Main description:

This book provides a structured, sequential, and evidence-based approach for treating children and adolescents who are experiencing trauma or grief. This approach can be used for all types of traumatic events and is suitable for both experienced and novice mental health professionals. Two of the interventions presented in the book SITCAP-ART and I Feel Better Now have proven useful in multiple settings with diverse cultures. This book reflects a resilience perspective and explores the factors that lead to and support resilience and recovery. Accessible and practical, this useful guide is filled with all the activities needed for individual sessions--packaged in an easily reproducible format.

Contents:

Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Chapter One How Structured, Sensory Interventions Help Grieving and Traumatized Children 1 Chapter Two Children s Experiences With Grief and Trauma 21 Chapter Three Trauma-Informed Principles and Practices 45 Chapter Four Structured Drawing Activities 67 Chapter Five Curiosity and the Trauma Questioning Process 85 Chapter Six Meeting Children in Their World 103 Chapter Seven Incorporating SITCAP in Schools and Community-Based Organizations 123 Chapter Eight Interventions With Parents and Guardians 145 Chapter Nine Nurturing Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth 171 Appendices A. What If? Questions 193 B. SITCAP Program Activity Examples 209 C. School Recovery Protocol 221 D. Resilience Resources for Teachers 227 About the Authors 229 References 231 Author Index 243 Subject Index 245