This is a brief, informative and accessible hand-out. It doesn't talk about ACEs but it does talk about traumatic stress and helps educate adoptive and foster parents, in particular.
However, I think it's useful as a general guide.
Excerpt:
In my dream world, there would be a resources such as this for those of us Parenting After ACEs and with traumatic stress symptoms. If you know of any, please share them.
Many of us are needing to provide trauma-informed self-care and understanding while also providing "good enough," attachment and trauma-informed parenting to our children.
Link to full pdf:
- Parenting After Trauma: Understanding Your Child's Needs - A Guide for Foster and Adoptive Parents (www.aap.org/en-us/advocacy-and-policy/aap-health-initiatives/healthy-foster-care-america/Documents/FamilyHandout.pdf)
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