by Jolene | Jul 14, 2016 | Different Dream, In Parents, PTSD
This Different Dream post is the fourth installment in a series about special needs parenting from the inside out. The series is the result of what I learned while researching Does My Child Have PTSD? What To Do When Your Child Is Hurting from the Inside Out. Today,...
by Jolene | Jun 22, 2016 | Different Dream, In Parents, PTSD
A strange thing happened a few months back at the Accessibility Summit in McClean, Virginia. On Friday afternoon, I was sitting in the Exhibit Hall at my book table. A copy of my newest book, Does My Child Have PTSD? What To Do When Your Child Is Hurting from the...
by Jolene | Jun 9, 2016 | Different Dream, In Parents, PTSD
This post is the second in Different Dream’s series about special needs parenting from the inside out. The series is a compilation of information learned while doing the research for Does My Child Have PTSD? What To Do When Your Child Is Hurting from the Inside...
by Sheri Dacon | Jun 8, 2016 | Different Dream, In Parents, PTSD
Thank you for stopping by Different Dream today. June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, and almost every Different Dream post in June deals with some aspect of this pervasive mental illness. Today, guest blogger Sheri Dacon brings up something...
by Jolene | Apr 14, 2016 | Different Dream, In Parents, PTSD
Special needs parenting is a challenging, wonderful, unexpected, amazing adventure. For most of us, it is uncharted territory that can be scary and stressful. It can also push our buttons, causing normally sane and calm adults like us to fly off the handle when we...
by Jolene | Apr 7, 2016 | Different Dream, In Parents, PTSD
Parent PTSD?Again?Shouldn’t that horse be dead by now? How I wish the answer to the last question was yes. Unfortunately, much as I wish the parent PTSD horse was dead, it is not. In fact, the more interaction I have with parents, of kids with special needs and...