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Trauma-Informed Routines for Your Child Checklist
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20 itemsPredictable rhythms that help a child feel safe. This free trauma-informed routines for your child checklist gives you a 20-item head start so nothing important slips through the cracks. it's been shaped by real families using it in real moments — the kind you don't get a second chance to prepare for. Use it as-is, or open it in Checkbloom to customise every item, share it with anyone by link (no account required on their end), and tick things off together in real time from any phone. When you're offline, changes queue and sync the moment you're back. Every Checkbloom template is free to preview and free to download as a PDF. Create a list from this template and share it with anyone by link — they can check items off in real time with no account or app download required.
Safety first, always. Connection before correction. You are the steady ground.
What's on the list
- Keep wake-up time consistent every day
- Use a simple visual schedule they can see
- Give clear advance warning before transitions
- Offer two choices instead of open questions
- Keep mealtimes at predictable times
- Sit with them at meals without pressure
- Keep food easily visible and accessible
- Build a calm and consistent bedtime ritual
- Use the same comfort object every night
- Keep a nightlight if it helps
- Name big feelings out loud calmly
- Offer a quiet corner instead of time-out
- Use connection before correction
- Get down to their eye level when talking
- Avoid surprises — preview the day ahead
- Limit choices when they are dysregulated
- Stay close after a hard moment
- Repair after rupture every time
- Celebrate small wins out loud
- Look after your own nervous system too
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