by Jolene | May 2, 2014 | In Parents, PTSD
10 Truths Learned about Trauma Photo Credit: smarttiw at www.freedigitalphotos.net Trauma impacts lives. Whatever time of life a person is traumatized—as an infant, child, teen, or adult—life is never the same. A post at Sojourners by Catherine Woodiwiss explains ten...
by Jolene | Oct 24, 2013 | In Children, PTSD
Face to Face The first two Halloweens of our son’s life were complete busts. The first one because he was hospitalized because of feeding tube complications. The second because he freaked out whenever he saw a kid wearing a mask. And he saw lots of them. Because...
by Jolene | Oct 7, 2013 | Books and Resources, PTSD
Trauma Protection for Kids with Special Needs Trauma is part of life. The first day of school, moving, parents separating, the loss of a loved one. Those events seem like little bumps to us, but to kids they can be traumatic. Kids with special needs often deal with...
by Jolene | Feb 18, 2013 | In Children, PTSD
10 Causes of PTSD in Children Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness vastly under-diagnosed in children. For that reason, I’ve been guest blogging about the topic at Friendship Circle of Michigan’s website. Previous posts in this series...
by Jolene | May 7, 2010 | Prevention/Treatment, PTSD
For 26 years, my son lived with PTSD caused by early medical surgeries and invasive procedures. Since was successfully treated at the Intensive Trauma Therapy Institute in December of 2008, I’ve been researching the topic. There’s good news and bad news...
