by Jolene | Oct 8, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Why the Spotlight Is on PTSD in Children Thank you for stopping by for the sixth post in a weekly series about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. Last week’s post discussed what happens when a person, child or adult, responds to a perceived...
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 17, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
10 Myths about PTSD in Children Thank you for stopping by for the third installment in the series about PTSD in children, also known as childhood developmental trauma. Part 2 in the series provided definitions of trauma, PTSD, and childhood developmental trauma. With...
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,...
