Signs of trauma in 4 year old full#

I would be curious about what his presentation was when he saw you come in. I know you said he hasn’t had exposure to many other people, but if he’s securely connected to you and dad, he probably had the foundation established to feel some sort of safety. It then has to do with his secure connections. He will most likely be just fine.Įdit to add: His response to the traumatic event also has a lot to do with his personality and how he regularly would respond to unsettling events. What questions do you have? How are you feeling about it?” You can do this with or without a therapist, you can also draw pictures to illustrate what happened. You came home right away because you weren’t sick and your body is very healthy. Daddy needs to stay in the hospital until his body is strong enough to leave. How did you feel when you saw the police men? They were able to take you and daddy to the hospital to make sure you were healthy. How did you feel then? Finally the police came to help daddy and you to get out of the car.

Signs of trauma in 4 year old full#

Your diaper got very full and leaked, and you might have felt itchy and wet. You might have felt tired or very thirsty. How were you feeling when you waited for daddy to get up and drive the car? The police men said you were very hot in the car. What did you think was happening when daddy wasn’t moving or talking? Daddy needed to wait for the police men to arrive and take him to the hospital. Daddy had an emergency where he couldn’t drive the car. “On Thursday daddy picked you up to bring you home. I would talk with him about what happened. He may have some PTS symptoms when riding in a car especially with his father, if he was very uncomfortable and/or scared during the incident. Dissociation is a hot topic word floating around on tik tok causing everyone to think they are walking around dissociated. Are there more subtle signs that I should be looking for? Should I get him an appointment with a children’s therapist to be evaluated anyway?Īs a therapist I’ll say it would be highly unlikely for this event to cause dissociative symptoms in your son unless your son felt like he was threatened or his life was in danger which given his age and presentation when found, it doesn’t sound like it. But he’s totally fine, possibly even more agreeable and easy going than usual.

I would think maybe he would be clingy, or at least a little upset when I’m leaving him with people (family) who have never ever been his caregivers while I go to the hospital for hours at a time. So my question is, this should be traumatic for him, right? He’s usually pretty observant and very sensitive for being newly 3.

My son just started part time pre-k last week (2.5 hours per day) but before that, he hadn’t been away from both me and my husband since before Covid started since my husband has been a SAHD and we have had zero sitters alone with the kids in 2.5 years. It was then probably about 2 hours from the time they were found, to when I was able to get to them at the hospital. His diaper soaked through his jeans and stained the car seat, and hospital paperwork says he was treated for heat exposure. Police aren’t totally sure, but there’s a chance they were in the car for 3+ hours before being found and my son was strapped in his car seat the whole time. My 3 year old was in the car when my husband had a medical emergency, causing him to pass out and become mostly unresponsive.