Session A (Workshops 3) 10:30 am – 11:30
am
Adopting the “Older”
Child - Basic Remediation of a Traumatic Past (Part One)
(Part 2 - continued in B11)
This is an interactive session that will provide
problem solving and information sharing types of learning. The
participants will gain knowledge about Developmental Trauma Disorder
(DTD) in internationally adopted children as a mental health condition
and an educational handicap: its cause and major manifestations.
The origin of DTD (repeated traumatization before and after adoption)
will be discussed along with the associated features, such as
abrupt first language attrition, cumulative cognitive deficit,
post orphanage behavior, and specific learning disability. Finally,
the issue of identification and remediation of the DTD will be
explored at the level of family and school. A remedial model of
mind/body regulatory rehabilitation, academic remediation, and
peer socialization are presented and discussed.
