Art Therapy
This is a picture that my son drew last night (*please read THIS post for an explanation of the gender of the self portrait). A picture really can communicate a thousand words. This one says to me that he Continue reading Art Therapy
Month: April 2015
Teens and Trauma
While my adopted son is now 14, my first up-close and personal experience with a traumatized teen was in my classroom. A few years ago, I had an adopted 15-year-old in my English as a Second Language (ESL) class. I’ll call Continue reading Teens and Trauma
The root of all defiant, stubborn behavior
Sometimes it can be so easy for me to forget how far we have come and just happily skip along my merry way, thinking that everything is “normal” now and we are never going back to the scary early days of this Continue reading The root of all defiant, stubborn behavior