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Using Art Therapy to Address Bullying: Part Two
Back in 1993, I taught a university course on developmental approaches to art therapy that included a section on the impact of bullying on children and teenagers. Surprisingly, at that time bullying...
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My New Year’s Resolution: Teach Compassion to Children
The theme of the last few posts to Trauma & Children has focused on the subject of bullying. While the need to address and confront the endemic nature of bullying among children and teens and...
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Get Your Trauma Certification with TLC this February in San Antonio!
Today, National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children (TLC) training programs are in place in more than 3,000 schools, community-based programs, treatment centers and childcare facilities across...
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Children and Empowerment: May the Force Be With You
If you are a Super Bowl fan, I hope you had the chance to enjoy both the game and some of the entertaining commercials. There was one in particular has captured people’s imaginations. It’s all about a...
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Sensory-Based, Trauma Informed Assessment
In a previous post in September 2010, I discussed some concepts pertaining to “trauma informed art therapy.” Over the past few months, Dr. William Steele and I have been working on a new book called...
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TLC’s Children and Trauma Annual Conference: Trauma-Informed, Resiliency-Focused
It’s time to make your plans to attend the 2011 TLC’s Childhood Trauma Practitioner’s Assembly from July 12 to 16th! The Assembly will be held at the Macomb County Intermediate School District’s (MISD)...
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Upcoming Trauma Webinar Highlights Childhood Anxiety and How We Can Help
Children who have been traumatized exhibit anxious behaviors and often have a lot of “worries.” On June 22, 2011, Dr. William Steele, founder of the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children,...
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Homelessness, Children and Families: What You Should Know and How You Can Help
The statistics on homelessness in the United States are astounding. According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) (2011), more than 1.3 million children are homeless at some time...
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Be Reflective, Not Directive: Ways to Help a Traumatized Child, without...
TLC GUEST BLOGGER: Miki Tesh, LCSW When something horrible happens to a child, there are things we can do to help and things that can make it worse. Fortunately, research is improving to help us...
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Mindful Self-Compassion for Kids
by Miki Tesh, LSCW Imagine this …. You feel terrible about something. You might be overly critical of yourself, maybe even more critical than you would of a friend or a stranger. You feel like if you...
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