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Supporting Your Child After Stressful Events

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This resource offers guidance on supporting children after stressful events and includes strategies for families and caregivers to create safety and predictability through routines, clear communication, and emotional connection.

A Conversation About Developing and Implementing Individualized Interventions for Children who have Experienced Trauma

Join us for another conversation dedicated to implementing the individualized intensive intervention process while honoring the unique experiences of children who have experienced trauma. We will build on the March 2023 webinar to discuss the approaches teams might use as they engage in functional behavior assessment, plan development, and plan implementation to support a child … Read more

A Conversation about Integrating Trauma Informed Care in the Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Support Plan Process

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Young children are particularly vulnerable to the impact of traumatic experiences. In fact, traumatic experience can alter young childrens’ brain development. Young children who have experienced trauma may demonstrate a variety of emotional, behavioral and/or physical responses. Their responses to their experience depends on a variety of factors including: the nature, frequency, and intensity of the … Read more

Understanding Trauma Informed Care and the Pyramid Model: Supporting Resilience

Childhood trauma may be more common than you think. Roughly 26 percent of children in the United States witness or experience a trauma before the age of 4 (Briggs-Gowan et al. 2010). It is highly likely that there are children who have experienced trauma in every early childhood classroom. Often early educators are not aware of what children have experienced in their early lives. Join this webinar to hear more about trauma informed care, the Pyramid Model and how these approaches support resilience for all children including those who have experienced trauma. This webinar will highlight how two early childhood programs use the Pyramid and trauma informed care to support children in their care. This webinar will also share resources you can use in your own programs.