When children have difficult experiences it can be hard to know how to help.
In this course, Dr Naomi Fisher will explain how trauma affects the brain, why it can be hard to recover and how parents can help their children. You'll leave with an understanding of what's going on for your child (and you) and some practical ideas for how to help.
This course is suitable for those who have experienced different types of trauma, including medical trauma, family loss and school trauma.
Information
This course is available to watch for 12 months after purchase.
It is suitable for children with and without a diagnosis
Agenda
- Welcome to the course (1 min)
- How trauma affects the brain (17 mins)
- What does this mean for children? (13 mins)
- What can we do? (12 mins)
- Stories (13 mins)
- Keeping a sense of hope (12 mins)
- Course summary (11 mins)
- Goodbye (2 mins)
- Course handouts (5 PDF documents)
- Helpful books (1 min)
- How to get started with story telling (PDF document
- Telling stories with children (audio, 10 mins)
- Q&A Session (17 mins)
Total running time: 1 hour 49 mins
Presenter
Dr Naomi Fisher is a clinical psychologist and author. She specialises in trauma, autism and alternative approaches to education. She is registered with the HCPC. This course is not therapy and should not be used as a replacement for therapy.
Cover illustration: @BexGoneWest