Main description:

Presents complex material and practical applications about the neuroscience of resiliency and trauma with innovation, clarity, simplicity, and accessibility to the reader.

Presents easy-to-use applications based on cutting edge neuroscience to mobilize individuals and communities from a resiliency-focused and trauma-informed perspective, simply, creatively and with innovation.

Demonstrates how the simple, clear and innovative methods based on cutting edge neuroscience and somatic approaches have been integrated into projects around the world from Dalai Lama's vision of creating a curriculum for children to civil rights leaders wanting to change systemic racism. This book gives readers tools and ideas to not only help themselves but also to transform their communities.

Contents:

Part I: The Foundation 1. Introduction, Resilience, and Perspective 2. Trauma Defined 3. The Six Wellness Skills of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) 4. The Trauma Resiliency Model Reprocessing Skills 5. The Nervous System, Memory, and Trauma 6. Embodying Otherness to Us: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Part II: The Community Resiliency Model in Action 7. The Community Resiliency Model (CRM) in Public Health 8. The Disaster Relief Mobilization: Community Resiliency Model Preparation Program (DRM:CRM) 9. The Community Resiliency Model (CRM) and Law Enforcement Part III: Working with Children 10. Working with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: A Developmental Perspective 11. Using CRM/TRM Wellness Skills with Infants, Children, and Teens Part IV: The Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) and Clinical Integration 12. Attachment Strategies and Adult Behavior 13. Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members, and Their Loved Ones 14. Addiction, Dependence, and Substance Use Disorder Part V: Research 15. Research on the Community Resiliency Model (CRM): Need, Theoretical Basis, Status, Tools, and Next Steps