by Dan DeMarle | Nov 16, 2024 | Emotional Disturbance, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Learn what caregivers and family members can do to help children and adolescents cope with traumatic events https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/helping-children-and-adolescents-cope-with-disasters-and-other-traumatic-events Image source – National...
by Dan DeMarle | Aug 25, 2023 | Emotional Disturbance, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Uncategorized
Children and adolescents who have been physically assaulted are nearly twice as likely as their peers to develop mental illness after the assault — and the risk is even higher in the first year after an incident, research suggests. Click this link to read the...
by Dan DeMarle | Jul 14, 2023 | Emotional Disturbance, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Uncategorized
"What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma" A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life”Every cell in...
by Dan DeMarle | Jun 23, 2022 | Classroom, Emotional Disturbance, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, School Districts, Teaching
One challenge schools face when addressing trauma is the wide variety of adverse experiences that in turn result in a range of reactions. Some students might show anger or sadness, while others may suffer in ways not obvious. “We really have to resist the...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 17, 2022 | Disability, Emotional Disturbance, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Traumatic events can affect any child’s health, raising their risk of certain diseases and negative outcomes later in life. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that one subset of kids is much more likely to go through stressful,...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 24, 2020 | Classroom, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, School Districts
Christopher J. Eberhart – Rockland/Westchester Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK from the D&C on 3/3/2020 In less than two minutes on Jan. 10, about 1,700 students, faculty and teachers in the Sleepy Hollow Middle/ High School were locked away in dozens of...