Managing parental stress with eye movement desensitization reprocessing resource development installation

Introduction:

• Human wellbeing requires supportive relationships immediately after birth
• Lack of consistent and stable care causes more harm to a young child's development than:  Overt physical abuse amd subsequent cognitive delays; impairments in executive functioning; disruptions in body's stress
• Intense and prolonged stress can: disrupt early brain development (compromise functioning of the nervous and immune system); cause a cumulative toll on phyiscal and menal health
• Lifelong consequences of significant neglect and adverse pearent include:  academic struggles, difficulties in social adjustment, mental health problems, and chronic physical illness

Conference

English

Zita Shomlea

Shomlea, Z. (2014, September). Managing parental stress with eye movement desensitization reprocessing resource development installation. Poster presentation at the 20th EMDR International Association Conference, Denver, CO