Helping Our Kids Overcome a Traumatic Background
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
08/03/22
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We know our kids have experienced trauma, but how can we help them overcome this trauma to become healthy happy adults. We talk about resilience and overcoming an adverse beginning with Dr. Julian Ford and Dr. Amanda Zelechoski. Dr. Ford is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Law at the University of Connecticut where he directs two Treatment and Services Adaptation Centers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Dr. Ford is past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and has published more than 250 articles and book chapters and is the author or editor of 10 books. Dr. Amanda Zelechoski is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist specializing in trauma. She is a professor of psychology and Director of Clinical Training at Purdue University Northwest.
In this episode, we cover:
- What are some of the different types of events/situations that can be traumatic to a child?
- Do different types of trauma affect children differently? Short term but intense trauma. Long term trauma at the hands of a primary caregiver. Neglect? Witnessing domestic violence? Prenatal trauma?
- Why does early life trauma make it harder for kids to succeed at life?
- What are some signs of trauma by age of child? Preschool? Elementary? Middle and High School? (learning, physical health, mental health, trouble with the law, etc.)
- How to help our kids overcome their traumatic background and thrive?
- How to rewire the neurons?
- Triggers
- Emotional regulation.
- What can parents do to help their kids bounce back from their early life trauma?
- What is the key element to resilience?
- How can parents encourage resilience?
- What role does temperament or personality play in resilience to trauma?
- How long does it take for kids to “heal” from trauma?
- Are there specific types of therapy that are more effective than others for helping children overcome trauma? Does it differ depending on the type of trauma?
Resources: Roadmap to Resilience Podcast series. www.roadmaptoreslience.org
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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We talk with a panel of former foster youth about their stories and what helped them survive their trauma and succeed in life.
In this episode, we cover:
- What were the two most important things in helping you heal and ultimately thrive after your years in foster care and early life trauma?
- Was their one or two people in your life who helped you overcome? What did they do to help?
- Why do you think you became a survivor when others in similar positions did not?
- If you are parents, how has your trauma from your early years impacted your parenting?
- While you are successful and are “survivors” do you still carry some of the baggage from your childhood?
- What advice would you give foster, adoptive, and kinship parents to be most helpful to the children in their care?
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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Epigenetics in Fertility and Infertility Treatment
August 10, 2022
•38m
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How can epigenetic changes affect your fertility or the health of your child conceived by fertility treatment? We talk with Dr. Jason Franasiak, a board certified Obstetrician Gynecologist, board certified Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility specialist, board certified High Complexity Laboratory Director in Embryology and Andrology, and lead physician of RMA’s Marlton Clinic and Lab in South Jersey. He has authored and contributed to over 100 peer reviewed publications, published chapters and abstracts. He serves on the Editorial Board for Fertility and Sterility and the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
In this episode, we cover:
- What is epigenetics?
- What factors can influence or affect the epigenome?
- Can we “see” epigenetic changes?
- How do epigenetic factors impact our health?
- What are the genetic and epigenetic factors associated with female infertility?
- What are the genetic and epigenetic factors associated with female PCOS?
- What are the genetic and epigenetic factors associated with endometriosis?
- What are the genetic and epigenetic factors associated with primary ovarian insufficiency?
- What are the genetic and epigenetic factors associated with male infertility?
- How could epigenetics affect modifications in invitro fertilization and invitro embryo development?
- Imprinting disorders
- Do environmental factors affect epigenetics?
- What are epigenetic disorders?
- Are children conceived by IVF more likely to have epigenetic disorders?
- Can epigenetic changes be heritable across generations?
This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
Please leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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