Life’s getting more and more exciting on our little Gravel Road these days. Not only is October 13 the official release date for Does My Child Have PTSD? What to Do When Your Child Is Hurting from the Inside Out, but the book also received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. You can read the entire review at Publishers Weekly or celebrate with me right here on our gravel road where I’m showing off the sentence I like best.
Philo can make a dramatic statement (e.g., trauma “changes the very structure of the brain”) and then evenly explain the physiology behind it. Though occasionally heart-wrenching, the book is organized so simply and logically as to be easy to follow and digest. ~ Publishers Weekly
Would you please join me in praying that the review increases its visibility so it gets into the hands of families who need it?
Also, if you’re part of a family who could use the book, or would like to give it to someone, Gravel Road is hosting a book give away. To enter, leave a comment in the box below about why you’d like to win between today, October 12, 2015 and midnight on October 31, 2015. The give away is limited to residents of the United States and Canada.
I am so happy to hear that your book will be released tomorrow, and I can’t imagine how excited you must be about the favorable Publishers Weekly review. It sound like the book draws from both your mother’s heart and your school teacher’s logic and organization. I’ve been giving your books away to people at church when I see needs that you can address and I cannot, so this would be a welcome tool for ministry.
I am looking forward to reading your insight into this issue. I am dealing with a son who having PTSD.
I am so anxious to read this….I am always looking for more answers to,our Jada puzzle!
Looking forward to learning about PTSD in children that effects their adulthood. Also, how to help them.
I wonder if I had/have PTSD dating back to birth and the next several years. Being a 3 month early premature baby I had tubes in my back to my kidneys, etc. and later, was discharged from the hospital after 2 months, and later had painful leg braces, etc. etc.
That’s a very real possibility, Russ.
Looks like a great book. Do you have a street team?
Thanks Candice. What’s a street team?
As an adoptee and mother to my former one pound preemie I’d love to learn more about PTSD in children. I think we live it.
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Jolene, thank you for recognizing PTSD in children and how it impacts their lives years later. I have a g-child who displays symptoms and has appointments with professionals to gain insight, such a sweet and sensitive person. Your book would be a helpful tool on the journey to gain insight and also assist the child toward a healthy path in life. Thank you for being on WCRF/Cleveland. Your information was clear and impactful.
Congratulations, Jolene, on producing a very helpful, clear, and encouraging book. I’m sure you will bless many families with it.
I encourage parents to read this book, which I reviewed here: http://www.learndifferently.com/2015/10/13/kids-trauma-and-ptsd/
I have just recently learned about PTSD in kids. My kids’ first mother died when they were 1 and 4. My husband held my little 1 year old son while trying to help her and waiting for the ambulance. She died from a massive brain bleed. He has adjusted well to me as his second mom (I married the family when he was 4). But he has real anger outbursts at me since his teenage years. He’s 19 now. Could that be the face of PTSD?
You ask a good question, Diane. I am not a therapist but your son’s experience could flow from his early trauma. You would be wise to pursue a diagnosis and treatment if he is willing.
I would love to read this so I can better understand PTSD in children and how to help them.
I would love to receive a copy of this book! I was a foster parent for 10 years, had 19 kids in my home and adopted 4 of them. PTSD is a common diagnosis with foster kids so I would love to learn more about it.