Lesieli Folau

Bruce Perry
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University of Chicago School of Medicine
1988-1991
Research professor of Child Psychiatry at
Baylor College
1992-2001
Medical Director in Childrens Mental
Health for Alberta Mental Health Board
2001-2003
Currently the Senior Fellow of the Child
Trauma Academy

Research
The Child
Trauma
Academy is
a non-profit
organizatio
n that helps
high-risk
children
through
direct
service.
The effects of prenatal drug
exposure on the child's brain
development
Traumatic life events related to the
development of neurotransmitter
receptors of the brain
How neglect and traumatic stress
change the biology of the brain & the
health of the child
Six Core Strengths for Children
Six Core Strengths for Children: A Vaccine Against Violence
















ATTACHMENT: forming and maintaining healthy emotional bonds
& relationships

SELF REGULATION: containing impulses, the ability to notice and
control primary urges as well as feelings such as frustration

AFFILIATION: being able to join and contribute to a group

ATTUNEMENT: being aware of others, recognizing the needs,
interests, strengths and values of others

TOLERANCE: understanding and accepting differences in others

RESPECT: finding value in differences, appreciating worth in self
and others
Child Trauma
This is a picture drawn
by a 12 year old who
had witnessed violence
in his life. Dr. Bruce
Perry says that child
who survive traumatic
experiences have a
major disruption in their
life.
This chart shows the difference between a child who has
experienced trauma and one who has lived a normal life.
Questions & Future Children
How does finding values
in differences help kids
who have dealt with
child trauma?
How does applying the
six core strengths for
children help parents
prevent child trauma?

Dr. Bruce Perry has studied
many children who have
experienced child trauma, and
ways that we can prevent
those events from happening.
He has also studied how we
can deal with and help those
children cope with those
traumas. If ever in the future
our children are faced with
something like this we will be
able to use his theories to help
them, and we know how to
prevent them with his six core
strengths.
Questions Our Future Children
Summary
Dr. Perry had dedicated his whole career on
studying child trauma. He has studied events
such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the
Columbine school shootings, the September
11
th
terrorist attack and much more. Thanks to
him and the Child Trauma Academy children
today are able to get the help they need.