Individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities are at an increased risk of experiencing trauma, including chronic child maltreatment, peer violence, disability-related abuse, and medical trauma. This trauma can be exacerbated by disability-specific stressors and unique ways of perceiving the world, including cognitive and sensory processing differences. Accordingly, these individuals are at an increased risk of posttraumatic stress […]
With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month and the ISSTD’s Child and Youth Month, what better time than to provide an update on the ISSTD’s Child & Adolescent Special Interest Group (C&A SIG)! With growth in membership over the last year, the C&A SIG is currently 46 members strong, all who bring a wealth of […]
The holiday season is fast approaching. For those of us in the northern hemisphere, this also means that winter weather, less sunshine, shorter days and time changes are upon us. There are many elements to this time of year that can make it more stressful. If you find that change is something you need time […]
The Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) Special Interest Group focuses on the unique skills, techniques and clinical needs that are required in order to successfully work with Emerging Adults ranging from 18 to 25 years of age. When an individual hits 18, they are often considered an adult and expected to be able to master all […]
The Inpatient Special Interest Group was launched last year to support clinical work and research related to inpatient settings. As part of this we want to empower clinicians to support their clients before, during, and after inpatient care. Inpatient care can be life-saving during times of crisis, but also has unique challenges for people with […]
The Transgender and Nonbinary Special Interest Group was launched last year and currently has 56 members. It is dedicated to supporting clinical work and research around clients who identify as Transgender or Nonbinary and experience dissociation from their trauma histories. Often, just the fact of being transgendered or nonbinary in our current environment can expose […]
ISSTD welcomed the EMDR Special Interest Group in October 2021 as one of the largest SIGs in the organization. This SIG is intended to work to further understanding of research and clinical application of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in an integrative treatment approach when working with complex trauma, dissociation, and dissociative disorders by collaboratively […]
The mission of our SIG is focused on issues related to the etiology, evaluation, and effective treatment of trauma and dissociation in clients reporting histories of organized and extreme abuse. The OEA SIG met at the 2022 ISSTD Annual Conference and 29 of us engaged in a lively conversation. In addition, in the last year […]
With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month and the ISSTD’s Child and Youth Month, what better time than to provide an update on the ISSTD’s Child & Adolescent Special Interest Group (SIG)! Currently 37 members strong, members of the Child & Adolescent SIG bring a wealth of knowledge and experience about working with traumatized children […]
During 2021 our SIG has held several successful bimonthly support group meetings. A series of them were on the parallel processes that therapists and care givers have been going through during the pandemic with their clients. We were able to support each other as well as jointly partaking in fun and relaxing self-care practices lead […]
