Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children : Healing from Losses, Violence, Abuse, and Neglect

ISBN-13: 9780789015433 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 400 str.

Richard Kagan

Opis

A therapeutic guide to helping troubled children move beyond the traumatic experiences that haunt them. Designed to be used in tandem with 'Real Life Heroes'.

Spis treści

• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• PART I: LIFELINES
  
• Chapter 1. Attachment
  
• Trauma Damage to Neurodevelopment
  
• Attachment Theory and Research
  
• Attachment and Behavior Patterns
  
• Attachment and Behavior Problems
  
• Facilitating Attachment
  
• Promoting Resilience
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 2. Angel or Demon?
  
• Two Boys
  
• The Impact of Neglect and Violence
  
• Trauma and Neurological Functioning: Theory and Research
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 3. The Curse of Neglect
  
• Introduction
  
• How Neglect Disrupts Attachment
  
• Neglect and the Social Service System
  
• Statistics and Research on Abuse and Neglect
  
• Conclusion
  
• Part II: Rebuilding Attachments
  
• Chapter 4. Breaking the Curse
  
• Introduction
  
• Myths That Perpetuate Abuse and Neglect
  
• Obstacles to Rebuilding Attachments
  
• Methods of Rebuilding Attachments
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 5. Restoring Hope and Safety
  
• Introduction
  
• Investigating Child Abuse and Neglect
  
• Developing Service Plans for Traumatized Children in Placement
  
• Chapter 6. Reparenting the Hurt Child
  
• Introduction
  
• Tools for Parenting Traumatized Children
  
• Steps and Tools for Rebuilding Attachment
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 7. Permanency
  
• Introduction
  
• Activities That Foster Attachment
  
• Rights and Responsibilities Within Families
  
• Skill-Building Activities
  
• Signs of Attachment
  
• Conclusion
  
• Part III: The Making of a Hero
  
• Chapter 8. Telling the Story
  
• Introduction
  
• Trauma Therapy
  
• Life Stories: From Shame to Strength
  
• Detoxifying Traumas
  
• Chapter 9. Real Life Heroes
  
• Life-Story Work
  
• The Real Life Heroes Workbook
  
• Redefining Heroes for Children
  
• Finding Heroes
  
• Supporting Heroes
  
• Protecting Heroes
  
• The Hero’s Challenge
  
• Chapter 10. The Magic of Parents
  
• Understanding and Treating Trauma and Attachment Disorders
  
• Rising Above Trauma
  
• The Parent’s Life Story
  
• Chapter 11. A Hero’s Story: Using the Real Life Heroes Workbook
  
• Introduction
  
• Beginning the Journey
  
• Contents of Workbook
  
• Objectives of Workbook
  
• Adapting the Workbook for Adolescents and Young Children
  
• Facilitating Storytelling
  
• Self-Soothing Skills
  
• Attachment and Trauma Therapy
  
• Adoption
  
• Completion of the Workbook
  
• Chapter 12. Impasse and Beyond
  
• Introduction
  
• Getting Past the Impossible
  
• Calling a Crisis
  
• Therapeutic Tools for Breaking Impasse
  
• Obstacles to Breaking Impasse
  
• Beyond Impasse
  
• Chapter 13. Into the Future
  
• The Quest
  
• The Therapist’s Role
  
• Crossing the Threshold
  
• Reconnecting
  
• Working with Time
  
• Advocacy for Parents
  
• The Making of a Hero
  
• Appendix A: Important People
  
• Appendix B: Attachment Ecogram
  
• Appendix C: Outline of Assessments and Interventions
  
• Appendix D: Real Life Heroes; A Progressive, Developmental Curriculum
  
• Overview
  
• Introduction of the Real Life Heroes Model
  
• Caring Adult Resource Development
  
• Chapter by Chapter, Developing Strengths
  
• Completion of Life Story Work
  
• Appendix E: Chapter by Chapter, Stronger and Stronger
  
• Appendix F: Utilizing Impasse
  
• Appendix G: Game Therapy Illustration
  
• Notes
  
• References
  
• Index
  

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