Being Trauma-Informed is Helpful @ the College Level
by Cameron Williams, Senior, Mt. Mercy University College campuses today are filled with diverse student populations, and many of these students are coming in with past traumatic experiences or will go through something traumatic during their college years. These experiences can shape how students learn and influence their success in their college career. Traditional approaches […]
Combating Fear, the Thief of Learning
It’s more challenging than ever to care for children. Whether you’re a teacher, a parent, a child care professional, you know what I mean. You awaken with a heaviness from the world around us. The news reminds us that there is much unrest in our world, our country…and our neighborhood. The fear, anger and exhaustion […]
Triangulation Explained: A Trauma-Informed Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Caregivers
We hadn’t received a call about triangulation in a while. A decade or so ago, the conversations were frequent about the chaos created when other adults in the life of a family misinterpret what’s really happening based on what the child with attachment disorder says. So, I listened to this mom and felt somewhat “rusty” […]
Adoption & Trauma: Things are Better…but not yet Great
Reflecting on ATN’s 30th anniversary and my 16 years as Executive Director always leads me to the observation of how much has changed since the 1990s when it comes to our understanding of early childhood trauma, attachment disorders and what children and families need. Like many of my colleagues at ATN, I walked into this […]
Healing Despair and Moral Injury in Educators – Regulated & Relational Ep 106
For those who are not yet listeners to ATN’s podcast, Regulated & Relational, this new episode could be a great place to start. In Episode 106, Sheri Kreher, LCSW and the Trauma, Illness, and Grief (TIG) Coordinator for 24 school districts through the Genesee BOCES gives us her insight into Moral Injury and how this […]
From Attachment & Trauma Network on Most Recent School Shooting Tragedy
We at the Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc. (ATN) are heart-broken by the most recent school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis. While school shootings have become commonplace in the United States, they should never be normalized, but understood as the preventable tragedies that they are. Often rooted in trauma, the causes of these […]
Navigating the Holiday Season: A Guide for Caregivers
As the holiday season approaches, images of cozy gatherings, festive feasts, and joyous celebrations fill our minds. However, for many caregivers of children impacted by trauma, attachment disorders, and neurodivergence, this time of year can evoke anxiety rather than excitement. Instead of cheer, there may be a wave of stress, as the holidays can bring […]
Lessons Learned During the Pandemic that can Help This Year’s Holiday Season
Here we are again, full-swing in the 2023 Holiday Season! In a post-covid world, where everything already feels more overwhelming than ever before, how can we not only survive, but thrive during the holidays? Well, I learned a great deal during the 2020 Holiday Season. So as the anxiety builds this year, I need to […]
My Why: A Tribute
When my mom died in 2021, I was catapulted into a foreign land of grief and hurt. Those who have lost close loved ones will recall the intensity of those first few days of grieving, when it is hard to eat or even breathe or to complete simple tasks – let alone the complicated logistics […]
My Why: Healing from Trauma
My introduction to ATN was not as an educator, but as a survivor of childhood trauma. I had recently retired from a 40-year career in education and was searching for answers. The previous year, I had found myself on a therapist’s couch where a tsunami of repressed memories buried under layers of dissociative coping skills […]