Supporting Regulation: Identifying the Stress Response ( Part 2)

In part 2 of a 8 part series, Ashley Bennett, our Director of Trauma Informed Care, shows us that it's by God's design that our brains and bodies alert us to experiences that are not good for us. She helps us to identify the primary way each of our stress response systems gets activated and how we can be grateful for the ways in which our brain and body are trying to keep us safe and why this is particularly important to understand when parenting kids with complex trauma. Take a listen to part 2 (or go check out part 1 first!). 

 

The Restore Network exists to change the culture of foster care and equip God's people to meet the needs of vulnerable children and youth. The children we serve have experienced complex developmental trauma and their experiences have changed their brains, bodies, beliefs, and behaviors. These resources are created to equip caregivers, volunteers, child welfare professionals, and our church partners to navigate the joys and complexities of caring for these vulnerable children. The resources we offer are based on the principles of Trust Based Relational Intervention created by the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University as well as other areas of attachment theory and relational neuroscience which we believe line up with how God created our brain and bodies for relationship and the design plan for human flourishing.