How To Help Children And Youth Experiencing Emotional Challenges
After Accidents, Beatings, Fevers, Shocks, Traumas, Family Trouble
Emotional challenges are often expressed through misbehavior. Children & youths’ problematic behavior is a language often based upon emotional confusion. Without sensitive help and guidance, children’s & youths’ emotions can cause behavior that upsets adults, can hurt the child or youth, can hurt others, can hurt property, can develop hard-to-change reputations. Children & youth who have had bad things happen to them are often confused, frightened, or angry (or all of these). Their behavior can often be seen as discharging the stress and confusion they have accumulated. Without help these shocks can create changes in attitude and ability to learn and stay calm. They can create difficulties that can make relaxing, living and learning difficult into adult life. Emotional challenges are often due to and complicated by: physical tensions and resulting chemical imbalances; confusion; isolation.
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First, We Would Investigate |
Second, We Would Investigate |
For Long Term Support |
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On Our Own We Would Try: • Replace sodas, juices, sugars, fats, fast foods with water, veggies, whole grains, nuts, protein, fruit, slow food • Long Walks/Hikes • Bedtime Stories and Chats • Wholesome Pleasures • Back Rubs and Foot Massages • Nature • Pets • Less or No TV, Movies, Video/Computer Games |
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For Parents: • Get support from other parents whose child or youth has the same challenge. • Get family and community support in supporting the child or youth, who is often frightened by her/his own erratic behavior. • Do whatever you can to reduce stress on the child or youth. You will reduce stress on the child or youth by taking action and by having faith that everything is going to work out. |
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Check out: www.traumasoma.com/index.shtml (very technical); www.acestudy.org. |