Child's Reactions / Child's Needs |
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| Reactions | NEEDS |
Anxiety |
Security |
Guilt
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Reassurance |
| Terror/ Fearfulness | Adult protection, acknowledgement, patience, simplification of tasks
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Constanly worried that something else will happen (hypervigilance)
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Structure, consistency, facts, information, simplification of tasks |
| Helplessness | Physical nurturing, simplification of tasks and expectations
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| Chaotic or out of control feelings and emotions | Calm, peaceful environment
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| Fatigue | Sleep, predictability, calmness
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| Repetitive telling of the story or reenactment in play of incident | Someone to listen
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Fear of being alone (difficulty leaving parent or letting parent leave) |
Safety and conviction that self and others will be safe
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| Confusion, forgetfulness, inability to concentrate | Simplification of tasks, repetition, structure, patience. Teachers and counselors may need to be made aware of this inability to concentrate.
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| Worry about something else happening to him/herself | Reassurance, sense of safety
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