Working with traumatized youth in child welfare

Until recently, there has not been a great deal of overlap in the child welfare and trauma literatures. This text bridges that divide by integrating perspectives from both fields to help practitioners understand and address the special needs of maltreated children and adolescents and their families....

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Webb, Nancy Boyd, 1932- editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, New York ; London, [England] : The Guilford Press 2006.
Series:Social work practice with children and families.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798395506719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Front Matter; Contents; Chapter 1 - The Nature and Scope of the Problem; Chapter 2 - The Impact of Trauma on Youth and Families in the Child Welfare System; Chapter 3 - Applying Principles of Neurodevelopment to Clinical Work with Maltreated and Traumatized Children; Chapter 4 - Assessment of Trauma in Children and Youth; Chapter 5 - Family and Social Factors Affecting Youth in the Child Welfare System; Chapter 6 - Selected Treatment Approaches for Helping Traumatized Youth; Chapter 7 - The Intergenerational Transmission of Family Violence
  • Chapter 8 - Ethnically Sensitive Practice with Children and Families Chapter 9 - Children with Disabilities in Child Welfare Empowering the Disenfranchised; Chapter 10 - Understanding and Treating the Aggression of Traumatized Children in Out-of-Home Care; Chapter 11 - Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy and Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy; Chapter 12 - Treating Traumatized Adolescent Mothers A Structured Approach; Chapter 13 - Eye Movement Desensitizationand Reprocessingw ith Traumatized Youth; Chapter 14 - The View from the Child Welfare System; Chapter 15 - The View from the Mental Health System; Appendix
  • Index