COVID-19: Addressing Social and Collective Trauma in Children, Adolescents and their Families – Varleisha D. Gibbs

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This 90-minute recording unveils the concepts of social and collective trauma. Children, adolescents, and their families are impacted by societal events such as pandemics, war, natural disasters, and violent events. You will learn activities and concepts to address the impact of trauma. You will also learn unique approaches for maintaining routine, sensory-based strategies, respiratory-based techniques, and mindfulness and the connection to trauma care. The recording concludes with discussions about the future and moving beyond the trauma.

1. Demonstrate how social and collective trauma impacts children and their families?
2. Address the impact of social and collective trauma for children who have a history of complex trauma, presenting with hyper-activity, hypo-activity, aggressiveness, self-stimulatory, issues of attachment, and inattentiveness
3. Implement?techniques such as?use of routine, sensory-based strategies, mindfulness, activation of the Vagus nerve, and respiratory-based techniques to improve comfort and security

Social and Collective Trauma

• Including those who have a history of complex trauma
• Impact on children, adolescents and their caregivers?
• Effects of social isolation and resulting sensory deprivation?

Treatment Approaches

• Use of routine
• Sensory-based strategies
• Mindfulness
• Activation of the Vagus nerve
• Respiratory-based techniques

Planning for the Future…Moving Beyond Trauma

• Interactive plans, goals, and vision boards
• Autobiographies and video diaries?