Katie, thank you for sharing. Trauma IS a beast! I too am mom to 8 but only 1 is adopted. We adopted him out of foster care when he was 8, now 11. He has experienced A LOT of trauma! My situation is a bit unique in that my son has Down syndrome. We can’t find any information or help for kids who have experienced trauma and who has Down syndrome or any other genetic developmental delays. Can you possibly point me in the right direction? Thanks!
We have 2 with foetal alcohol effects and it makes life very hard for them. We have dealt with it and they have grown up to be great adults, still with challenges but a life worth living.
Trauma can cause our children to experience sensory overload at times like transitions, peer conflict or delayed gratification. The strategies I’m using are: proprioceptive rich play, naming feelings and learning the facial expressions, being with the child through the meltdown exuding calm and compassion, making sure the child has adequate rest and isn’t overtired, sharing a diaphramic breathing App together when calm to teach the strategy. Can you suggest anything you find works for you? The child I’m working with is 2.9 years. Thank you.
This is such a great question, and I will really need to come back - probably a whole video or series just in this question. But yes, I agree that sleep is absolutely key, as well as feeding sensory input needs. One thing we have been using for both is compression sheets: amzn.to/31gMFdZ I've been really happy with those.
@@KatieAddington Those sheets look great, they're currently unavailable but I'll keep an eye out in my region - I'm in Australia. Maybe you could do a few videos on the therapies and practical everyday strategies you use. I have a great book that came with training I did, called Theo Out of Sync Child Has Fun. It has practical applications to implement in daily life and play.
Katie, thank you for sharing. Trauma IS a beast! I too am mom to 8 but only 1 is adopted. We adopted him out of foster care when he was 8, now 11. He has experienced A LOT of trauma! My situation is a bit unique in that my son has Down syndrome. We can’t find any information or help for kids who have experienced trauma and who has Down syndrome or any other genetic developmental delays. Can you possibly point me in the right direction? Thanks!
In Oregon, there’s levels (1-4)of special needs. But we haven’t figured out what those levels are yet. It’s so vague.
God bless you
We have 2 with foetal alcohol effects and it makes life very hard for them. We have dealt with it and they have grown up to be great adults, still with challenges but a life worth living.
Trauma can cause our children to experience sensory overload at times like transitions, peer conflict or delayed gratification. The strategies I’m using are: proprioceptive rich play, naming feelings and learning the facial expressions, being with the child through the meltdown exuding calm and compassion, making sure the child has adequate rest and isn’t overtired, sharing a diaphramic breathing App together when calm to teach the strategy. Can you suggest anything you find works for you? The child I’m working with is 2.9 years. Thank you.
This is such a great question, and I will really need to come back - probably a whole video or series just in this question. But yes, I agree that sleep is absolutely key, as well as feeding sensory input needs. One thing we have been using for both is compression sheets: amzn.to/31gMFdZ I've been really happy with those.
@@KatieAddington Those sheets look great, they're currently unavailable but I'll keep an eye out in my region - I'm in Australia. Maybe you could do a few videos on the therapies and practical everyday strategies you use. I have a great book that came with training I did, called Theo Out of Sync Child Has Fun. It has practical applications to implement in daily life and play.
Can you share some resources or CEU's on trauma recovery? or parenting children recovering from trauma?
Yes - this is so important. I am working up a video specifically on this topic! Thanks for the great suggestion and question.
I wanted to make sure you saw my follow-up on this! th-cam.com/video/ZoxX9Knxl-o/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!!
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