Behavioral Challenges
Sleep
SLEEP Sleepless in Seattle? Birmingham? Charleston? San Antonio? Sleep disturbances are one of the most common challenges for a child transitioning to a new home. Causes for sleep disturbances can
Making Sense of Senses
* What to look for: o What sensory experiences does your child seek out? o What sensory experiences does your child avoid? o Where does your child struggle? A Child
Responding to Severe Behaviors
* Lifeline is not certified to teach skills in TBRI Level 4: Protective Engagement. * Protective engagement refers to restrictive techniques such as restraining used to deescalate situations and keep
Older Children & Tools for Discipline
Be a Role Model: * As parents, we must demonstrate or model what we want our children to do, especially when they do not have language to communicate with us
Shaping Phrases
Shaping Phrases Shaping phrases are short little scripts that focus on telling your child what to do, rather than what not to do. They are a positive alternative to a
Parenting: How to Deliver a Consequence
These discussions of trauma and attachment can, at times, leave a parent feeling paralyzed in how to respond to misbehavior for fear they will cause further damage and trauma…As we provide discipline, (training that corrects, molds, and encourages moral character) rather than…
10 Practical Ways to Help Your Child Heal
When children come into our care from hard places, whether as a newborn or an older child, they have experienced trauma. Our privilege as a parent is to walk with
Trauma in the Classroom
What is the difference between willful defiance and a trauma reaction? Children who have experienced relational or circumstantial trauma can express themselves in ways that are typically regarded as defiant
Post Adoption Depression Syndrome
The symptoms of PADS and the symptoms of post-partum depression are quite similar: Feeling depressed or particularly irritable for most of the day. Diminished interest in activities that used to
Stranger Anxiety in Adoption
The process of development of stranger anxiety will occur over time and at different stages. Think of newborn babies who do not have any fear of people; over time they