Making sense of a stressful journey - workshop handout

This handout explores the whole area of trauma related to a difficult birth or medical interventions or diagnosis for your child at any stage. The handout will cover the following areas:

• What is a trauma/stress response in the body and why does it happen?
• How can we understand the feelings/symptoms that we experienced at the time in more detail?
• How can we understand the impact of this trauma on ourselves as a parent and on our relationships?
• What can we do we remain in the ‘green zone’ (a place of calm) despite the fact that we may still face challenging situations with our child.