AIRED: July 4th , 2011– 11 am PST
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TITLE: “Children of Trauma: What Parents Need to Know”
SPECIAL GUEST: Caelan Kuban – Director, The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children TLC
Caelan Kuban joins Allen and Dr. Melody to explore the differences between grief and trauma, how a teen can be potentially exposed to trauma and why trauma is more of a sensory experience rather than a diagnostic category.
They will also address what parents need to know about children and youth who have experienced (or are currently experiencing) a traumatic situation, and provide information about how parents and other adults can help children and youth following a traumatic experience.
ABOUT CAELAN KUBAN
Caelan Kuban, LMSW
Caelan Kuban, LMSW, is Director of The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children (TLC), a program of the Starr Institute for Training. Caelan provides training across the country to professionals working with traumatized children and families and has been called an excellent teacher and passionate trainer providing workshops where participants leave feeling energized and inspired to work with at-risk and traumatized youth.
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ABOUT TLC
The National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children (TLC) works to achieve its mission to bring out the best in every traumatized child by creating environments where children can flourish.
- Since 1990, TLC has provided training to over 50,000 trauma professionals, thousands have given testimony.
- Every day more than 5,000 TLC Certified Trauma and Loss School Specialists and Clinical Specialists provide TLC interventions and resources to children, adolescents, families, schools and other organizations.
- Published evidence-based research outcomes support the value of TLC school and agency based programs.
- TLC Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents (SITCAP®) interventions were implemented following the Gulf War in Kuwait, the Oklahoma bombing, Wedgewood Baptist Church killings in Texas, 9/11, the tsunami in Sri Lanka, hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the killing of school staff in the presence of students in Iowa and Texas.
- TLC supports the 2009 proposed Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) diagnostic category that defines childhood trauma as a serious developmental life experience not adequately defined by the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder category alone.
- TLC recently became a program of Starr Commonwealth, an international leader in transformational programs for children, families, schools and communities since 1913.
From Trauma to Resilience: Short-Term Help, Long-Term Gains
Today’s educators and childcare professionals are on the front lines of a battle they may not even know they’re in: the fight against trauma in children. No doubt you’ve seen evidence of it yourself: the “unreachable” boy who doesn’t respond to any kind of treatment or therapy. The “bad” girl who persists in disruptive, negative behavior despite all-out efforts to help her. The truth is, trauma in children manifests itself in behaviors that defy logic, reason and the best intentions of teachers, counselors and social workers.
The issue is bigger than anyone realized. It wasn’t until 1990 that TLC identified childhood trauma as the root cause of behavior issues that were beyond the reach of traditional cognitive therapies.
Today, TLC training programs are in place in more than 3,000 schools, community-based programs, treatment centers and childcare facilities across North America and internationally, and are giving parents, teachers and childcare professionals the early intervention tools and techniques it takes to turn young lives – and trauma-related behaviors–around. Click here to download From Trauma to Resilience: Short-Term Help, Long-Term Gains booklet to learn more about TLC.
