Provides an overview of several national policy challenges and solutions in the area of trauma and substance use.
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Discusses trauma-informed assessment in schools, differential diagnosis, and trauma-informed IEPs (Individualized Education Plans).
Addresses providing or referring infants, young children, and their caregivers for trauma-sensitive therapeutic interventions, including Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) and Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC).
Describes the impact of traumatic separation, attachment, and attachment disruption on children and adolescents.
Provides an overview of how working with bereaved young children affects a therapist.
Provides information on the prevalence and impact of trauma as a lens through which to deepen our understanding of bullying.
Discusses child welfare caseworkers' response to Charles Figley's definition of Secondary Traumatic Stress, outlines assessing for STS through instruments and self-examination, and discusses strategies for coping with STS at the supervisor and worker level.
Addresses attachment and its implications for young traumatized children in the child welfare system and discusses the nature of typically developing attachment relationships, as well as the impact of trauma and maltreatment on such relationships.
Describes the connection between caregiver trauma and substance abuse.
Outlines different considerations that mental health professionals need to take into account when working with refugee youth and their families.