Main description:

An essential handbook for clinicians planning to involve the parents of trauma-impacted children in the treatment process

In Trauma-Informed Parenting Program: TIPs for Clinicians to Train Parents of Children Impacted by Trauma & Adversity, distinguished behavioral healthcare practitioner, Dr. Carryl P. Navalta, delivers a practical and hands-on guide for clinicians to assist clients, and their families with emotion regulation in the face of trauma. In the book, readers will discover how to assess, conceptualize, and treat children suffering from the effects of exposure to various forms of trauma and adversity and to provide their clients' parents with the tools neccessary to facilitate further healing in the home and beyond.

TIPs also Provides:

A thorough introduction to trauma that describes the historical roots and prevalence of trauma as well as the impact of adverse childhood experiences on child development and emotion regulation
A comrehensive exploration of case conceptualization and the creation of clinical formulations that identify, define, and integrate the primary problems facing the client
A fulsome discussion of treatment planning, including goal development, objective construction, intervention creation, and diagnosis determination

An indespensible resource for clinicians dealing with trauma-impacted children, Trauma-Informed Parenting Program will earn a plce in the libraries of mental health counselors, social works, psychologists, psychiatrists, and all the practitioners who seek to make the parents of their clients an integral and usefual part of the treatment process.

Contents:

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xi

About the Companion Website xiii

1 Introduction and Foundations 1

2 Clinical Assessment 22

3 Case Conceptualization 39

4 Treatment Planning 57

5 Guidelines for Clinicians 76

6 Final Thoughts . . . . and Skills 123

Appendix A Case Conceptualization Development Form 129

Appendix B Treatment Planning Form 131

Appendix C Emotion Identification Worksheet 133

Appendix D Problem-Solving Steps 135

References 137

Index 163