Trauma
What is domestic violence?
Fighting within the family
This person is person has racing thoughts, anger, sweaty, heart beats fast, yelling/screaming, tense, sweaty palms. What mode are they in?
Fight mode
Any 2
What will help someone's body calm down when they feel anxious/scared
Deep breaths/square breathing or squeezing the lemons/muscle relaxation
What kind of thoughts do we have?
Helpful, unhelpful, and neutral
How do kids respond to trauma?
They avoid talking about it, feel sad/scared/mad, have bad dreams, can't focus, feel nervous
This is person is trying to run away, avoid, changes the subject, forget/can't remember, panic, fidgety, jumpy. What mode are they in?
Flight mode
Name any 2 feelings thermometer zones
Cool zone
Warning zone
Danger zone
You feel scared remembering the scary thing that happened, get up and take 5 deep breaths.
5 deep breaths
What can we do with unhelpful thoughts
Take them court!
An adult hitting, kicking, punching, slapping, burning a kid or teenager with hot water.
Put on your favorite dress up item
Put on your favorite dress up item
What are some good coping skills to help someone who is in their danger zone?
Deep breaths/Puffer fish
Squeeze lemons/muscle relaxation
4321/Use our sense
Cuddle w/stuffed animal
Coloring
Do your favorite silly dance
Favorite silly dance
Unhelpful
Who makes us think about domestic violence or physical abuse from the past when we don't want to?
The Trauma Bully
This person's brain shuts down, they can't think, staring off/not responsive, can't talk/express them, tense/frozen, or disconnected. What mode is this?
Freeze mode
How and why do we do a body scan when we remember scary things from the past?
It helps us find the anxiety in our body and then we can calm down.
Fun Run Surprise:
Draw a pretty picture together
Draw a pretty picture together.
Sarah thinks the world is a bad place
Take this thought to court!
What shrinks the trauma bully?
Talking about the bad things that happened
When we feel really really scared, the thinking part of our brain cuts off from what part of our brain?
The feeling part
Role play! Adult: Act upset. Child: Help the adult calm down using 4321
Do 4321
Pretend to be an animal, get the other person to guess
Animal guess
Marshall thinks ALL women are bad b/c his stepmother abused him. What kind of thought is this? Take it to court