Clinical work with traumatized young children

Presenting crucial knowledge and state-of-the-art treatment approaches for working with young children affected by trauma, this book is an essential resource for mental health professionals and child welfare advocates. Readers gain an understanding of how trauma affects the developing brain, the impact on attachment processes, and how to provide effective help to young children and their families from diverse backgrounds. Top experts in the field cover key evidence-based treatments--including child-parent psychotherapy, attachment-based treatments, and relational interventions--as well as interventions in pediatric, legal, and community settings. Special sections give in-depth attention to deployment-related trauma in military families and the needs of children of substance-abusing parents.

Author Notes

Joy D. Osofsky, PhD, a clinical and developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst, is Barbara Lemann Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, where she is also Head of the Division of Pediatric Mental Health. Dr. Osofsky is Codirector of the Louisiana Rural Trauma Services Center, part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and Director of the Harris Program for Infant Mental Health. Her research, consulting, and clinical work focus on infants, children, and families exposed to trauma as a result of disasters, community and domestic violence, maltreatment, and military deployment. Dr. Osofsky is past president of Zero to Three and of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. She is a recipient of, among other honors, the Sarah Haley Award for Clinical Excellence from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and of the Presidential Commendation from the American Psychiatric Association, for her work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Joy D. OsofskyPatricia Van HornChandra Ghosh Ippen and Marva L. LewisPatricia Van Horn and Lili Gray and Beth Pettinelli and Natalia EstassiMary Dozier and Johanna Bick and Kristin BernardSheree L. Toth and Jody Todd Manly and Alisa HathawayAmy Dickson and Mindy KronenbergStephen J. Cozza and Margaret M. FeerickJuliet M. Vogel and Jennifer M. Newman and Sandra J. KaplanDorinda Williams and Lynette FragaStacey R. Bromberg and Karen A. FrankelGwynneth Smith and Mary O'Grady and Donna J. Hitchens and Patricia Van Horn and Alicia F. LiebermanJeri B. Cohen and Gayle A. Dakof and Eliette DuarteDouglas F. JohnsonJoy D. OsofskyBetsy McAlister Groves and Marilyn AugustynJoy D. Osofsky

1 Introduction: Trauma through the Eyes of a Young Child	p. 1
Part I Perspectives Related to Trauma and Its Impact on Young Children	p. 9
2 The Impact of Trauma on the Developing Social Brain: Development and Regulation in Relationship	p. 11
3 ôThey Just Don't Get Itö: A Diversity-Informed Approach to Understanding Engagement	p. 31
Part II Evaluation and Treatment Models for Infants and Young Children Exposed to Trauma	p. 53
4 Child-Parent Psychotherapy with Traumatized Young Children in Kinship Care: Adaptation of an Evidence-Based Intervention	p. 55
5 Attachment-Based Treatment for Young, Vulnerable Children	p. 75
6 Relational Interventions for Young Children Who Have Been Maltreated	p. 96
7 The Importance of Relationship-Based Evaluations for Traumatized Young Children and Their Caregivers	p. 114
Part III Young Children From Military Families Exposed to Trauma, Including the Stress of Deployment	p. 137
8 The Impact of Parental Combat Injury on Young Military Children	p. 139
9 Working with Young Children of the National Guard and Reserve during a Family Member's Deployment	p. 155
10 Coming Together Around Military Families	p. 172
Part IV Working in Juvenile Court with Abused and Neglected Young Children of Substance-Abusing Parents	p. 197
11 Treating Drug-Addicted Mothers and Their Infants: A Guide for Understanding and Clinical Practice	p. 201
12 Partnerships for Young Children in Court: How Judges Shape Collaborations Serving Traumatized Children	p. 232
13 Dependency Drug Court: An Intensive Intervention for Traumatized Mothers and Young Children	p. 252
14 Zero to Three Family Drug Treatment Court	p. 269
Part V Special Issues	p. 293
15 Young Children and Disasters: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina about the Impact of Disasters and Postdisaster Recovery	p. 295
16 The Role of Pediatric Practitioners in Identifying and Responding to Traumatized Children	p. 313
17 Vicarious Traumatization and the Need for Self-Care in Working with Traumatized Young Children	p. 336
Index	p. 349

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