Who can benefit and Why?

This resource shares that 70% of people experience one traumatic event in their lifetime. A common question when facing trauma is 'Why me?'. The first step of processing trauma is understanding the signs and what that may look like

Who can benefit and Why?

This resources shares common experiences that may easily relate to trauma while other instances may not be viewed as such without outside context. Trauma puts children under significant stress such as feeling helpless, developing new fears, and regressing to baby talk.

"It was unexpected.

The person was unprepared.

There was nothing the person could do to stop it from happening."

Who can benefit and Why?

One thing that is to be learned from this resource is the trauma is not in the person's control. Teachers and caregivers need this kind of resource to understand the why of it.

Who can benefit and Why?

Parents and caregivers learning the amount of context and information children pick up based on the world around them. Children are a product of the people around them and depend of caretakers, parents, and teachers to provide comfort and stability.

Who can benefit and Why?

Teachers can use this as a calm down tool but also to smoothen transitions. This tool can be used to calm the body and relief built up stress in a child, as the breathing techniques used help calm the body.

ACE's may effect's a person life, leading to mental health conditions such as behavior and drug problems. Child are like a sponge absorbing both the good and bad.

Drug issues, homeless, bouncing from home to home, foster care, instability due to separation.

The stress system of the child may be overloaded and cause things such a sickness, infection, and disease.

" Activation of our stress response systems produces a wide range of physiological reactions that prepare the body to deal with challenges or threats, including increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and the release of stress hormones like cortisol."

anxiety. When a child faces trauma, it becomes overactive.

-Spreading lies about or posting embarrassing photos or videos of someone on social media

-Sending hurtful, abusive or threatening messages, images or videos via messaging platforms

-"Anonymous - people can hide their identities when they are online or using a cell phone

-Persistent - people can send messages instantly, at any time of the day or night

-Permanent - a lot of electronic communication is permanent and public, unless it's reported and removed. A bad online reputation can affect getting into college, getting a job, and other areas of life. This applies to the bully as well.

-Hard to notice - teachers and parents may not overhear or see cyberbullying taking place"

Our internal world includes things such as internal temperature, emotions, and perception of self. External factors are outside factors like sound, visuals, and touch.

Children who have been put through serve abuse and neglect have a difficult time dealing with stress. This can be viewed as a spectrum as both displaying fight, flight, or freeze responses.

" Skillful use of sensory integration techniques can both help mitigate the symptoms of trauma as well as assist survivors to develop sustainable regimes of life management that make them less vulnerable to re-stimulation on the long-term."

This resource explores the signs of sensory issues such as

• Heightened Sensory Response

• Disassociation or Numbness

• Mixed or Inconsistent Sensory Reponses

• Trouble Self Regulating

Ways to help children Manage these processing difficulties include things such as creating a predictable environment and sensory breaks.

"Clingy/separation anxiety

Feeling helpless/passive

Irritable/difficult to soothe

Constricted play, exploration, mood

Repetitive/post-traumatic play

Developmental regression

General fearfulness/new fears

Easily startled

Language delay"

These resource is a pathway to many information PDFs including 'Preschoolers know when things are not right' which touches on the idea that although a child may not be told about a situation watching those around them gives them the sense.

This video covers a idea that the closer the perpetrator is to the child, the deeper the trauma may be. Understand the signs and knowing what that may look like is very useful.

Who can benefit and Why?

As a child with attachment disorder may differ from the parenting books read which may lead to exhaustion. Some caregivers may been viewed is dramatic and looking to pin a name to a issue, which can be lonely.

As this resource suggests ways to discuss the disaster with the child exploring how they think and feel to process the event. It is important to understand the child's feelings are valid.

This article touches on passed trauma onto the other members of the family, with parents (20-30%) and siblings (15-20%) also go through the stress of the event.

Who can benefit and Why?

"No parent wants to see their child get hurt, feel sick or struggle with something. Medical procedures, diagnoses and other health events can be challenging for both children and parents alike. "

- Providing general support for social and emotional functioning

- Focusing on natural coping systems and strengths

-Providing information regarding common reactions

-Screening or asking about indicators of higher risk.

What is medical traumatic stress, Common reactions in babies and young children, Trauma, and Supporting your child. This document explains the what, why, how and what you can do to support this child. This resource also touches on the infant side of child medical trauma as babies also experience stress from medical events. "Young children and caregivers might find different aspects of the experience stressful. For example, caregivers may worry about the long-term effects of the illness. Children, however, may be more scared about separating from their caregiver/s, sibling/s or pet, the bright lights and noises or painful medical procedures."

The CATS is based on the DSM-5 and is a measure of potentially traumatic events and of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS).

Who can benefit and Why?

The CATS can be administered as a self-report or as an interview and is appropriate for preschoolers, children and adolescents. There is a self-report measure for 7-17 year old children/youth, and two caregiver versions; one for 3-6 year old children and one for 7-17 year old children/youth. The younger child version conforms to the DSM-5 3-6 year old PTSD symptom criteria.

Risk of development when children face trauma both long and short term, early identification of this trauma allows intervention as soon as possible.

"For example, both Head Start and Early Intervention intake protocols include questions about domestic violence in families. Other protocols may include targeted questions about accidents, loss of family members, and/or significant medical history. Most young children are seen at regular intervals by providers in the pediatric health care system, enabling repeated opportunities for identifying early childhood trauma."

Who can benefit and Why?

This includes a variety of handouts such as screening for sex trafficking trauma and a table of stand measures in order to help children and families who faced trauma in many ways.

Who can benefit and Why?

"Screening is a way to identify children who are experiencing high levels of distress and may need additional support to overcome trauma exposure. While childhood trauma exposure is common, it often goes unidentified."

Assessment helps build context and background to a traumatic event, when assessing we need to find what the problem is along with details such as when it started, how long it has gone on, and the number of people present.

"Initial and ongoing assessment of symptoms is a crucial step in identifying the need for trauma treatment and guiding considerations throughout mental health treatment. This webinar will help mental health clinicians review important considerations for initial assessments of trauma symptoms and the role of assessment instruments (e.g., the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen) in intakes and ongoing treatment monitoring."

This resource is an example of what a quick screening for trauma may look like. Starting with open ended questions such as how things are going at home? This leaves oppunitunity for the child to talk about their parents and some challenges they might be facing at home.

Talking through kinds of abuse allows the child to give their perspective in the matter which can lead to the issue at hand.

Who can benefit and Why?

This can benefit from a family deciding if it is the correct choice to move further with additional screening, supporting the benefits.

Effective trauma screening and assessment can lead to:

1. Screening for health care access, trauma exposure and trauma symptoms

2. Probing for helpful and unhelpful coping skills for stress

3. Enhancing motivation for help-seeking behavior

4. Referral to health, mental health, behavioral health and/or social services

5. Reduction in misdiagnosis of common mental health disorders that share similar symptoms with trauma exposure

This resource provides a link tree to many different kinds of screening tools for children and adolescents.

Trauma Exposure and Symptom Measures:

-Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 - Child/Adolescent Version (CAPS-CA-5) Includes information on CAPS-CA for DSM-IV.

-UCLA Child/Adolescent PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5

This resource covers the role of screening and assessment as the large part of caring for the youth and the challenges they may face.

"This meeting analyzes: the difference between screening, assessment, and evaluation; the importance of using a trauma-informed lens; the involvement of families and youth as partners in this work; and the movement toward standardized tools to provide decision support and individualized service planning."

Who can benefit and Why?

"Being able to accurately understand the potential impact of trauma to mental health functioning demands trauma screening and comprehensive neurodevelopmental trauma assessment. A trauma screening tool will be introduced for both children and adults that can be completed by non-clinicians which can further delineate the linkage between trauma and mental health for families which can increase empathy on behalf of those caring for children/adults with trauma."

Who can benefit from this?

"Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the relationship among thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and notes how changes in any one domain can improve functioning in the other domains." This therapy is typically ranging from 12-16 sessions in either a group or individual format.

Who can benefit from this?

EMDR treats mental health conditions that happen because of memories from traumatic events in your past.

In fact, people with disabilities, particularly intellectual or developmental disabilities, are more susceptible to trauma and the resultant PTSD."

Who can benefit and Why?

"People affected by trauma may develop coping mechanisms to help alleviate the emotional and/or physical pain they feel as a result of trauma. Sometimes, these strategies involve maladaptive behaviors — such as unhealthy eating, tobacco use, or drug and alcohol use. "

Who can benefit and Why?

8 different coping strategies to help manage emotions as a result of a traumatic experience.

1) Relaxation Skills

2) Grounding Skills

3) Mindful Distraction

4) Shifting Your Mindset

5) Physical Or Emotional Release

6) Ask For Help

7) Self-Care

8) Build Your Resilience

Who can benefit and Why?

"This can make young children especially vulnerable to trauma. When trauma occurs early it can affect a child’s development. It can also affect their ability to attach securely, especially when their trauma occurs with a caregiver."

Who can benefit and Why?

"Things that are frightening or traumatising for an adult are likely to be even more traumatising for a child. This is because the young child’s limited experience of the world and their developmental stage means they are not yet fully able to understand what’s happening to them or why."

Who can benefit and Why?

Children and families experiencing trauma events such as the ones listed above.

"Childhood stress and trauma can have health and life impacts beyond these five types of emotional disorders. Research into the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), begun with a study conducted at Kaiser Permanente with the Centers for Disease Control in the 1990s and subsequently expanded with additional data, has shown a direct relationship between ACEs and a wide range of negative outcomes later in life."

Surviving is just the beginning for them. Distressing conflict-related events can affect children's psychological and emotional well-being in various ways, and have a long-term impact if left untreated."

" However, scholars agree that child adversity includes other experiences, and an expanded measure set of ACEs is needed. For example, exposure to racism (i.e., discrimination; stigma; minority stress; historical trauma) is one expanding area of research that is being considered for an “enhanced” ACE measure."

Engaging spiritually and the practice of self-care and other things you can enjoyment in doing. "Racism is a huge problem that cannot be solved by a single person’s efforts alone. Coping by engaging in distractions or focusing on any positive aspects of the situation are associated with lower negative emotion."

Family facing racial trauma

"Racial trauma, or race based stress, has been defined as “…the events of danger related to real or perceived experience of racial discrimination” These include threats or actual events that can elicit shame as well as witnessing harm to others."

This resource has found that early childhood stress from racism, poverty and other traumas can change the structure of children’s developing brains.

"When we looked at those variables, we really saw that over and above, black children in the sample had much more exposure to adversity than White children in the sample."

Who can benefit from this?

Therapy for young children from birth through age five and their parents/caregivers

-Supports family strengths and relationships

-Helps families heal and grow after stressful experiences

-Respects family and cultural values

Who can benefit from this?

As both the children and the parent or caregiver has a reduction of symtomns and improved quality of life.

This therapy allows children to work through the emotions and hardships of an experience through the act of play. A child's play is influenced by their environment and shows the stress the child is under at home or school.

"Play Therapy is defined by APT as “the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained Play Therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development."

Who can benefit from this?

Parents

How Can I Give My Child the Extra Support They Need?

-After a trauma, kids need your support and comfort more than ever.

-Spend time with your child.

-Parent with patience and warmth. Use kind words.

-Show love.

-Have soothing routines.

"CPM is a brief screening and response protocol guiding the identification of, and response to, traumatic stress in children seen in healthcare and other pediatric settings, such as primary care clinics and Children’s Advocacy Centers. CPM uses several different tools to look for trauma exposure (recent and remote events), suicidality and self-harm, and traumatic stress symptoms."

Who can benefit from this?

This resource is meant for children and families who have been faced with physical abuse and fear they will lose control of their child, the goal of this therapy is to heal.

Child-Adult relationship enhancement gives the caregiver the skill to have positive interactions with a child that has had adverse experiences.

". CARE is not therapy, but can compliment ongoing therapeutic services. During a multi-hour training that can be hosted at your facility, participants will learn a skillset that will enhance child adult relationships in any setting and with a multitude of child populations, ages 2-18."

This is a flexible based intervention for children who have faced a traumatic experiences.

ARC’s foundation is built upon four key areas of study

-normative childhood development

-traumatic stress

-attachment

-risk and resilience

"The concepts identified by ARC may be applied to individuals from birth through young adulthood, and have been effectively used with youth with a range of developmental and cognitive functioning levels, and with a wide range of symptom presentations. "

Who can benefit and Why?

"Educators can adopt a trauma-informed approach to develop and implement additional supports for students in their classrooms. Adopting a trauma-informed approach requires understanding the widespread impact of trauma, recognizing the signs and symptoms of trauma, and responding by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into systems, policies, and procedures while avoiding potential triggers (for example, harsh or shaming disciplinary practices) to resist re-traumatization."

Who can benefit and Why?

"Schools play an important role in providing stability and a safe place for students who have experienced trauma to connect to supportive adults and link to other community-based services and supports. "

Who can benefit and Why?

The teachers, as they should be prepared for an emergency event but also after the occurrence. Topics with additional resources include Educator Resilience and Self-Care, Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Recovery Planning, and Psychological First Aid. "

Who can benefit and Why?

Someone who could benefit from this is a caregiver or teacher who is looking to build an understanding of trauma triggers in the classroom. "This free guide is filled with resources to help you gain the person’s trust and reduce their anxiety. You’ll find strategies to provide effective, person-centered support."

Who can benefit and Why?

Teachers and caretakers as they create an understanding childhood stress from trauma may effect behaviors.

Children who have experienced trauma can have

-difficulty expressing and managing their emotions or relating to others

-struggle to concentrate, feel sad or anxious

-demonstrate signs of withdrawal, disconnection, and sometimes anger.

slide decks, and concise instruction to explain the concepts of trauma and toxic stress, offers individual and school-wide strategies for addressing trauma and fostering resilience for students, staff, and families, and offers strategies to assess the impact of these adaptations throughout the school community."

Who can benefit and Why?

Teachers can benefit as a trauma informed school gives the children the best chance of success. Learning different ways to address, process, and work through trauma topics while also fostering resilience.

Who can benefit and Why?

The teachers control of the classroom and how to make it secure for a child effected from trauma "Classrooms are places where stories are shared, and many times, often at unexpected moments, children may share stories related to traumas they’ve experienced in their lives. For this reason, Associate Professor Angela Wiseman says it’s important for educators to have the preparation and understanding necessary to engage in trauma-informed teaching."

Who can benefit from this?

This resource helps define that term while also providing additional resources describing what that may look like. "In a trauma-informed school, the adults in the school community are prepared to recognize and respond to those who have been impacted by traumatic stress. In addition, students are provided with clear expectations and communication strategies to guide them through stressful situations."

Who can benefit and Why?

"All services taking a trauma-informed approach begin with building awareness among staff and clients of: how common trauma is; how its impact can be central to one’s development; the wide range of adaptations people make to cope and survive; and the relationship of trauma with substance use, physical health and mental health concerns. "

Who can benefit and Why?

Keeping the child's needs and their triggers in mind when planning lessons. "A trauma-informed approach to teaching takes the impact and prevalence of traumatic experiences into account. By attending to the needs of your students you can create an environment conducive to learning for all students, thereby increasing your instructional effectiveness while positively impacting the minds and lives of your students."

Who can benefit and Why?

Children that can benefit from this include some who have experienced trauma their natural disasters but also extends into older childhood and teenhood.

Who can benefit and Why?

Children can benefit from a caregivers being knowledgeable and having an array of resources to refer back to. It is important to understand the effects of trauma.

Who can benefit from this?

"Children can experience trauma as early as infancy. In fact, young children between the ages of 0 and 5 are the most vulnerable to the effects of trauma since their brains are still in the early formative years."

"Psychotherapy sessions with caregivers may help prevent serious disease later in life for young children who have experienced significant trauma, a new UC San Francisco study found."

"Educate resource parents about the impact of trauma on the development and behavior of children in foster care

Provide resource parents with the knowledge and skills needed to:

Understand different ways that trauma and stresses can affect a child or adolescent. Respond effectively to the behavioral and emotional challenges of children who have experienced trauma"

This resource touches on how to help children who have experienced trauma, develop crucial attachments, and bring out their strengths.

Who can benefit from this and why?

When trauma affects one family, it affects them all. Family require support services in order to process fully through an event. As a family faces an event and wonders what is next? This can be helpful as a start

Who would benefit from this and why?

Michigan Parents looking for a start of their mental health and behavioral journey with their child. This service provides tools in which a parent can use while also being supportive

Who can benefit from this and Why?

Parents can feel overwhelmed when learning the correct tools in order to support a child that struggles mentally. This known unpredictability can be discouraging when working on it alone as resources like this can strengthen the parents and families.

Who would benefit from this and Why? This resource would help a family looking for any of the listed resources this service has. These services may be able to be covered from insurance, "Our services may be covered by health insurance, including Medicaid. Fees are based on an ability to pay, and no one is ever denied service due to the inability to pay. Our sliding fee scale gives an ability to pay based on your Michigan State taxable income."

Who would benefit from this and Why? Parents and families looking for support when facing abuse and other trauma in the home. This also includes parent resources for classes that promote healthy and happy parenting. "At LACASA Center, we provide classes, workshops and programs aimed at preventing child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault."

Who can benefit from this and why?

Parents who come from different cultures and countries may need additional resources on trauma in different languages.

Who can benefit from this and why?

Parents with children who are facing trauma. As the child requires support in order the process the parent also need tools to give their child a successful life.

Who would benefit and why? This resource would benefit anyone who is looking to support and rebuild a community after a tragic event. This could be a natural disaster, shooting, or personal life experiences.

We are a statewide coalition of cross-sector partners committed to raising awareness of the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Michigan’s children and communities. We provide ACE-aware, trauma-informed training and education and develop and implement programs to foster protective factors and build resilience among Michigan’s children who have experienced trauma and adversity."

Who would benefit from this and why? This would benefit both parents and caregivers about adverse child experiences and ways to build resilience in a child.

Who would benefit from this and why? Families looking for information on trauma informed approach when caring for child with a traumatic past.

Who would benefit from this and why? Parents and families in the Wayne Country area can benefit from community including informational trauma flyers.

Who can benefit from this and why?

This resource has an array of services, resources, and options for outpatient mental health care. Even going as young as infant care or 0-3.