How Trauma Impacts a Child’s Development

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11/10/21

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Trauma can impact almost every single aspect of a child's development. But there are things parents can do to buffer that impact. We talk with Brett Loftis, CEO of Crossnore Communities for Children and Dr. Dawn O'Malley, Crossnore's Senior Director of Clinical Services.
In this episode, we cover:

How can trauma impact a child’s attachment and relationships?
- How does this impact them in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood?
How can trauma affect a child’s physical development or brain development?
How can trauma impact a child’s emotional development?
- Self-regulation
- Disassociation
How does trauma impact the way the child sees and values herself?
How can trauma affect a child’s behavior?
How can trauma impact a child’s ability to learn?
What are some of the long-term physical health consequences of having been exposed to trauma as a child?
What can parents and other adults do to build resilience in our kids to help withstand some of the impacts of trauma?

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:

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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:

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Decisions To Be Made at Egg Retrieval

November 3, 2021

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We talk with Corey Burke, an embryologist and Tissue Bank Director at Cryos International-USA and Dr. Mark Trolice, Reproductive Endocrinologist and Director of The IVF Center in Orlando and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, and author of The Fertility Doctor's Guide to Overcoming Infertility about decisions doctors and patient have to make concerning eggs or embryos after retrieval.
In this episode, we cover:

Overview of the IVF Process.
What determines how many eggs will be produced?
What number of eggs is ideal for an egg retrieval as part of IVF? Are more eggs always better?
Once eggs are retrieved, one of the choices a patient and doctor have to make is whether to freeze eggs vs. embryos.
Compare the challenges between freezing eggs vs freezing embryos.
How does vitrification differ from other methods of freezing?
What is the thaw rate success for frozen eggs compared to frozen embryos?
Why are eggs more difficult to vitrify than embryos?
Does the quality of the eggs retrieved factor into the decision?
What are the advantages to the patient of freezing eggs rather than embryos?
What are the advantages to the patient of freezing embryos rather than eggs?
How many eggs is usually recommended for a woman to freeze to have a good chance of being able to create a viable embryo?
Can genetic testing be done on eggs?
How long can human eggs remain viable if frozen vs. the viability of frozen embryos?
If embryos are created, one of the choices a patient and doctor have to make is whether to transfer fresh or frozen embryos.
How does genetic testing impact fresh vs frozen?
What are the advantages to the patient of transferring fresh embryos?
What are the advantages to the patient of transferring frozen embryos?

This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire infertility patients and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following expert-based content:

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How to Avoid Triggering and Being Triggered by Our Kids

November 17, 2021

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Do your child's reactions seem bigger than they should be to everyday events? Are your reactions sometimes a bit too big? What causes us to get triggered by our kids or to trigger them? We talk with Dr. Tripp Ake, a licensed psychologist with over 20 years of experience in the field of child trauma treatment. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center and the program director for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
In this episode, we cover:

What do we mean by “triggering” and how does it differ from getting our buttons pushed?
What’s the difference between being triggered and being annoyed or irritated?
How to become a trauma detective?
What types of things can trigger a child?
How much of having our “buttons pushed” stems from the belief that our child’s behavior is a reflection on us as parents?
How do the belief systems that we grow up with impact us as adults? We may not even be aware that hold these values and may not even agree with them.
How can we identify the things in our past that make us likely to be triggered?
Examples of things parents have told us drives them to distraction (aka triggers them).
- Whining
- Disrespect
Two universal parenting tips for improving a child’s behavior.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network