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 | Jun 4, 2020 | Does My Child Have PTSD?, Prevention/Treatment, PTSD
The Coronavirus, Trauma, and PTSD The coronavirus, trauma, and PTSD have become an unholy trio in recent months. June is PTSD Awareness Month, and to mark the occasion this post highlights preventative tools parents can use with children. This excerpt from my book,...
by Heesun Hall | Jun 2, 2020 | PTSD
I Am Here. You Are Safe. I am here. You are safe. These are words children who have experienced trauma need to hear from their caregivers. First time Different Dream guest blogger Heesun Hall explains how she and her husband discovered the importance of saying, “I am...
by Jolene | Aug 14, 2019 | Advocacy and Research
Educators Care about Traumatized Kids 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...
by Jonathan McGuire | Apr 4, 2019 | Books and Resources
The Hope Anew Disability Podcast The Hope Anew Disability Podcast is the latest offering from guest blogger Jonathan McGuire and his wife Sarah. In this post, he explains who the podcast is for and what it offers. The McGuires hosted Different Dream’s Jolene...
by Jolene | Feb 7, 2019 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
The ACEs and Toxic Stress: Implications for Children with Special Needs? 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...
