When the Going Gets Tough
In this training session, facilitators tell caregivers what to do — in six clear steps — when a child has a meltdown moment.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has developed a series of facilitator guides dedicated to teaching caregivers about Trauma Systems Therapy for Foster Care.
This guide, devoted to module two, reviews strategies that caregivers can use to help promote healing in children with trauma histories.
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The full curriculum has four modules. These modules cover: 1) trauma’s impact; 2) strategies to address trauma; 3) coping with difficult behavior; and 4) generating signals of safety.
This guide walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through the module’s content, which focuses on helping caregivers decrease survival-in-the-moment responses for children affected by trauma. Caregivers will also learn interventions that can address the unique needs of a particular child, as well as strategies that work for all children — and especially for children who have experienced trauma.