Guest Author
Posted in Education, Our Voices, Parenting Traumatized Children, Trauma Sensitive Schools
A neuropsychologist said of my oldest son: “His brain is not organized the way the world wants it to be, so he has problems functioning. But he doesn’t have behavior problems. His brain doesn’t do those.”
My youngest son also has a brain that doesn’t fit the world he lives in,
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Julie Beem
Posted in Book Reviews, Education, Our Voices, Trauma Sensitive Schools
As teachers and students head back to school, a flurry of inquiries has come into ATN about the “best” materials to help our schools create more trauma-informed educators. The Trauma-Sensitive School movement is still young, so in previous years I had a hard time answering that question,
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Laura Dennis
Posted in ATN News, Our Voices
The Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN) seeks bloggers for the “Our Voices” section of our website, a.k.a. the ATN blog. Not sure if your story fits? Read on to learn more.
Parents
ATN was originally founded by parents, for other parents. We all have stories to tell,
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Julie Beem
Posted in Education, Events, Our Voices, Trauma Sensitive Schools
Countless longtime members of ATN are parenting children severely impacted by early trauma. They may carry the painful memories of searching far and wide for trauma-informed resources, as do many who serve on ATN’s staff and board. Each year, members ask whether or not parents should attend ATN’s Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools (CTSS) Conference.
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Sandi Lerman
Posted in Advocacy, Education, Our Voices, Parenting Traumatized Children, Trauma, Trauma Sensitive Schools
Dear educator,
Thank you so much for teaching my child.
I appreciate this opportunity to share with you some insight into the challenges that my child has been having in your classroom and as a student in your school.
I was one of you.
A few short years ago,
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Posted in Education, Our Voices, Trauma, Trauma Sensitive Schools
–by Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Every adult knows that there are triggers in life. We often know each other’s triggers, and in toxic relationships, we talk about how we push each other’s buttons. We know those buttons exist, but we often don’t remember how they got there. It is even harder for children,
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Guest Author
Posted in Advocacy, Education, Parenting Traumatized Children
By: Jen Alexander, MA, NCC, RPT
It’s back to school time for all of us. It can be overwhelming to think about what to tell this year’s teachers about our children. What’s too much? What’s too little? The answers, of course, are different for everyone,
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Guest Author
Posted in Uncategorized
October 1, 2014
by: Gari Lister
Today I am delighted to highlight one of the fabulous interviews from the second day of ATN‘s Educating Traumatized Children Summit. And this one is totally near and dear to my heart because it is an interview with the very awesome Melissa Sadin,
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