Main description:

*Bestselling clinical resource, now revised and updated; 50% new material includes new and reorganized chapters.
*Presents an effective approach for helping tough-to-treat kids whose emotional development has been derailed by chronic, multiple stressors.
*Revised to focus on 8 core treatment targets (down from 10); also gives greater emphasis to building caregivers' skills.
*Increased attention to applications in nontraditional settings (schools, day care, primary care practices) as well as clinical settings, responding to ways the approach is actually being used.
*Includes 72 downloadable worksheets and handouts, with 31 new to this edition.

Contents:

Introduction
I. Overview
1. The Developmental Impact of Trauma
2. Child Development, the Human Danger Response, and Adaptation: A Three-Part Model for Understanding Behavior
3. The Attachment, Regulation, and Competency Treatment Framework
II. The Integration of Traumatic Experiences
4. Trauma Experience Integration
III. Laying the Foundation
5. Foundational Strategies: Engagement and Education
6. Foundational Strategies: Routines and Rhythms
IV. Attachment
7. Caregiver Management of Affect
8. Attunement
9. Effective Response
V. Regulation
10. Identification
11. Modulation
VI. Competency
12. Relational Connection
13. Strengthening Executive Functions
14. Self-Development and Identity
VII. Model Integration
15. Trauma Experience Integration Revisited
A Postscript
Appendix A. Provider Materials
Appendix B. Caregiver Educational Materials and Worksheets
Appendix C. Group Activities
Appendix D. Youth Educational Handouts and Worksheets
Appendix E. Milieu-Systems Materials
References