Signs/ Symptoms
What is 1 subcategory of insecure attachment?
- Avoidant
- Ambivalent
- Disorganized
What types of interventions can occupational therapists use when working with families and children?
- Family Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Expressive Therapy
- CBT
-Trauma Focused Therapy
What are three occupations that are affected by complex trauma?
- Education
- ADL's
- Rest and Sleep
-Social Participation
- Work
- Leisure/ Play
Multiple risk factors have been related to complex trauma, name one.
Young or single parents who did not graduate from high school
Adults with psychiatric disorders such as depression/ bipolar
Substance Abuse
The perpetrator's childhood
Family income
Child maltreatment most often occurs within the home. True or False?
TRUE
Name a common symptom associated with an impaired self-concept
- Feeling unsuccessful
- Powerless
- Helpless
- Incompetent
- Unloved
What can occupational therapists focus on within the school?
-Promote social interactions with peers and help support the teacher to create an environment that feels safe and nurturing
- Educate teachers and staff members on trauma
- Help promote environment that supports self-regulation
How might a child's sleep & rest be challenged after experiencing complex trauma?
- Difficulty falling and staying asleep
- Increased occurrence of nightmares and sleep disturbances
- Increased bed wetting
Neglect and medical neglect are often attributed to male caretakers, while sexual abuse is most often associated with female offenders. True or False?
FALSE
What percentage of children who are maltreated experience neglect?
75%
Complex Trauma is composed of seven domains of impairment observed in children subjected to recurring trauma exposure. Name 3 domains
- Biology
- Affect Regulation
- Dissociation
- Behavioral Regulation
- Cognition
- Self-concept
What can occupational therapists focus on within the home?
- OT’s work with caregivers to create routines that the child is able to predict, this allows the child to have a sense of control.
- Help children build attachments to caregivers and families.
- Encourage bonding
How might a child's activities of daily living be challenged after experiencing complex trauma?
- Diminished motivation to complete daily routines
-Difficulty managing hygiene
- Trouble eating (food hoarding behaviors)
- Fear of ADLs; abuse and neglect are frequently association with locations where ADLs are completed
Fatal injuries are caused by traumatic actions, What are two types of traumatic actions?
Violently shaking an infant/small child
Forceful punching in abdomen/chest/ or head
Scalding
Intention drowning
Suffocation
Poisoning
Starvation
Girls have a higher child mortality rate than boys. True or False?
FALSE