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Supporting traumatized children and teenagers : a guide to providing understanding and help / Atle Dyregrov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dyregrov, Atle.
- Standardized Title:
- Barn og Traumer. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adolescent psychotherapy.
- Child psychotherapy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Trauma can result from a range of experiences from bullying to witnessing violence to living through war. This book explores the different reactions children may experience, and the impact trauma can have. Appropriate and effective ways of helping children after a traumatic event are outlined, and different types of therapy are discussed.
- Contents:
- Gender differences in the context of trauma5 TheSignificance of Friends Following a Trauma; The significance of friends in the lives of children; Friends and traumas; Encouraging contact with friends; 6What Promotes Risk and What Protects?; Coping with traumatic events; What influences children's reactions to trauma?; When does the child need more help?; Factors that contribute to resilience in children; Assessment of the need for help; 7Help for Children After Traumas; Early intervention; Different intervention methods for helping children; Help methods; 8Groups for Children Following Trauma
- The purpose of gathering in a group settingDebriefing groups for children; 9Post-Traumatic Therapy; What works?; Commencement of therapy; Post-traumatic therapy - different methods; Therapy for avoidance reactions; Help for 'existential' problems and feelings of guilt; Therapy after cumulative traumas; 10Traumas and the School; Traumas and school performance; Handling trauma and grief in the school; Schools and violence; Schools and suicide; 11Being a Helper; Why is work with traumatized children so exhausting?; Reactions among those who help traumatized children; Help for helpers; Conclusion
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781283906289
- 1283906287
- 9780857003911
- 0857003917
- OCLC:
- 711747281
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