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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Kennedy Krieger is hosting a two-day league to thatch professionals however to place trauma successful children.
The league focuses connected dealing with trauma kids whitethorn beryllium experiencing aft enduring the coronavirus pandemic, the conflict against systemic racism and ongoing unit successful the community.
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The extremity is to forestall children from experiencing antagonistic semipermanent effects from trauma.
“Interesting enough, 3 kids tin witnesser the aforesaid homicide and 2 children whitethorn person coping skills to grip that acquisition and the 3rd kid whitethorn not and whitethorn consciousness a large impact, truthful trauma is not each the same,” Kennedy Krieger Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress Director of Training Danielle Gregg said. “It doesn’t acceptable into the aforesaid container successful the aforesaid way. There are galore antithetic interventions and approaches that tin assistance a kid oregon household grip that trauma.”
Many families successful Maryland and crossed the state are struggling with however to speech to their children astir everything that is going connected successful the satellite close now.
“It’s conscionable rough,” Baltimore nonmigratory Herman Woody Lee said. “I conscionable anticipation things power astir and we tin get backmost to somewhat normal.”
Parents WJZ spoke with similar Herman Woody Lee said it’s been tough. A 15-year-old miss was changeable and killed successful his vicinity past month.
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“Course it’s hard for everyone,” Lee said. “Some of the aged radical frightened to travel retired (and) don’t privation the kids to travel retired and play due to the fact that they don’t cognize what’s going to happen.”
Kennedy Krieger’s league besides addresses however to get resources successful underserved communities, including communities of color.
Local parents privation to spot much conferences similar this 1 successful the community.
“That’s a bully thing,” Baltimore nonmigratory Delores Johnsons said. “You cognize what, to marque it adjacent better, they tin unfastened the doorway up, they tin bid immoderate of us: the parents, the aunts, adjacent conscionable a regular mundane person. It volition help. We recognize better. We tin assistance others recognize better.”
Kennedy Krieger’s league wraps up Friday.
The infirmary hosts workshops similar this regularly that tin beryllium attended by assemblage leaders and individuals.
Jessica Albert
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