by Jolene | Sep 24, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
What Causes PTSD in Children? When adults think about what causes PTSD in children, most have an easy time coming up with a short list. Physical, sexual, and verbal abuse make the list. So do natural disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes....
by Jolene | Sep 10, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Childhood Trauma, by Any Other Name, Is Still Traumatic As was mentioned in the first post in this series, my first acquaintance with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children was not intentional. Rather, I stumbled into the world of childhood trauma in 2008...
by Jolene | Jul 10, 2015 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Why Pediatric X-Rays Aren’t Something to Laugh About Like so many other parents of kids with special needs, I have a good sense of humor. Not because I’m innately funny but because, like as so many other parents in the special needs community have learned,...
by Jolene | Jun 25, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Shouting PTSD Awareness from the Mountaintop In the small midwestern town where I grew up during the 1960s, the words cancer, pregnant, divorce, sex, and mental illness were always spoken in whispers, accompanied by dark looks, furtive glances, and the covering of...
by Jolene | Jun 18, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Childhood PTSD Resources June is PTSD Awareness Month, so today Different Dream is raising awareness about childhood PTSD. Also known as childhood developmental trauma, this type of PTSD is not as well known adult PTSD. But it is every bit as real as the grown up...