Welcome to episode #1 of The Connections Matter Academy! What is The Connections Matter Academy? Why did we create it? “Child trauma occurs more than you think. More than two-thirds of children reported at least one traumatic event by age 16.” – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The
October is my favorite month of the year. I live in the northeast and watching the leaves turn colors and fall to the ground ignites creativity in me. I get the urge to paint, draw, decorate, light candles, and revel in the autumn sights and smells. It also happens to
Welcome to the September 2022 edition of the Childhood Trauma Newsletter! This month we will cover kinship care, children’s grief, school anxiety, mitigating factors of trauma, and pet loss. Wow, that’s a lot! Kinship care awareness September is National Kinship Care Month. Kinship care families form when a child is
I have a hot topic for a HOT July edition of the Childhood Trauma Newsletter. This month I will focus on traumatic memories in young children, how they show up, and what you can do to help a child when an unconscious memory is triggered (activated). As a side note,
It’s the middle of the night in 2005. My Nokia cell phone vibrates me awake somewhere under the covers, and I manage to locate it quick enough to hit silent. A few moments later, the vibrating is present again. This time I look to see that it’s my brother in
Welcome to the June edition of the childhood trauma newsletter. The past few weeks have been heavy for caregivers as we grapple with the aftermath of the violence in our communities. I know it’s been said too many times, but my heart goes out to the families and the communities
Journalist Susanna Arthur from Psychcentral.com reached out to me a few weeks back and asked me to contribute to this article on the connection between parental death and anxiety for children, teens, and adults. This topic is right up my alley and is very personal to me. My mother died
Childhood trauma is the core reason so many children are suffering with their mental health right now. Children are scared. Their sense of safety and trust in the world around them has been damaged. But the good news is there are many things we can do to help mitigate and
Childhood trauma consultant and children’s book author, Beth Tyson, discusses what Ambiguous Loss is, why it’s important right now, and what we can do to help children cope with the uncertainty created by the pandemic. Beth shares her personal stories with grief and loss as she raises her daughter and
Every time I see an email headline with “Happy New Year!” from the newsletters I subscribe to it falls flat. Who is truly happy after what has transpired over the last year? “Happy New Year” seems like a tall order right now, and I think it’s beneficial to accept and
