Therapeutic Approaches in Work With Traumatised Children and Young People: Theory and Practice

by Tomlinson, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9781843101871
• ISBN10: 1843101874
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY

Summary

Based on work carried out by staff at a therapeutic community over a number of years. Therapeutic Approaches in Work with Traumatized Children and Young People provides a clear and comprehensive link between theory and practice. The author shows how practice in residential child care, fostering and other areas of work with children can be developed in a way that is thoughtful and underpinned by a sound theoretical base.
An invaluable record of working with emotionally traumatized children, this book is an in-depth account of a 'thinking culture' which provides continual opportunities to respond to children's needs in innovative ways - these include useful suggestions on a range of key issues including education and play, primary provision, sexuality and aggression.

Author Biography

Patrick Tomlinson is Director of Practice Development at SACCS an organization providing recovery for traumatized children.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
The Cotswold community	p. 22
Primary provision - theory and practice	p. 26
Therapeutic task with emotionally integrated children - theory and practice	p. 48
Therapeutic education	p. 61
Play	p. 80
Therapeutic communication - individual and group meetings for children	p. 86
Language	p. 104
Delinquent excitement and subculture	p. 110
Authority, consequences and reparation	p. 118
Gender issues, sexuality and dress	p. 127
Working with absence and break periods	p. 137
Leavings, endings and beginnings	p. 147
External reality and protection from impingement (intolerable disruption and stimulation)	p. 158
Working with violence and aggression	p. 164
Working with strong feelings and supervision	p. 175
Management structure and the therapeutic task	p. 182
Special events	p. 195
Other questions, other possibilities	p. 200
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