Supporting Traumatized Children and Teenagers: A Guide to Providing Understanding and Help (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781849050340)

Supporting Traumatized Children and Teenagers is an accessible, comprehensive book providing an overview of the impact of trauma on children and adolescents and how they can be supported following trauma.

Trauma can result from a range of experiences from bullying to witnessing violence to living through war. This book explores the different reactions children may experience, and the impact trauma can have. Variables affecting the impact of trauma are explored such as different developmental stages, gender, the reactions of friends and parents, the child's personality, and their caring environment. Appropriate and effective ways of helping children after a traumatic event are outlined, and different types of therapy, such as group therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy, are discussed. The book offers case examples and practical tips throughout, and includes a chapter on how someone working with a traumatized child can help and look after themselves.

This book will be invaluable to a range of professionals working with traumatized children including counsellors, child and family social workers and therapists, as well as others involved with traumatized children such as foster carers and teachers.

Author: Atle Dyregrov
ISBN-10: 1849050341
ISBN-13: 9781849050340
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2010
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2010 pg. 116