by Laurie Wallin | Aug 2, 2012 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Building Confidence in Kids with Special Needs Building confidence in kids with special needs can be a challenge for both child and parents. Laurie Wallin gives some practical advice in this post about a recent confidence building adventure with her daughter. Helping...
by Jolene | Mar 23, 2011 | In Children, PTSD
Can You Imagine Infant Surgery Without Anesthesia? Warning! This post is not for the faint at heart! At best, it will show you how far pediatric surgery has advanced since the 1950s. At worst, it will make you sick to think of the trauma endured by tens of thousands...
by Jolene | Apr 30, 2010 | Books and Resources, PTSD
When most people think of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), they think of returning war veterans. If they think of PTSD in kids at all, it is associated with children in war zones or kids who are victims of sexual or physical abuse. But new research shows that...
by Jolene | Mar 12, 2010 | In Children, PTSD
A recent radio interview with Dr. John Rich caught my ear the other day. He was explaining why he wrote the book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time. After watching young black men stream through Boston City Hospital’s ER with gunshot and knife wounds, he started...
by Jolene | Jan 22, 2010 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
As I’ve mentioned in previous DifferentDream.com posts, (PTSD Treatment Can Change Your Child’s Life, PTSD and NICU Parents: What About You?, and Critically Ill Kids and War Veterans Have What in Common?) war veterans aren’t the only people who...
