Part 2: Ways we maximum the power of our unique position We ensure our responses to the behaviors, opportunities, stressors, etc. reflect the Trauma Lens Paradigm Shift (refer to the website for more videos and content on the Trauma Lens Paradigm shift)PACEBaylin, J. & Hughes, D. (2016). The...
Foster and adoptive parents open their homes to children from many cultures and races, but all with histories of loss and pain. Willingly, these parents accept the challenge to help children become more successful in life. Their loving hearts and investment in the process become assets to their...
As children go back to school, we wanted to review the TDC: Object Relations and offer a few ideas of how it impacts a child in the classroom. At the age of five or six, we assume a level of mastery in the area of object relations. Children are expected to be able to hold internal pictures of...
Parenting qualities: When we sign up to be a foster or adoptive parent, we are most likely unaware of the depth of the task ahead. Most of us enter this parenting with an assumption that we have the needed skills. We may have parented other children, had good role models, or a preconceived idea of...
Emotional blindness and how it impacts parents parenting traumatized children What is it? Emotional blindness-referenced in D. Siegel’s book, then researched it. Emotional blindness: an inability to identify and describe one’s own and other’s emotions. It’s considered a personality trait that can...
Part Two: Fears of Summer. In the first, we covered the fear of “What will I do with the time?” Now, we will answer the three additional fears that parents have relayed to us throughout the years. Summer offers many opportunities for healing relationships, activities, and personal growth. By...
Summer is here! Schools are ending for the summer. During the school year, parents may dread the arrival of the school bus because there are so many unknowns. It is unknown if the child had a bad day at school (behavior problems), unknown if the child will have behavior problems at home that...
Error messages=messages that are not expected by the child, messages that do not reinforce the child’s...
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Team Cautions When assembling a team, everyone needs to be aware of problems at can occur. Learn some things to watch out for. HANDOUT: Team: Responsibilities and Cautions Safety is the first priority and must be maintained at all times. Staff is responsible for a working knowledge of attachment,...
Parents often report their traumatized child goes from 0 to 100 in a millisecond! Learn about the Window of Tolerance (Siegel) and how it influences behaviors. Window of Tolerance Window of tolerance describes the “various intensities of emotional arousal [that] can be processed without disrupting...