Trauma 101
This word describes an experience that is scary, dangerous, or overwhelming and can affect how someone feels or acts afterward.
What is trauma?
These four letters stand for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
What is PTSD?
The “T” in TF-CBT stands for this.
What is trauma?
A racing heart, sweaty hands, shaky legs, and tense muscles can all be signs that this system has turned on.
What is the body's alarm system?
What is the capital of Colorado?
What is Denver?
People can have very different reactions to the exact same event because everyone’s brain and life experiences are different.
What is true?
These can be upsetting memories, nightmares, or feeling like something scary is happening again.
What are re-experiencing symptoms?
The “CBT” in TF-CBT stands for these three words.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
This emotion often shows up when the brain thinks there is danger.
What is fear?
What is Colorado's state nickname?
What is the Centennial State?
A serious accident, natural disaster, violence, or abuse can all be examples of this.
What is a traumatic experience?
Staying away from people, places, conversations, thoughts, or activities that remind someone of a traumatic event is called this.
What is avoidance?
TF-CBT teaches young clients skills for handling difficult emotions, thoughts, and trauma reactions. These are called ____ skills.
What is coping?
Deep breathing, grounding, and relaxing your muscles are examples of ways to help your body do this.
What is calm down?
What is Colorado's state fossil?
What is the Stegosaurus?
After something frightening happens, a person's brain may become extra alert because it is trying to protect them from danger.
What is the brain's alarm system?
Feeling jumpy, having trouble sleeping, being easily startled, or constantly watching for danger can be part of this PTSD symptom group.
What is being on alert or hyperarousal?
In TF-CBT, therapists help people notice whether their thoughts are accurate, helpful, or stuck in a thinking trap. This is called _______ coping.
What is cognitive coping?
Sometimes a person's brain says, “I'm in danger!” even though they are actually safe in the present moment.
What is a false alarm?
How many national parks are located in Colorado?
What is 4? (Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison)
This is something that can happen after trauma: a person may feel scared, angry, sad, confused, or jumpy even when they are currently safe.
What is a trauma reaction?
A person can experience this even when there is no actual danger right now because something reminds their brain of what happened before.
What is a trauma reminder or trigger?
TF-CBT does not expect kids to jump into the hardest trauma work on day one. Instead, treatment usually builds skills and moves through difficult material gradually and safely. This process is called ______.
What is gradual exposure?
This can happen after trauma when someone believes something was their fault even though they did not cause it or could not control it.
What is self-blame?
What is Colorado's state flower?
What is the Columbine?