Parenting Traumatized Children

By Deborah Pettitt | July 28, 2018 |
child trauma

I just read a helpful article found at the Child Welfare Information Gateway titled “Parenting a Child Who has Experienced Trauma”.  This article was divided into many sections but I thought I would summarize for you the suggestions under the topic “Helping your Child”. Although childhood trauma can have serious, lasting effects the article stated…

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Helper our newest therapy dog

By Deborah Pettitt | July 9, 2018 |
Helper newest therapy dog

I read 2 articles recently about therapy animals and thought I would give you a brief summary of each. They both are about the use of service animals for children and adults. Equine Therapy The first article was in the magazine section of the Arizona Republic, each week they have a special section called “Wednesday’s…

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