to tell our stories. This conversation was inspired by both Lucy and Lisa being nominated for different awards at the National Diversity Awards 2026. 

They reflect upon: 

• navigating how to speak about trauma without being defined by it 
• noticing how stigma shows up as pity and professional gatekeeping 
• reacting to National Diversity Awards nominations and why representation matters 
• thinking about legacy and what it means to have your work recognised 
• arguing for belonging beyond services
• the birth of Lawyers Who Care
• calling for deeper trauma understanding across the legal profession and beyond 

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Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Fiona Holiday, Play Therapist and illustrator of the children's book on loss "Squirrel's Search for Love", a book conceived from Lisa becoming a Grandma and also having a life-limiting illness.

There is an honest discussion about the early, foggy stage of creating when Lisa was unwell and how a strong collaboration can hold uncertainty until the story finds its shape. Fiona shares her craft process of building a sketchbook trail of ideas, creating consistency across pages and doing the preparation that lets the final artwork stay fresh.

We also dig into why illustration and storytelling are such powerful tools for children’s bereavement and grief support. Pictures can carry meaning on a non verbal level, offering continuity, safety and tiny details that children return to as they make sense of loss. 

If you’re writing a children’s book for the first time, or you're working with children and using a trauma informed lens, or you want to talk to children you're caring for about death with compassion, this conversation is for you.

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