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The goal of professional development training for trauma-informed approaches in schools is to 1. build support for the adoption of a school-based trauma-informed approach, and 2. to equip school personnel with knowledge about the impacts of trauma and the competencies necessary to recognize and respond to students' signs of trauma.
Students with internalizing behavior may also have a diagnosis of separation anxiety or another anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), specific or social phobia, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, and/or an eating disorder. Teachers are more likely to write referrals for students that are overly disruptive.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts and memories, dreams or flashbacks of the event; avoidance of people, places and activities that remind the individual of the event; ongoing negative beliefs about oneself or the world, mood changes and persistent feelings of anger, guilt or fear; alterations in arousal such as increased ...
[25] [26] TF-CBT has been proven to effectively reduce symptoms of PTSD, depression, anxiety, externalizing behaviors, sexualized behaviors, and feelings of shame in children who have experienced trauma. [27] TF-CBT has been shown to improve positive parenting skills and support of the child through the enhancement of parent-child communication ...
Exposure-based therapies focus on confronting the harmless cues/triggers of trauma/stress in order to unpair them from the feelings of anxiety and stress. [2] Prolonged exposure is a flexible therapy that can be modified to fit the needs of individual clients.
Flooding, sometimes referred to as in vivo exposure therapy, is a form of behavior therapy and desensitization – or exposure therapy – based on the principles of respondent conditioning. As a psychotherapeutic technique, it is used to treat phobia and anxiety disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder.
Traumatic experiences, including childhood attachment trauma, can impact memory function and communication style in children and adults. [ 33 ] Katz describes some experiences working with her legal clients and how she adjusts her relational and communication approach to meet their needs. [ 51 ]
Traumatic stress is a common term for reactive anxiety and depression, although it is not a medical term and is not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The experience of traumatic stress include subtypes of anxiety , depression and disturbance of conduct along with combinations of these symptoms.