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Jul 2015

Perseverance & Endurance – Qualities of a Champion Runner … and His Adoptive Dad

by: Julie Beem If you read one story about adoption today – this is the one. Your social media feed may be full of news about attachment & trauma, Fetal Alcohol, and PTSD, but don’t miss this article. I can tell you now this article’s not going to be what you expect. But then again,

Posted by D. Craig Peterson | Posted in Parenting Traumatized Children | Tags: adoption, ATN, ATN Blog, Attachment & Trauma Network, behavioral problems, fetal alcohol syndrome, parenting traumatized children, PTSD, reactive attachment disorder, relationship, runners world, therapeutic parenting, therapy, trauma, victim |

Mar 2015

Self Compassion for the Trauma Momma

We are delighted to bring you this guest blog from Robyn Gobbel, LCSW, who is a therapist specializing in adoption, attachment, and trauma and a founder of the Central Texas Attachment & Trauma Center. Robyn earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Utah and holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Therapy with Foster

Posted by Guest Author | Posted in Parenting Traumatized Children | Tags: ATN, ATN Blog, Attachment & Trauma Network, compassion, parenting traumatized children, Robbyn Gobbel, self care, self compassion, therapeutic parenting, trauma, victim |

Mar 2015

Changing Rehoming Laws Isn’t the Answer

by: Julie Beem What do the stories of Arkansas Rep. Harris and his wife, Torry Hansen (who returned her son to Russia in 2010), and the families in last year’s Reuters report on rehoming have in common? All were adoptive parents who found they could no longer safely parent their children in their homes. While

Posted by Julie Beem | Posted in Thoughts from the Board and Updates | Tags: adoption, ATN, ATN Blog, ATN Can Help, Attachment & Trauma Network, foster, justin harris, therapeutic parenting, therapy, trauma, victim |

Feb 2015

Tuesday Toolbox: “Touching” the Heart of Trauma

by: Jennie Murdock

Mother and DaughterI opened my email andwas reminded of the title for the ATN blog: “Touching the Heart of Trauma”. It struck me that quite literally what we need to do IS “touch” the heart of trauma by touching the body.

Posted by Guest Author | Posted in Therapies | Tags: ATN, Attachment & Trauma Network, massage, PTSD, therapy, touch, trauma, victim |

Feb 2015

Hugging A Stranger on the Plane

by: Julie Beem

No, this isn’t a blog about indiscriminate affection. And no, this is not a mom you will read about in a sensationalized report on “underground adoptive/foster families”. But it happens much more often than most people know.

Posted by Julie Beem | Posted in Parenting Traumatized Children | Tags: ATN, attachment, Attachment & Trauma Network, foster, relationship, sexual abuse, victim |

Dec 2014

Lessons Learned: Letting Down My Guard TOO Soon

December 12, 2015 by: Craig Peterson Everyone at the elementary school was ready for my two newest sons. The principal had the facts. She “got” it. After several lengthy meetings, the teachers also understood and prepared for a smooth mid-year transition. Most likely, they felt sorry. Who wouldn’t after reading the one-page summary I provided?

Posted by D. Craig Peterson | Posted in Parenting Traumatized Children | Tags: ATN, Attachment & Trauma Network, education, lessons learned, parenting traumatized children, RAD, reactive attachment disorder, relationship, schools, trauma, victim |

Dec 2014

What ATN Means to Me

December 2, 2014 by: Julie Beem A long time ago in what feels like a galaxy far away, I was a sleep-deprived mom of a raging toddler whose behaviors made absolutely no sense. I was an experienced “good enough” mom — so what was I doing wrong? My introduction to ATN came via a group

Posted by Julie Beem | Posted in Advocacy, Our Voices, Parenting Traumatized Children | Tags: adoption, Attachment & Trauma Network, Developmental Trauma Disorder, RAD, therapeutic parenting, victim |

Oct 2014

Wearing a Mask

October 30, 2014 by: Kelly Killian As Halloween approaches and children begin to pick out costumes, they pick out a new “personality” to try on for a day. It makes me think of our kids. So often what you see is a mask that they are wearing for the occasion. It is not the true

Posted by Guest Author | Posted in Our Voices, Parenting Traumatized Children | Tags: adult children, ATN, Attachment & Trauma Network, relationship, victim |

Aug 2013

Resilience – Inborn or Learned – Part 2

By: Julie Beem

The listing of factors that make children resilient from Resilience Theory: A Literature Review by Adrian DePlessis VanBreda made total sense to me. But the paragraph of conclusion supposedly based on these factors did not:

Posted by Julie Beem | Posted in Advocacy, Parenting Traumatized Children | Tags: ACE Study, adoption, adult children, anger, anxiety, attachment, foster, resiliency, trauma, victim |

Aug 2013

Resilience – Inborn or Learned – Part 1

By: Julie Beem

There’s a lot of talk about resilience being the antidote to trauma. Lots of workshops, books, and training programs talk about building resilience in kids as a way to counteract the impact of trauma in their lives. On the surface all this seems to make sense, but it’s always puzzled me. What did people mean by resilience, and why does it appear that my child has none, even after years of parenting her?