tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24739721.post1229554095623482124..comments2023-10-20T12:36:55.317-04:00Comments on Trauma Treatment for Children: Would More Severe Punishment Have Helped?Patricia Wilcox, LCSWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444420374748925069noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24739721.post-10445360676727878192007-10-15T12:37:00.001-04:002007-10-15T12:37:00.001-04:00Is there a way to facilitate this conversation so ...Is there a way to facilitate this conversation so that it includes administration, line staff and clinicians? Is there a way to gently remind all involved that "punishment" isn't our objective but that treatment is? And that, at times, treatment and punishment might look the same but most of the time they appear to be polar opposites? Is there a way to relationally and humanly remind staff that while it stinks to get punched in the eye, it is, sadly, a job hazard? That staff must be the "bigger" person because these kids are doing the best they can in the moment and the best they can is not the best that staff can do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24739721.post-80575530484996099182007-10-15T12:37:00.000-04:002007-10-15T12:37:00.000-04:00Is there a way to facilitate this conversation so ...Is there a way to facilitate this conversation so that it includes administration, line staff and clinicians? Is there a way to gently remind all involved that "punishment" isn't our objective but that treatment is? And that, at times, treatment and punishment might look the same but most of the time they appear to be polar opposites? Is there a way to relationally and humanly remind staff that while it stinks to get punched in the eye, it is, sadly, a job hazard? That staff must be the "bigger" person because these kids are doing the best they can in the moment and the best they can is not the best that staff can do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com