Complex Developmental Trauma: Attachment, Neurobiological and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions to Heal the Traumatized Child
- Speaker:
- Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 17 Minutes
- Language:
- Presented in EN, subtitles in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR, handouts in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR
- Copyright:
-
25 Oct, 2024
- Product Code:
- POS059865
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
When children’s nervous systems are activated, they’re engulfed in a flood of stress hormones, setting off a chain reaction.
They experience feelings of unsafety, overwhelm, anger, and disconnection, trapping them in their “trauma brain” and hindering the development of executive functioning skills.
“As emotions and bodies spiral out of control, children are often mislabeled with a multitude of diagnoses—ODD, ADHD, anxiety.
We assume the behaviors are intricately connected, rather than just isolated incidents. But what if we approached each symptom individually?
Rather than assigning diagnoses, we’ll implement anxiety interventions to restore feelings of safety, attachment-based approaches to alleviate feelings of loneliness associated with depression, and sensory regulation techniques to better manage emotions activated by sensory memories.”
Watch Dr. Christina Reese, a leading expert in attachment and trauma therapy for children, as she guides you through techniques to:
- Restore developmental milestones to support recovery from developmental delays
- Harness neuroplasticity to reshape beliefs to overcome oppositional behavior
- Quiet the hyper-vigilant nervous system to facilitate emotional wellbeing
- Bring dysregulated emotions back to a balanced state to strengthen relationships with caregivers
- Unlock potential of executive skills by bringing safety and stability
- Build treatment plans that focus on symptoms not disorders to bring healing
Let’s make it our mission to unlock the limitless potential residing within every child affected by complex trauma.
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Credit
This self-study program consists of 6.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary by country and local regulatory bodies. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your local regulatory organization to determine specific eligibility and requirements.
Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Complex Developmental Trauma (3 MB) | 45 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Complex Developmental Trauma - French (3 MB) | 45 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Complex Developmental Trauma - Italian (3 MB) | 45 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Complex Developmental Trauma - German (3 MB) | 45 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Complex Developmental Trauma - Spanish (3 MB) | 45 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC Related seminars and products
Christina Reese, PhD, LCPC, has been working with children impacted by trauma and their families for the last 20 years. She is a licensed clinical counselor in Maine, Maryland, and Pennsylvania and is a licensed clinical supervisor. Dr. Reese is an internationally recognized trainer for mental health professionals in creating trauma-informed schools, working with mental health in the classroom and attachment and trauma in children. She is a TBRI practitioner and owns Felicity Counseling Services. Dr. Reese authored the books Attachment, Puzzle Pieces, The Attachment Connection, Trauma and Attachment, The Socially Confident Teen, and Leveling Up.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Christina Reese maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Sheppard Pratt Health System. She receives royalties as a published author. Dr. Reese receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Christina Reese has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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Program Information
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Objectives
- Identify how to bring healing to the cognitive and biological impacts of trauma to improve daily function.
- Differentiate between developmental delays and trauma regarding the impact on social participation.
- Develop felt safety for children by meeting their needs to increase engagement in relationships with adults.
- Utilize body-based interventions to biologically rebalance stress hormones to improve daily function.
- Use neuro-biological strategies to create new neural pathways to heal the traumatized brain and improve emotional health.
- Choose brain-based interventions to manage five of the largest behavioral challenges.
Outline
Trauma’s Impact on Children
- Abuse – shatters trust in adults as safe figures
- Neglect - undermines trust in adults’ ability to provide care
- Attachment trauma - fragments the perception of relationships as safe havens
- Exposure to violence - erases the concept of safe spaces
- Medical trauma - disrupts the sense of safety within one’s own body
Complex Developmental Trauma Commonalities
- Anxiety- dysregulated nervous system
- Depression - biological imbalances
- ADHD - delayed executive functioning skills
- ODD - distrust of adults leading to defiance
Relation to PTSD
- Impact of complex developmental trauma
- Emotions - dysregulation and tantrums
- Neural pathways – wired for mistrust, hypervigilance
- Behaviors - control and impulsivity
- Body - stress hormones
- Development - upstairs and downstairs brain
Strategies to Put Kids Trauma Brains Back on Developmental Track
- What we learned from the ACES Study
- Correlation to poverty, substance abuse, criminality
- Establish safety with adults
- Grow emotion regulation
- Increase self/biological regulation
- Assess development and select strategies to develop neural pathways through neuroplasticity
- Limitations and potential risks
Strategies to Heal the Traumatized Brain
Help a Child Feel Safe to Leave their Survival Brain
- Be a Safe Adult
- Model emotion regulation
- Button pushing behaviors
- Develop felt safety
- Build healthy attachment
- Establish trust-based relationships
- Meet a Child’s Needs
- Decrease manipulation
- Reduce attention seeking behaviors
- Recognize the need behind the behavior
Develop Trauma-Delayed Executive Functioning Skills
- Neuroplasticity to develop new neural pathways
- Build the scaffolding
Enhance Emotional Regulation
- Brain-based tantrum intervention
- Biological rebalance for stress hormones
- Calm the activated nervous system
- Cognitive interventions
- Develop awareness and growing insight
- Change the inner voice
- Disengage the nervous system
- Body-based Interventions
- Breathing interventions
- Movement to find balance
- Nutrition and hydration
- Sensory Interventions
- Grounding techniques
- Sensory calming stations
- Back to baseline from high and low
- Cognitive interventions
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Couples Therapists
- School Guidance Counselors
- Occupational Therapists
- Teachers
- Case Managers
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