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Reply to "I've built a website to encourage students to tell their story...NoACEs.club and would appreciate your input"

there are two ways people could review this, and both have something to say.

From the viewpoint of a web developer I like the layout, the warm colours, but some of the language is a bit too "complex", or "adult". On the negative side I'd be careful of taking too much control away from the site user -- there's a carousel / slideshow on the home page -- and there's quite a rich "literature" on the negative aspects of doing so, but at least there's some control left to the site user, so it's not a total waste. I'd also be careful with the spelling and syntax -- "greatful dad" -- really???  My apologies -- just caught on that this is just  a sales pitch for stuff you've produced -- in which case pay the extra and re-think the whole thing. For some people, in some circumstances, the very last thing you should want is for people to "tell their story" -- you're clearly not a therapist, so I'd make sure you had one involved, and make it public that they are involved, keeps the whole thing more "honest", and accountable.

And under Store this doesn't make sense "if they knew pain...."  -- Who?, this isn't a sentence. Also it seems to take forever for the Store page to come up.  Have you tried using any website metrics / commenting programs? I've quickly run it through one, CoffeeCup's Website Insight -- see here

https://drive.google.com/open?...wqdcYc3raT_USuC4QT1t

but since this is clearly a commercial endeavour I'd take these thoughts and use them as a foundation for a discussion with a professional web developer, maybe you could even turn it into an app!

Why do I harp on about the "mechanics" -- it's about engagement and user experience -- anything, especially having to wait around, when you're feeling anxious anyway, makes it more difficult for the user to engage with the site, making them more likely to leave.

Looked at from a "therapeutic" perspective, I've got a real problem with people "telling their story", as if it's about the "history" of what happened, rather than the current effects those experiences they have had -- what's happening now, what sense is the person making of those experiences, how are they experiencing themselves now -- did you catch the series (free at time of "broadcast") put on by NICABM -- the Treating Trauma Master Series?  VERY well explained in those sessions -- van der Kolk, Ogden etc -- see attached.  And this consideration comes before a consideration of under what circumstances, to whom and how any "telling" should occur.

Good luck, I wish your "clients" the best.

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