Working with Traumatized Youth in Child Welfare

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Theoretical Framework and Practice Context. Maluccio, The Nature and Scope of the Problem. Boyd Webb, The Impact of Trauma on Youth and Families in the Child Welfare System. Perry, The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics: Applying Principles of Neurodevelopment to Clinical Work with Maltreated and Traumatized Children. Cameron, Elkins, Guterman, Assessment of Trauma in Children and Youth. Anderson, Seita, Family and Social Factors. Part II: Helping Interventions. Boyd Webb, Selected Treatment Approaches for Helping Traumatized Youth. Tracy, Johnson, The Intergenerational Transmission of Family Violence. Hendricks, Fong, Ethnically Sensitive Practice with Children and their Families. Shannon, Disabled Children in Child Welfare: Empowering the Disenfranchised. Crenshaw, Hardy, Understanding and Treating the Aggression of Traumatized Children in Out-of-Home Care. Brooks, Animal-assisted Psychotherapy. DeRosa, Pelcovitz, Treating Traumatized Adolescent Mothers: A Structured Approach. Greenwald, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing with Traumatized Youth. Part III: Issues and Proposals for Collaboration between Child Welfare and Mental Health. Fontana, Gonzales, The View from the Child Welfare System. Benoit, The View from the Mental Health System. Appendix: Child-related and Trauma-related Professional Organizations; National Child Welfare Resource Centers; Training Programs and Certifications; Child-related and Trauma-related Professional Journals; Additional Trauma Resources.

Portrait

Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, RPT-S, is a leading authority on play therapy with children who have experienced loss and traumatic bereavement. A board-certified diplomate in clinical social work and a registered play therapy supervisor, Dr. Webb is University Distinguished Professor of Social Work at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. In addition to teaching, writing, and consulting, she maintains a clinical practice and supervises and consults with schools and agencies. She lectures and conducts workshops throughout the United States and internationally on play therapy, trauma, and bereavement.

Pressestimmen

'Nancy Boyd Webb is a nationally known expert in child treatment, and this timely volume will be a welcome contribution for current and future child welfare practitioners. The book guides the reader through the latest theories and research on the association of early life trauma with developmental psychopathology, then presents empirically based treatment strategies for traumatized maltreated youth. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate classrooms in social work, psychology, nursing, special education - wherever concern for the mental health of maltreated children is found.' - Martha Morrison Dore, PhD, Adelphi University School of Social Work