Rebuilding attachments with traumatized children : healing from losses, violence, abuse, and neglect

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Title:

Author:

Kagan, Richard.

ISBN:

9780789015440

9780789015433

Personal Author:

Kagan, Richard.

Publication Information:

New York : Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press, c2004.

Physical Description:

xvi, 374 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Attachment -- Ch. 2. Angel or demon? -- Ch. 3. The curse of neglect -- Ch. 4. Breaking the curse -- Ch. 5. Restoring hope and safety -- Ch. 6. Reparenting the hurt child -- Ch. 7. Permanency -- Ch. 8. Telling the story -- Ch. 9. Real life heroes -- Ch. 10. The magic of parents -- Ch. 11. A hero's story : using the Real life heroes workbook -- Ch. 12. Impasse and beyond -- Ch. 13. Into the future -- App. A. Important people -- App. B. Attachment ecogram -- App. C. Outline of assessments and interventions -- App. D. Real life heroes : a progressive, developmental curriculum -- App. E. Chapter by chapter, stronger and stronger -- App. F. Utilizing impasse -- App. G. Game therapy illustration.

Abstract:

"Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children: Healing from Losses, Violence, Abuse, and Neglect is a therapeutic guide to helping troubled children move beyond the traumatic experiences that haunt them. Dr. Richard Kagan presents critical information on how to understand - and surmount - the impact of loss, neglect, separation, and violence on children's development, how to discover and foster strengths in children and their families, and how to rebuild enduring connections and hope with children who are at risk of harm to themselves and others." "This book is designed to be used in tandem with Real Life Heroes: A Life Storybook for Children (Haworth), a workbook that helps children develop the self-esteem they need to overcome the worries and fears of their past through a creative arts approach that fosters affect management skills, positive values, a sense of pride, and a safe, nurturing relationship with a caring, committed adult."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Attachment disorder in children -- Treatment.

Child abuse -- Treatment.

Abused children -- Rehabilitation.

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Learn to build the trust you need to help children in crisis!

Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children: Healing from Losses, Violence, Abuse, and Neglect is a therapeutic guide to helping troubled children move beyond the traumatic experiences that haunt them. Author Dr. Richard Kagan, Director of Psychological Services for Parsons Child and Family Center in Albany, New York, presents comprehensive information on how to understand--and surmount--the impact of loss, neglect, separation, and violence on children's development, how to discover and foster strengths in children and their families, and how to rebuild connections and hope for children who are at risk of harm to themselves and others. This unique book is designed to be used in tandem with Real Life Heroes: A Life Storybook for Children (Haworth), an innovative workbook that helps children develop the self-esteem they need to overcome the worries and fears of their past through a creative arts approach that fosters positive values and a sense of pride.

Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children helps children move from negative or suppressed memories to a more positive perspective, not by denying hardships, but by drawing strength from the supportive people in their lives. Practitioners can use the book as a framework and detailed guide to assessment, engagement, development of service plans, and implementation of attachment and trauma therapy. The book is a comprehensive model for working to build the trust necessary before other trauma therapy approaches can be successfully initiated.

Topics examined in Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children include: attachment theory and research types of attachment problems PTSD behaviors permanency work with children in placement ADHD, bipolar, and RAD cognitive behavioral therapies storytelling therapies the myth of perfection neuropsychological patterns and much more! Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children is a rich resource for practitioners, academics, parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, grandparents, and anyone working to show troubled children how to learn from the past, resolve problems in the present, and build a better future.