![]() ![]() Holding, rocking, talking, cooing to infants all plays a huge part in developing the part of the brain that integrates sensory experience. ![]() Sensory Challengesĭeprivation, neglect, complex trauma in very young children rewires the brain and makes it difficult for them to either filter out sensory input or causes damage to the part of the brain that recognizes sensory input. When the attachment is not secure, dysregulation of emotions may occur-explosive episodes such as mentioned above are an example of what can happen when a child is dysregulated.Īnd the child is much more at risk for mental health issues, addictions and may be unable to nurture healthy relationships. When an individual is able to connect to and accept his emotions, he can consciously make decisions to act in socially acceptable ways when feeling a challenging emotion. Research, also, shows that the quality of this early bond is important to a child later being able to regulate his own emotions. The child learns that his emotional needs will be met and, in turn, is more likely to grow up trusting relationships and to be able to be able to learn how to meet his own needs. Consider when a baby cries and is picked up and held, for example. In early childhood, the child needs a trusted caregiver to help him regulate his emotions. Needs are met not only for basics: food and shelter, but for touch, sensitive emotional interaction from an in-tune primary caregiver that allows the child to feel seen and to feel loved. Secure attachment enables a child within the relationship of a stable primary caregiver(s) to feel safe. ![]() A Very Short Primer on Attachmentĭepending on the age and the type, severity and duration of the trauma, attachment to a primary caregiver may be damaged. But anxiety, depression, disordered eating, substance use disorders are very common with individuals who have experienced trauma. Not everyone who has experienced traumatic incidents has PTSD. This diagnosis requires that a set of symptoms are present. ![]() PTSD-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a response to traumatic incidents. Preverbal trauma occurs before the child is old enough to speak or speak fluently. Sometimes traumatic symptoms can occur from a single incident, but many individuals seeking therapy have experienced multiple incidents or long-term trauma-called complex trauma.ĪCES -Adverse Childhood Experiences are potentially traumatic situations that have occurred in childhood such as: abuse of all kinds, violence in the home and witnessing violence in one’s community, having a parent(s) who is mentally ill, and/or addicted to substances, growing up in poverty, parental abandonment and having a parent who was incarcerated.Ĭommunity discrimination and generational trauma as well as bullying, separation from a primary caregiver and medical trauma were left out of the original list of ACES but can also have profound effects on a child’s wellbeing. Simply, trauma can be the result of an incident that threatens the safety, identity, ability to trust and general wellbeing of an individual. Trauma is a term that has been thrown around. Trauma can affect development in all aspects: developmental delays, sensory integration issues, dysregulated behavior and emotions, the ability to connect to one’s own body and sense of self as well as to other people.Įxplosive episodes, panic and anxiety, depressive symptoms, cognitive delays, executive function difficulties, sensory seeking or avoiding behaviors-these are only some of the manifestations of trauma. “Trauma in very young kids can cause tremendous impairment”, Rooney explained. When Mariah Rooney, LICSW, RYT worked as a Fellow at the Trauma Center at JRI in Boston, she saw families and children who had experienced complex trauma. Childhood Trauma Part 1 – 101 on Trauma By: Sharon Burris-Brown, LICSW, NBC-HWC ![]()
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