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The Great Temper Tantrums
I have a four year old that can throw the greatest temper tantrums. I met her when she came into care the first time at twenty-one months old and she could throw them back then too. It usually starts...
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Impact of Chronic Stress
I receive a newsletter from the Northwest Neurodevelopmental Training Center in Woodburn, Oregon. I know several parents who have seen very positive outcomes for their special needs children by using...
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Child Resiliency, A Will to Survive
Why do some children just seem to bounce back, unscathed from some terrible ordeal? Sometimes you look at a child and wonder, how could anyone survive that, let alone a small child. When I think about...
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New Hope for PSTD in Your Home
Children consistently exposed to severe stress have real changes to the hippocampus of their brains according to a new study. If you are parenting a severely traumatized child in your home, you...
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The Line Between Separation Anxiety & Trauma
Every day at day care centers and preschools around the world, parents drop off young children who cling tightly to their legs, reluctantly letting go of their parents. On average, when a toddler is...
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Trauma More Common than Autism
So far this month I’ve given much blog space to autism, because April is National Autism Awareness month. But the CDC, whose oft quote “1 in 150” statistic for the growing autism epidemic released...
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Does Your Adopted Child Suffer From Panic Attacks
A panic attack is defined as suddenly feeling intense fear that develops for no apparent reason and triggers severe physical reactions. Some people feel like they are having a heart attack or possibly...
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Struggles With Impulse Control
Struggling with controlling impulses seems to be a common problem among traumatized children. It doesn’t seem to matter whether that trauma was in utero from drug or alcohol exposure, or inflicted...
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