![]() ![]() This guide is specifically designed to help child welfare workers better understand the effects of early adversity and trauma on the children and youth they serve. These adults can learn more and become allies for the child. It can be helpful for these other adults to understand why a child might have certain fears or behavioral struggles, and understand helpful and unhelpful ways to respond. This may include coaches, dance teachers, parents of the child’s friends, etc. Parents can share this 1-page guide with other adults involved in their child’s life. A Guide for Adults Involved in My Child's Life This will allow the child’s parents and pediatrician to work together to find resources that can support the family in caring for the child, as well as obtain evidence-based treatments for the child. ![]() It is important that their child’s pediatrician be aware of the child’s past experiences, so that they can understand any current struggles in light of those past traumas. Parents can complete, print, and share this form with their child’s pediatrician. Important Information to Share With My Child’s Pediatrician This first guide explains how trauma can affect a child’s development and behavior, and offers practical strategies for trauma-informed parenting that promote healing and make a family’s day-to-day life less stressful. ![]() Parents are encouraged to read this guide first to get acclimated to the various resources within this series. Each guide can be downloaded and shared to provide ideas for how to help children, and links to additional information and resources. Created with support from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and Jockey Being Family, this series of resources is designed to help children who have experienced trauma and adversity, by helping their parents, caregivers, and other adults in their lives understand how that early trauma may have affected them. ![]()
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