The Power of Play
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies endorses play experiences — think painting, drawing or dance — when working with kids who have experienced trauma.
This five-page report reviews symptoms and treatments associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma. It tells how traumatic events can impact children and offers four recommendations for helping them cope with trauma.
Kids in foster care are no strangers to PTSD. For example: 60% of sexually abused kids, 40% of physically abused kids and nearly 20% of non-abused kids in foster care had a PTSD diagnosis, according to one study.
