Creating A Family: Talk About Infertility, Adoption & Foster Care

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.Are you often bewildered by your child's behavior? Check out this interview with Dafna Lender, a LCSW and a certified trainer and supervisor/consultant in both Theraplay and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. She is also an EMDR therapist. She is the author of “Theraplay® – The Practitioner’s Guide” and “Integrative Attachment Family Therapy: A Clinical Guide to Heal and Strengthen the Parent-Child Relationship.”In this episode, we cover:Impact of TraumaWhat is trauma? Trauma vs PTSD vs. Development Trauma DisorderNeglectHow does trauma impact the brain?How does this impact affect the child?Does the age of the child, when they experienced trauma, or the type of trauma affect the degree to which the child will be impacted?Impact of preverbal trauma- before the child has language and memory.If a child is able to leave the abusive situation, can it lower the impact of trauma or PTSD?Attachment trauma. How to Best Parent a Child Who Has Exper