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RESPONDING TO TRAUMATIC STRESS, infographic-child-maltreatment-full -…

- - - - Increased long term incidence of depression and anxiety in children of separated or divorced parents.
      - New or recurring fears
      - Increased tantrums in younger children
    - - Poor impulse control
      - delinquency
      - Increased peer conflict
- - - - Have changes in behavior (more irritability, temper tantrums, crying)
      - • Become more clingy or withdrawn
      - • Regress in skills
      - • Repeatedly ask questions, as they may not fully understand what happened.
      - • Demand more attention from others
    - - Regress in skills
      - • Demand more attention from others
      - • Have problems with attention and/or concentration
      - • Have more behavior problems
      - • Have problems with homework/schoolwork, chores
      - •Helplessness and guilt about what happened
      - • Fear going to school
    - - Withdraw into silence and isolation
      - depression
      - • Become more irritable with peers and family, often starting arguments
      - • Have feelings of guilt and shame about the event
      - • Express physical pains with no medical cause
      - • Have a brief decline in school performance
      - • Engage in high-risk behaviors such as alcohol or drug use
- - - - Examples of Traumatic Stress and How to Help 1. Problem: PTSD. Solution: Recommend Counceling. 2. Problem: Missing basic needs. Solution: recommend resources to parents (see section on possible teacher responses). 3. Problem: Teasing from other students. Solution: establish classroom values and norms of being encouraging and kind.
    - - https://youtu.be/_kYEaTNr8Kw
- - - - Recommendation #1: Know the forms of bullying and recognize the effect
      - Recommendation #2: Create a Positive Classroom Environment
      - Recommendation #3: Teach a Variety of Conflict Resolution Strategies
      - Rec #4: Use bibliotherapy
      - Respond to incidents of bullying
      - Help students develop new roles
      - Provide Positive Role Modeling
- - - - Nightmares
      - Guilt
      - Self-blame
      - Recurring or disturbing thoughts
    - - With-drawl
      - Acting as if not upset
      - Avoiding reminders about the person
      - Difficulty sharing memories
      - difficultly participating in group or athletic activities
    - - Irritability
      - Anger
      - Trouble sleeping
      - Decreased concentration
      - Drop in grades
      - Stomach and/or headaches
      - Increased vigilance
      - Increased fear for the safety of others and self
      - impaired memory and concentration
      - lowered self-esteem and self-confidence
    - - lack of interest and participation in usual activities
      - regression to more childlike or infantile behaviors
      - changes in appetite resulting in
        weight gain or loss
    - - Re-experiencing
        Recurrent upsetting thoughts about the event, repeated distressing nightmares, or
        repetitive play in young children
      - Hyperarousal
        Nervous, jumpy, or agitated behavior, irritability or anger, and hypervigilance or
        increased startle reaction
      - Avoidance
        Avoiding thoughts, feelings, or places that remind the child of the trauma, withdrawing,
        becoming disinterested in activities, or developing emotional distance
  - - - https://rems.ed.gov/docs/SAMHSA_ChildhoodTraumaticGriefForParents.pdf