2023 Emotional Resiliency.pptx
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This document outlines a workshop on adolescent emotional resiliency for teens in foster care. It covers four parts: (1) the stigma and culture of foster care, including an activity where teens anonymously share experiences; (2) how trauma and displacement can lead to survival behaviors and PTSD; (3) the importance of emotional support networks, including siblings and developing intimacy; (4) empowering teens and defining permanency from their perspective, including activities of sharing stories with social workers and discussing forgiveness. The goal is to help teens in foster care build resiliency by understanding how their experiences and behaviors are impacts of trauma, and providing support networks during recovery.
2023 Emotional Resiliency.pptx
- 1. Adolescents in Foster Care and Emotional Resiliency
- 2. Workshop Overview Behavior in its Context Trauma, Survival Behavior and PTSD Network of Emotional Support for Teens Empowering Teens in the Healing Process
- 3. Part 1: Stigma of Foster Care Culture of Foster Care Postcard Project
- 4. Activity #1: Anonymous Confession What’s the worst thing you ever did as a teenager?
- 7. Case file questions: • What is written in my file? • Is it accurate? • Desire to close file and/or update the information.
- 9. Magnified consequences • Consequences and Risks: In general, foster children and foster alumni operate by a different set of rules and consequences. And they have a lot more paperwork! • Let's say you're a teenager and you act out. Will you: a.) Be transferred to a totally different place to live? b.) Be grounded for a month? • Let's say you're in college and you do a poor job of budgeting. Are you: a.) Now homeless? b.) Able to call Mom or Dad to bail you out?
- 10. Part 2: Survival Behavior
- 12. Children are wired for survival Children in a hostile living environment learn to be highly sensitive to signs of danger. What you learn to live with, and what you learn to live without (security, protection). If you learn the language to express emotions (emotional vocabulary).
- 13. Trauma of displacement Lack of predictability Feeling powerless Want to exercise control Feelings of inadequacy Self-blame
- 14. Foster care and PTSD • Former foster children experience PTSD at twice the rate of Vietnam war veterans. • At least one-fourth of foster care alumni have PTSD. • In young children, PTSD includes disorganized and agitated behavior, including difficulty in concentrating in school…which can look like ADHD.
- 15. Physical effects of trauma • Fight • Flight • Freeze • Disassociate
- 16. Aftershock of trauma • Am I safe yet? The world seems dangerous. • It’s hard to concentrate: Scattered, thoughts Distracted, unable to focus. Hard to sort out relevant details. • Hyper-vigilance: Body remains on alert. Restless, can’t relax, easily startled.
- 17. • Sensory cues can lead to trigggers: A familiar building, a shadow approaching from behind, a smell… ￭ Traumatic memories are stored differently: Emotions, sensory details. This can make them difficult to communicate verbally.
- 18. Memories resurfacing • Flashbacks • Intrusive thoughts • Nightmares
- 19. Part 3: Emotional Support
- 20. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the words: trust and reliable love? Activity #3
- 21. Foster care and Erikson Erikson Stage 6: Intimacy vs. Isolation The social task of young adulthood is to create strong, long-lasting bonds of friendship and love. Those who fail in this task risk remaining isolated for the rest of their lives.
- 22. Used with permission from Mark Stivers at www.markstivers.com
- 25. Role of Siblings During Family Upheaval
- 26. Siblings as Survival Unit Copyright Lisa Dickson
- 29. Part 4: Teens as Active Agents
- 30. How the system defines permanency • Safe, enduring relationship • Lifelong connections • Legal rights • Social status • Provides for all levels of development • Family history, culture, tradition, religion, language Source: Research Roundtable: Convening on Youth Permanence, Casey Family Programs and Annie E. Casey Foundation, Sept. 12-13, 2006.
- 31. How youth define permanency • “Staying in one place” • “Not having to move” • “A feeling of connection” • “Like a permanent marker” (Indelible mark on your life) Sources: Chambers, K., et al. Foster Youth’s Views of Adoption and Permanency. Urban Institute, Child Welfare Research Program, January 2008. Sanchez, Reina M. Youth Perspectives on Permanency, California Youth Connection, California Permanency for Youth, 2004.
- 32. Activity #3:
- 33. Foster care youth: “Whenever I get a new social worker, I have to tell them my whole life story. But I know nothing about him or her.”
- 34. Forgiveness • Forgiveness of self and others is vital • It is still okay to keep yourself safe • Forgiveness does not always mean reconciliation Forgiveness takes one person; reconciliation takes two. We are only responsible for our own choices.
- 35. Taylor Model Copyright Danny Taylor, used with permission.
- 36. Post-Adoption Support Copyright Grey Hilliard-Koshinsky, used with permission
- 37. You play a role in supporting Teen Emotional Resiliency Behavior in its Context Trauma, Survival Behavior and PTSD Network of Emotional Support, including Siblings Empowering Teens in the Healing Process