True/False
True or False? Trauma is a very scary, upsetting, confusing, and/or life threatening event.
True. Trauma can be things like physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, or sees someone else get hurt. OR it can be when someone is in a car crash or a natural disaster.
What are coping skills?
Something that distracts you from negative thoughts, feelings, and/or actions/behaviors.
When we feel scared, our brains try to protect us by going in to _____ or _____ mode.
Fight or Flight.
What is sexual abuse?
Child sexual abuse is when someone makes a child touch their private parts or touches a child's private parts in a not-safe way.
Bonus question: What are ways you know a touch is safe and ok?
True or False? It is always easy to tell an adult about trauma.
False. Sometimes telling can be hard and upsetting.
What are some examples of coping skills?
Reading
Playing games
Deep breathing
Going for a walk
Doing art
Talking to someone you trust
Thinking about your "Safe Place"
Squeeze your muscles and relax
What are two things that happen to our bodies when we're in Fight or Flight mode?
Heart beats faster
Face feels hot
Stomach hurts or feels sick
Feel lightheaded, dizzy, or "funny"
Muscles get tight
Feel angry and do things without thinking
Get sweaty
Headaches
Who is sexually abused?
Sexual abuse happens to boys and girls. It can happen to kids of all ages, races, religions, and from any kind of neighborhood.
True or False? Trauma can happen to anyone.
True: Trauma can happen to girls, boys, different races, ages, etc.
What coping skills do you use?
Any answer.
What are symptoms of trauma that people might experience?
Learning problems
Difficulty concentrating
Thinking about it when even when do not want to
Worrying, feeling scared
Avoid talking about it
Difficulty sleeping
Hard time getting along with other people
Feeling angry a lot
Why might a child not tell if they were sexually abused?
The abuser told them not to tell.
The abuser uses tricks to keep children from telling.
The child is afraid of getting in trouble.
Safety
They feel scared or ashamed or confused.
True or False? Kids always tell an adult right away when someone has hurt them.
True. It can be hard to know what to do, so sometimes kids don't tell an adult right away. It may take a while to figure out that they need help!
Close your eyes, take deep breaths, imagine a place that feels safe and think about what you would hear, see, smell, taste, and feel if you were there.
What does it mean if someone has a "NAT thought"?
Negative Automatic Thought. NATs make us think unhelpful thoughts about a problem.
True or False: Children are usually sexually abused by a stranger.
False. Kids are usually abused by someone they know.
True or False? Many children feel angry and confused after they have experienced trauma.
True. Kids can have lots of different feelings when they have had a trauma happen--angry, confused, scared, disgusted, sad, lonely, guilty, ashamed.
How can you tell if you might be getting stressed and need to use a coping skill?
Feel it in your body, tired, getting angry, etc.
Give an example of a NAT, then tell about a "Butterfly thought" someone could have instead.
I'm at the store and see a toy I really want, but my Dad says I can't have it.
NAT: "I never get to have anything I want!"
Butterfly: "My birthday is coming up soon, so maybe I'll get it then."
How might the child feel about the sexual abuse?
All types of feelings such as...
Confused due to sexual touching feeling good
Angry
Scared
Guilt, shame, confused, isolated etc.