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Working With Traumatized Children: A Handbook for Healing

NCJ Number
166765
Author(s)
K Brohl
Date Published
1996
Length
109 pages
Annotation
This practical handbook discusses the mind-body connection between traumatic experiences and children's adaptive coping mechanisms.
Abstract
The handbook presents guidelines to help children who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), details the trauma recovery process, offers specific treatment and intervention techniques, and includes an in-depth discussion of PTSD in abused and neglected children. The handbook covers how traumatic experiences affect children, what caregivers can do to foster the healing process from trauma, relevant treatment issues, stages in recovery from trauma, and major resilience traits in children. Specific chapter topics include trauma and its impact on society, understanding trauma and PTSD, recognizing PTSD symptoms, the recovery process, healing interventions, metaphorical storytelling, overcoming adversity through resiliency, and dealing with past trauma as adult caregivers. Notes and tables