10 Things About Childhood Trauma Every Teacher Needs to Know
Chester Street Foundation2019-10-07T23:55:14+00:00By Starr Commonwealth With grief, sadness is obvious. With trauma, the symptoms can go largely unrecognized because it shows up looking like other problems: frustration; acting out; difficulty concentrating, following directions, or working in a group. Often students are misdiagnosed with anxiety, behavior disorders, or attention disorders rather than understood to have trauma […]
Healing from Childhood Trauma
Chester Street Foundation2019-09-16T23:22:39+00:00By: E.B. Johnson When you experience childhood trauma, your life and your soul are altered forever. Those who suffer loss, abuse or neglect early-on in life can often suffer from serious psychological and emotional disorders for decades to come, changing who they are and destroying their ability to foster caring and nurturing relationships […]
The Effects of Childhood Trauma
Zach Stroeher2019-08-26T21:34:04+00:00By Amy Morin, LCSW
Although adults often say things like, “He was so young when that happened. He won’t even remember it as an adult,” childhood trauma can have a lifelong effect. And while kids are resilient, they’re not made of stone.
That’s not to say your child will be emotionally scarred for life […]
Integrating Mindfulness in Your Classroom Curriculum
Zach Stroeher2019-07-19T23:21:19+00:00By Giselle Shardlow Now more than ever, teaching mindfulness in the classroom is a necessity. Our children are stressed and anxious. Teachers and parents are stressed and anxious, too. Our lives are busy, and we often find our thoughts buzzing over the past or worrying about the future. We need mindfulness because it […]
The Long Shadow: Bruce Perry on the Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma
Zach Stroeher2019-07-12T17:33:54+00:00By Jeanne Supin The “fight or flight” instinct has served the human species well, helping us respond quickly to threats, but according to child and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist Bruce Perry it can also change our brains for the worse. If the threats we encounter are extreme, persistent, or frequent, we become too […]
The Science of How Our Minds and Our Bodies Converge in the Healing of Trauma
Zach Stroeher2019-07-09T01:32:48+00:00By Maria Popova “A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity,” William James asserted in his revolutionary 1884 theory of how our bodies affect our feelings. Two generations later, Rilke wrote in a beautiful letter of advice to a young woman: “I am not one of those who neglect the body in order […]
Epidemiology of Traumatic Experiences in Childhood
Zach Stroeher2019-06-28T20:56:53+00:00By Benjamin E. Saunders, PhD and Zachary W. Adams, PhD
The epidemiology of traumatic experiences in childhood is a key context for research, clinical treatment, program management, and policy development. This article discusses the conceptual, methodological, and programmatic challenges in precisely answering even relatively simple questions concerning the basic prevalence and incidence of […]
Emotional and Psychological Trauma: Healing from Trauma and Moving On
Zach Stroeher2019-06-16T23:21:08+00:00By Lawrence Robinson, Melinda Smith, M.A., and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D.
If you’ve experienced an extremely stressful or disturbing event that’s left you feeling helpless and emotionally out of control, you may have been traumatized. Psychological trauma can leave you struggling with upsetting emotions, memories, and anxiety that won’t go away. It can also […]
TraumaTALK: A Healing Conversation (Private Event)
Zach Stroeher2019-05-06T16:49:15+00:00TraumaTALKS for the community provide an overview of childhood trauma, helping audiences understand the science behind the feelings and its signs and symptoms. Audiences will also learn why it’s critical to help abused children heal from trauma and how they can play a role in changing a child’s life. TraumaTALKS are provided by Chester Street Foundation. This is a private event hosted by Mike Martin and Shawn Alex Nemeth.