by Jolene | Oct 7, 2013 | Books and Resources, Different Dream, PTSD
Trauma is part of life. The first day of school, moving, parents separating, the loss of a loved one. Those events seem like little bumps to us, but to kids they can be traumatic. Kids with special needs often deal with bigger traumas like medical interventions,...
by Jolene | Feb 25, 2013 | Books and Resources, Different Dream, PTSD
Childhood depression is a real and growing concern in modern culture. As parents, we sometimes ignore signs of depression in our kids because we don’t want to believe mental illness can affect them. But rates of childhood depression in our country are growing,...
by Jolene | Apr 30, 2010 | Books and Resources, Different Dream, PTSD
When most people think of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), they think of returning war veterans. If they think of PTSD in kids at all, it is associated with children in war zones or kids who are victims of sexual or physical abuse. But new research shows that...
by Jolene | Mar 17, 2010 | Books and Resources, Different Dream, PTSD
If you’re the foster or adoptive parent of a child with special needs, thank you for opening your home to the most vulnerable and needy members of our society. Many of those children endured severe trauma before arriving in your safe and loving homes. And you,...
by Jolene | Nov 25, 2009 | Books and Resources, Different Dream, PTSD
For the past few weeks, National Public Radio (NPR) has been airing a series called The Impact of War. While listening to several episodes that described the symptoms of PTSD in returning vets, the similarities to our son Allen’s PTSD symptoms (caused by early,...
