Who is Trauma-Informed Parenting For?
Who is trauma-informed parenting for?
We offer Trauma-informed parenting resources and courses so you can be successful in parenting kiddos with trauma histories and neurodiversity.
Trauma-Informed Parenting is for anyone caring for or raising a kiddo with a trauma history or Capital Letter Syndrome (FASD, ADHD, SPD, GAD, ASD, etc…).
Parents of kiddos with trauma histories and Capital Letter Syndromes are inundated with tons of parenting advice that doesn’t work for their kiddos. At Trauma-Informed Parenting, we provide science-backed tools that actually work so you can have more peace and success in your parenting.
I understand
Parenting a kiddo with a trauma history and/or neurodiversity (Capital Letter Syndrome- FASD, ADHD, GAD, SPD, ASD, etc…) is tough.
When your kiddo has a trauma history and/or neurodiversity and can’t seem to “behave”, you’re judged and offered free unwanted parenting advice making you feel as if you are the worst parent on the planet.
Can I ease your mind a bit?
You’re not alone. That was me for years. The truth is – traditional parenting doesn’t work for kiddos with a trauma history and/or Capital Letter Syndrome. And it tends to backfire on you, causing worse “behaviors.”
You just need the right tools so you can be the confident parent of kiddos with trauma histories and/or Capital Letter Syndrome.
Trauma-Informed Parenting has the tools you need. As a Trauma-Informed Parenting Educator, I’ve worked with parents just like you- parents who need support, encouragement, and some new parenting tools when it seems as if nothing is working.
What is trauma-informed parenting all about?
At Trauma-Informed Parenting, we know that you want to be an awesome parent and connected to your child.
In order to do that, you need the proper parenting tools for your child, not somebody else’s neurotypical child, or a child who doesn’t have a trauma history.
The problem is most people don’t understand how trauma or having a Capital Letter Syndrome (neurodiversity) affects your kiddos so they make it all about the behavior. When your kiddo can’t “behave” according to other people’s standards, it makes you feel as if you are the bad parent so you isolate yourself.
We believe you can be an awesome parent.
How can trauma-informed parenting help me?
I understand what it’s like to parent a child with a trauma history/ Capital Letter Syndrome which is why I’m here to help you navigate your parenting journey. We can help!
Here’s how we do it.
Start with our free guide – How To Have Peace When Your Kids Are In Chaos!
This guide will walk you through what works when it comes to trauma-informed parenting. You’ll get some new tools in your parenting tool belt. Once you start using these new tools, you can find some peace in your home. You will understand the why behind the behavior. You will be able to meet the kiddo where he is and connect with him. You’ll enjoy your child more!
Access my mini-course Trauma-Informed Parenting 101.
Trauma-Informed Parenting 101 is a mini-course designed to help you:
- reframe your parenting beliefs
- begin to make sense of and peace with your past
- learn the science of trauma and how it affects your kiddos
- apply the science with some new parenting tools
- have more peace in your home
And the end result? More peace in your home.
Join me on YouTube!
What Trauma-Informed Parent YouTube channel is all about:
My videos are unique for many reasons.
- I use a teaching-based approach.
- I provide a workbook, book, or resource for many of my (playlists) series.
- My videos are short enough to watch/listen to on a coffee break.
- A series will for 3-6 weeks and cover one workbook, portion of a book, or free resource.
For example, if you grabbed your free resource, How to Have Peace When Your Kids Are In Chaos, you can hop on over to Youtube and find videos to walk you through the resource.
Where should I start for the best results?
Grab your free pdf – How To Have Peace When Your Kids Are in Chaos. And in the meantime, check out our other free resources.
So you can stop beating yourself up for being the bad parent you think you are and instead, know you aren’t alone, learn some science, learn some new parenting tips and tools, and truly connect with your child right where they are (instead of where the culture says they should be).
my story
I’m the mother of seven, four through adoption, former National Parent of the Year, author, teacher, and speaker. But more important than any of those things, I’m a parent just like you. I know what it’s like to raise kiddos with Trauma Histories and Capital Letter syndromes. I used to feel as if I was the only one struggling and because I felt that way, I isolated myself. I don’t want you to feel alone in your parenting journey,
Traditional Parenting Didn’t Work!
When I adopted a sibling group of four, I had no idea how to parent my newbies. Traditional parenting had worked with my three bios. It didn’t work with my newbies. Everything I tried seemed to backfire. I needed answers and fast!
I naively thought that because I had early childhood trauma, I was equipped to handle kiddos who had experienced the same.
I did the logical thing. I bought books. I researched. I read books to my husband at night when he was trying to fall asleep, “Listen to this,” I would say. “This is why he is doing this.”
I thought it was all about the behavior. Maybe you think that too. I thought I could fix the behaviors and the chaos would be gone.
And that’s exactly what Trauma-Informed Parenting is all about.
I’d love to help you move on to what does work and get some new tools in your parenting tool belt. Once you start using these new tools, you can find some peace in your home. That doesn’t mean that the chaos will totally disappear. It means that you will have peace in the midst of it. You will understand the why behind the behavior. You will be able to meet the kiddo where he is and connect with him. You’ll enjoy your child more and have peace in your home.
Personal Experience with Trauma
A normal Sunday morning included the kid’s pastor asking to talk to me after church. One (or more) of my kiddos couldn’t behave (regulate). Kicked out of kids’ church again.
Hubby Jerry and I had been selected as National Parents of the Year, but I often felt as if my friends, family, church, homeschool co-op, and community, in general, would have liked that title to have been revoked because we couldn’t make our kids behave.
I was judged, questioned, criticized, and all the while, my kiddos felt as if they were being rejected again.
When we moved to a new town and had joined a homeschool co-op which we were excited to plug into.
Then came the weekly phone calls, the emails, and the “we don’t think you’re a good fit for our group” break-up calls. We weren’t welcome.
My kids couldn’t -fill-in-the-blank. They were devastated. I was too. I sunk into a deep depression and I isolated myself.
Years later, when my kiddos’ peers were acing college entrance exams, the gap widened. My kiddos struggled. I struggled. A successful day for other parents was their teens getting a scholarship. A successful day for me was no one had macheted the plastic baby swing in an angry meltdown (true story).
As I studied, took courses and training, and read books (as I mentioned earlier), I began to understand that my kiddos could be successful and I could parent them the way they needed to be parented. Their success in life didn’t depend on acing tests or scholarships. Their success in life was tied to learning how to navigate life through the lens of trauma, how to learn some habits and coping mechanisms to make them feel at home in their own skin -regardless of what other people thought. Success looks like – arranging the environment to suit them, not correcting the child to suit the environment.
Rave Reviews
What other resources do you have to offer?
Trauma-Informed Parenting On Etsy
Your Kiddo’s Trauma Bucket Workbook
free resources
grab your free chapter
Why Traditional Parenting Doesn’t Work (And What Does Work)
grab the free guide
and learn 3 steps to a deeper, more connected relationship with your child.
free video training!
How do we connect more and correct less even when we are stressed? Grab this free short video training and find out! PS – you can apply these tips to yourself for a boost of self-care!
Other courses
Kathleenguire.teachable.com
Mom Habits Mini Course
Three Weeks- Six Simple Habits
Disclaimer:
I am not a doctor, lawyer, mental health therapist, or social worker. I do not provide legal or medical advice. All statements and views expressed are solely my opinion based on lived experiences or training. The content on this site and in the podcast is provided to families and professionals for informational purposes only. It is not intended to replace professional medical, psychological, behavioral, legal, nutritional, or educational counsel. Reference to any specific books, materials, websites, programs, agencies, etc. does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by Trauma-Informed Parenting.