by Jolene | Sep 9, 2020 | Advocacy and Research
Using the 5 Love Languages to Help Traumatized Kids Using the 5 love languages to help traumatized kids makes perfect sense to me. Not just because I’ve written extensively about childhood trauma and how to adapt the 5 love languages in special needs families. But...
by Jolene | Aug 14, 2019 | Advocacy and Research
Educators care about traumatized kids. I came to this conclusion after facilitating professional development classes for more than 80 Iowa classroom and special education teachers, substitutes, paraprofessionals, and administrators this past summer. Whether they work...
by Jolene | Feb 7, 2019 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
The link between the ACEs and toxic stress have been accepted by mental health experts since the ACEs study results were released in the late 1990s. The general public and members of the special needs community, however, are not equally aware of the study and its...
by Jill Seaney | Jan 24, 2018 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
EA/TEF Mom fears are on today’s EA/TEF Awareness Month menu. They’re being served up by guest blogger, Jill Seaney whose little boy is now three. In today’s post she describes her top four EA/TEF Mom fears. Her worries will be all to familiar to...
by Jolene | Jun 1, 2016 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
June is PTSD Awareness Month, and Different Dream is kicking things off by highlighting helpful resources about kids and PTSD. Read on to learn how to snag some of them for free! How to Claim Your Free PTSD in Children Primer Ebook Jump right into PTDS Awareness...
by Jolene | Nov 12, 2015 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
This article is the eleventh in a series about PTSD in children. Previously, children have been the focus of each post. In this article and the next, the parents of traumatized children will be front and center. Why? Because children with PTSD can’t advocate for...