This YouTube video emphasizes how the younger the child who experiences trauma, the more damaging the traumatic experience. Recently I attended an event at United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey introducing Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics [NMT] to a group of clinicians interested in attending the Child Trauma Academy’s training to […]
The Toxic Stress of Poverty and It’s Effects
One of the most stressful places to be in our country is living in poverty. We tend to think that poverty is strictly an urban problem but with our experiences in so many rural counties in our own state of Pennsylvania we find that it is also a significant problem in the heartland of America. […]
Helping Children Cope With Their Fears
So here comes Halloween, with all the many scary images and experiences that children are exposed to. How many children become overwhelmed by the terror of believing some of the people in costume are real: the ghosts and witches and monsters. Trying to be logical often doesn’t work (“It’s okay, honey, it’s just make-believe!”). Being […]
