Why Parenting Matters: Evidence from Parenting Programs and At-Risk Kids, JJIE.org – The relationship between parenting styles and behavior is one of the most researched topics in all of criminology with disagreement on the causality of the relationship. Studies show, however, that parenting programs positively impact both parents and children, though often only in the short term. Parents and families remain an important hub for intervention to improve juvenile outcomes and increase public safety.
State and Federal Support of Trauma-Informed Care: Sustaining the Momentum. CHCS.org --Policymakers increasingly recognize the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on lifelong physical, emotional, and social health and are beginning to support efforts for incorporating trauma-informed care (TIC) into the health and social service sectors. Proposed state and federal legislative, regulatory, and contracting policies aimed at reducing trauma and toxic stress and promoting resiliency and trauma-informed practices are burgeoning. By building on this momentum, federal and state policymakers can further opportunities for encouraging multi-sector implementation of trauma-informed models.
Working with Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System, NCTSN.org—This course was developed for child welfare programs to review work with birth parents and integrate a trauma lens into all aspects of work. The goal is to increase understanding of the impact that a parent’s unresolved trauma can have on their ability to engage with the child welfare system as a whole and safely parent their children.
Why Parenting Matters: Evidence from Parenting Programs and At-Risk Kids, JJIE.org – The relationship between parenting styles and behavior is one of the most researched topics in all of criminology with disagreement on the causality of the relationship. Studies show, however, that parenting programs positively impact both parents and children, though often only in the short term. Parents and families remain an important hub for intervention to improve juvenile outcomes and increase public safety.
State and Federal Support of Trauma-Informed Care: Sustaining the Momentum. CHCS.org --Policymakers increasingly recognize the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on lifelong physical, emotional, and social health and are beginning to support efforts for incorporating trauma-informed care (TIC) into the health and social service sectors. Proposed state and federal legislative, regulatory, and contracting policies aimed at reducing trauma and toxic stress and promoting resiliency and trauma-informed practices are burgeoning. By building on this momentum, federal and state policymakers can further opportunities for encouraging multi-sector implementation of trauma-informed models.
Working with Parents Involved in the Child Welfare System, NCTSN.org—This course was developed for child welfare programs to review work with birth parents and integrate a trauma lens into all aspects of work. The goal is to increase understanding of the impact that a parent’s unresolved trauma can have on their ability to engage with the child welfare system as a whole and safely parent their children.
For girls in juvenile hall, ‘trauma-informed’ yoga is a saving grace, TheMercuryNews.com: The Art of Yoga Project, an organization that brings yoga into juvenile halls, uses a specific technique: trauma-informed yoga. This strategy changes how yoga is taught, and which poses are used, to reduce stress, and rewire the brain. The article highlights the benefits of yoga in these populations, and how it has helped the participants readjust.
Children of the Opioid Epidemic Are Flooding Foster Homes. America Is Turning a Blind Eye, MotherJones.com: This article covers the opioid epidemic in Ashtabula County, Ohio, a county that has seen an increase in overdoses, and children being sent into foster homes. It profiles numerous children, parents, and social workers, all working through the consequences of addiction.
LGBTQ: Voices of Trauma, Lives of Promise, NCTSN.org: This video, created by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, profiles five LGBTQ youth, discussing the intersection of their identities, and trauma they had experienced. They also describe how they have gained resilience, and how professionals helped them through their experiences.
Movie Review: "My Life as a Zucchini", ACESConnection.com: The animated movie “My Life as a Zucchini”, tells the story of a young boy who is sent to a foster home after an abusive upbringing. It shows adults who provide, accept, and care for the children, allowing Zucchini to connect with others. If you are unable to access the page through the hyperlink, please copy and paste the following into your browser http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/movie-review-my-life-as-a-zucchini.
Promoting Self-Regulation in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Practice Brief, FPG.unc.edu – This brief defines self-regulation as “the act of managing thoughts and feelings to enable goal-directed actions,” explains the important role caregivers and mentors have in shaping self-regulation skills in adolescents and young adults, and describes the positive impacts good self-regulation can have on an individual.
The Family That Wouldn’t Let PTSD Drive Them Apart, BBC.com – This article tells the story of Gulf War veteran Keith Collard, his experience with PTSD and hyper-vigilance, the effects of his condition on his family life, and his journey towards treatment.
Patient Preferences for Discussing Childhood Trauma in Primary Care, ThePermanenteJournal.org – This 2017 cross-sectional study assessed patient preferences for discussing traumatic experiences and PTSD with clinicians in underserved, predominantly Latino primary care patients. Researchers found that screening was acceptable to most primary care patients regardless of trauma exposure or positive PTSD screening.
Emotional Trauma of Youths Bared in “Trigger” Play, SacBee.com – This article highlights a performance of writer and director DeAngelo Mack’s play “Trigger.” This play explores the experiences of young people experiencing emotionally and physically violent trauma.
Now Is the Time, We Can’t Wait Until They Fall, ACEsConnection.com – This article reviews the “Building Resilience” event at Hagerstown Community College in Maryland. During the event, attendees view the documentary “Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope” and heard presentations about adversity and the implications of the relationship between race and the social services system and the juvenile justice system. If the hyperlink does not work, please copy and paste the following into your browser: http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/now-is-the-time-we-can-t-wait-until-they-fall
Life in College After a Life in Foster Care, NYTimes.com – Noel Anaya discusses the challenges of attending college after being in the foster care system, including food insecurity and housing insecurity during school breaks and a lack of financial support. Noel also discusses California laws designed to support students formerly in foster care, including priority enrollment at California public schools.
Leveraging Collaboration and Brain Science to End Cycles of Poverty and Trauma at CUPS-Calgary, TraumaInformedLancaster.com – This article describes the Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS), and their vision to help those they serve to end the cycle of poverty and trauma within the community. CUPS is working collaboratively with the “Change in Mind” initiative to help adults and families in Calgary who experience poverty and trauma build economic, social-emotional, health, and developmental resilience.
How Childhood Stress Can Knock 20 Years Off Your Life, TheGuardian.com – This article describes James Redford’s new film, “Resilience,” which aims to define and focus on what true resilience is. When Redford learned about the ACEs study from a colleague, he became very interested in disseminating messages about the effects of trauma, and the need to reject the existing cultural “buck up” mentality.
Relax, Heal, Learn, TheNotebook.org – This article describes a South Philadelphia school’s initiative to increase students’ mental and behavioral health “protective factors.” Students learn strategies to enhance focus, control anger, handle peer conflict, and express themselves through art, music, and sports.
Practical Solution to Reduction in Life Expectancy, HuffingtonPost.com – When the Surgeon General’s Report came out linking cancer and smoking; many people said it would not matter because smoking was inevitable. We sometimes hear the same claims about domestic violence and child abuse because it has such a long history. The reality is that communities like San Diego, Nashville and Quincy, Massachusetts enjoyed a substantial reduction in domestic violence and child abuse by implementing best practices to stop domestic violence.
Shooting, gang violence exposure leads to PTSD, ScienceDaily.com – According to a study that examined a disadvantaged community in Chicago, the violence that women in disadvantaged neighborhoods experience and witness can result in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and full diagnoses.
For Growing Number Of Kids Shot In Chicago, The Trauma Never Ends, DNAInfo.com – At least two dozen children 13 or younger have been shot this year in the city. Even for those who survive, shootings have a lasting impact. The violence can lead to long-term mental and physical health problems for those wounded by gunfire and those who are only exposed to the violence.
From Hell To Healing-A Survivor’s Journey, ACEsConnection .com – Peer Recovery Specialist Malcolm M. Aquinas recounts his childhood experiences of trauma that led to his ACEs score of 10. He discusses his behavioral health challenges and the effects of trauma on his personal life, including multiple voluntary and involuntary hospitalizations and a series of diagnoses and treatments. His current therapist Paula uses a trauma-informed approach to his care, the Six Principles of A Trauma-Informed Approach. He discusses its positive effects on their relationship, and the empowering effect it has on his life. He emphasizes compassion, empathy, acceptance, and nurturing as crucial components of healing. Access article at http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/from-hell-to-healing-a-survivor-s-journey
Teenagers Report a Surge in Bullying During a Divisive Election Season, PSMag.com – The Human Rights Campaign surveyed a national sample of 50,000 teenagers and found that 70% reported witnessing abusive behavior including bullying, harassment, or hate speech during the recent presidential campaign. The survey included teens aged 13-18, with 55% of participants identifying as non-heterosexual. The factors most heavily linked to bullying were race, sexual orientation, and immigration status. This survey utilized “convenience sampling,” was not designed to be representative of all teens, did not reflect full racial and ethnic diversity, and was likely to attract participants who had experienced abuse or supported LGBT equality.
4 Reasons Parenting Trauma is Incredibly Difficult, EmergingMama.com – Monica Reynolds offers a reflection of her experience parenting children who have experienced trauma. She describes the frustration of invisible disability, the lack of understanding trauma survivors face from others, the lack of integrated parenting solutions, and experiences of secondary trauma as a parent of children who have experienced trauma.
An American Public Health Crisis- The 'Pair of ACEs,' HuffingtonPost.com – A discussion of the “Pair of ACEs Tree” graphic and concept, which depicts the interconnectedness of Adverse Community Environments and Adverse Childhood Experiences. This article includes example stories of affected children and the need to build community resilience.
Safe Center for Human Trafficking Survivors, UMDSafeCenter.org - The University of Maryland Safe Center for Human Trafficking Survivors provides survivor-centered and trauma-informed services that empower trafficking survivors to heal and reclaim their lives. The Center also prevents trafficking and better serves survivors through research and policy advocacy.
A year to Find Out: Can Living Alone Help Health Trauma? ACEsConnection.com – Shenandoah Chefalo shares the benefits she experienced from living alone after aging out of the foster system. To access this resource copy and paste the following link into your browser http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/a-year-to-find-out-can-living-alone-help-heal-trauma
ACEs articles by category Oct 18, 2016 – Wisconsin Dept of Health Services, ACEsConnection.com – Scott Web, from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, has provided a comprehensive list of articles about ACEs covering Adversity Impact; Brain and Biology; Bullying; Courts, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, and Probation; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Resilience; Schools; Substance Use Disorder; and Trauma-Informed Care. To access this resource copy and paste the following link into your browser http://www.acesconnection.com/blog/a-month-of-aces-articles-by-category-wisconsin-dept-of-health-services
Chicago Teens and Combat Veterans Join Forces to Process Trauma. For children in some Chicago neighborhoods, walking up and down the same street where there was a beating or a shooting or a body is just part of life — one that isn't always talked about. That's something the Urban Warriors program is trying to change. The YMCA of Metro Chicago project connects these children, who live in high-violence neighborhoods, with veterans who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and who might understand what they're going through.
Children of Violence. The psychological toll of violence is an issue confronting young people across the city of Baltimore, and it demands a citywide response.
Documentary highlights the struggles of dealing with trauma. Grand Valley State University held a free screening of the new film for students. The documentary, directed by James Redford, delves into trauma-informed education and the Adverse Childhood Experience Study (ACES). The film follows students at Lincoln High School, an alternative high school in Walla Walla, Washington, for a year. Many of the students at the school struggle with ACEs. The film follows Lincoln’s staff as they try a different approach to how they discipline students. The new approach is based in understanding and treatment, rather than traditional punishment with detention or suspension.
Family Bereavement: Role of Nurses. Ulrika Kreicbergs, PhD, Rn, Galo Foundations Professor in Palliative Care for Children and Youth at the Ersta Skondal University College in Stockholm, discusses her research on how families experience grief and bereavement both leading up to and following the death of a severely ill child.
GradNation: Understanding the Experiences of Young People Who Leave High School Before Graduation. The research team at the Center for Promise with support from Target set out to discover what young people say about the experiences that lead them away from high school. They traveled across the country to hear what young people say about their lives and decisions. The website provides a video as well as a report highlighting the findings and recommendations.
Healing Neen – feature length. After surviving a childhood of abuse and neglect, Tonier “Neen” Cain lived on the streets for two nightmarish decades, where she endured unrelenting violence, hunger and despair while racking up 66 criminal convictions related to her addiction. Incarcerated and pregnant in 2004, treatment for her lifetime of trauma offered her a way out and up. Her story illustrates the consequences that untreated trauma has on individuals and society at-large, including mental health problems, addiction, homelessness and incarceration. Today, she is a nationally renowned speaker and educator on the devastation of trauma and the hope of recovery.
Homeboy Industries. Homeboy Industries serves high-risk, formerly gang-involved men and women with a continuum of free services and programs, and operates several social enterprises that serve as job-training sites. As one of the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry programs in the country, Homeboy Industries has helped nurture into existence 46 similar programs in the United States (and several outside). The goal is to create a movement in this country to address the lethal absence hope among inner-city youth.
Hopeworks 'N Camden is a nonprofit that uses education, technology and entrepreneurship to partner with young men and women as they identify and earn a sustainable future. Together they seize the opportunity to heal and thrive in the midst of violence and poverty.
How to Raise an Emotionally Resilient Child. Emotional health, says parent coach Krissy Pozatek, means accepting the full range of human emotions, both the painful and the positive. For parents who wish their children nothing but happiness, that can be difficult.When parents steer children toward happiness, we are on some level indicating that other emotions are not okay. Though not intentioned, this disrupts children’s natural ability to feel the normal spectrum of human emotions, which inevitably includes anger, anxiety, embarrassment, fear, and so on.
Lived Experiences - A Poem by Dr. Allison Sampson Jackson. Dr. Allison Sampson Jackson, a survivor of trauma shares her story in form of a poem. Her story highlights her experiences and her journey in becoming a professional and advocate through trauma-informed care.
Move with Me. Movement & Mindfulness Resources for Pre-K – Gread 2. Move with Me is about young children at home and at school growing physically fit, emotionally stable, and learning able by enjoying fun active play & exercise instruction that combines stories with yoga, creative movement, and Brain Gym (R) adapted self-care / self-regulate techniques. We focus our resources for early childhood because preschool is a key time in which to instill healthy physical activity habits and self-regulation skills that will last a lifetime and because preschoolers who are overweight or obese are 5 times more likely than their peers to stay that way.
National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (NAASCA). The primary mission at NAASCA is to reduce the incidence of child abuse for today's at-risk kids, & to offer recovery to those many millions of adults who still suffer from the pain & consequences of the abuses they experienced in their youth. NAASCA offers relevant news and resources.
The Pongo Teen Writing Project is a volunteer, nonprofit program for teens who are on the streets, in jail, or in other ways leading difficult lives. The program helps young people express themselves through poetry, especially youth who have never written before. They also share teaching techniques with caring adults. Among other information on the website is a video about an Emmy-winning story from KING5-TV that represents the emotional power and joy in Pongo’s poetry program inside juvenile detention.
Responding to Community Disparities—Resources for Families. This new resource page from the NCTSN features resources for parents and providers living in areas where there has been community unrest, advice regarding media coverage of these events, guidance on helping children and adolescents who have been exposed to multiple traumas, and materials addressing racism, economic and health disparities, and ways to foster community healing. There are also resources on self-care and tools to assist the first responder community.
Safe Spaces. Safe Places: Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Environments for Traumatized LGBTQ Youth (2015) (Video). The video features five LGBTQ youth describing how trauma and bias have affected their ability to feel safe when seeking services. National Child Traumatic Stress Network presenters discuss specific steps that professionals and organizations can take to create safe and more welcoming environments for traumatized LGBTQ youth.
SAMHSA's National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Helps Children Recover and Thrive with New Campaign. Raising awareness about the impact of child traumatic stress and what parents and caregivers can do to help children recover and thrive is the focus of a new public education campaign launched yesterday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and its National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative.
Teaching Children to Calm Themselves. The New York Times. The Opinion Pages. March 19, 2014. “When Luke gets angry, he tries to remember to look at his bracelet. It reminds him of what he can do to calm himself: stop, take a deep breath, count to four, give yourself a hug and, if necessary, ask an adult for help. Luke is 5 and he has been practicing these steps for half a year at school and at home, thanks to a program called Head Start Trauma Smart that currently serves some 3,300 children annually in 26 counties in Kansas and Missouri.”
Transition RTC. The Transitions RTC is a national effort that aims to improve the supports for youth and young adults, ages 14-30, with serious mental health conditions who are trying to successfully complete their schooling and training and move into rewarding work lives.
The Trevor Project. Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24. The Trevor Project offers accredited life-saving, life-affirming programs and services to LGBTQ youth that create safe, accepting and inclusive environments over the phone, online and through text, including Crisis Intervention, Suicide Prevention Trainings and Resources, and Community Resources.
Therapy dogs bring comfort to troubled youth, TheGazette.com – Youth at the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center find connection with therapy dogs that visit the center. The dogs are able to target the students who need the most interaction.
Trinka and Sam and the Swirling Twirling Wind is a story book developed to help young children and their families begin to talk about feelings they may have after experiencing a tornado. In the story, Trinka and Sam, two small mice, become scared and worried after a severe tornado damages their community. The story describes their reactions and shows how their parents help them to express their feelings and feel safer. In the back of the booklet, readers will find a parent guide with ways that parents can use the story with their children.
Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma – Introduction. This video discusses how violence and trauma affect children, including the serious and long-lasting consequences for their physical and mental health; signs that a child may be exposed to violence or trauma; and the staggering cost of child maltreatment to families, communities, and the Nation. Victims lend their voices to this video to provide first-hand accounts of how their exposure to violence as children affected them.
Why Does This Still Upset Me? A Youth Guide to Understanding Trauma. Many of us have had experiences in our lives that have had such an impact on us we always remember them. What happens if, when we remember them, it’s not always good? Can that change? Young adults often don’t understand the lasting impact of adverse experiences in childhood such as abuse, neglect, abandonment and how these experiences stay with them into adulthood. These experiences shape who we are; they do not always have to be seen as negative. Youth can understand them, make meaning from them and use the learning to grow. This webinar provides tips, strategies and tools to make sense of our childhood experiences and how to use them as growth opportunities. The webinar also highlights Youth M.O.V.E. National’s recent publication, "A Youth Guide to Understanding Trauma."
'Why is Dad So Mad?’ Veteran Writes Book to Explain His PTSD To His Daughter. NBC Nightly News covers the story of a soldier who searched for resources to explain his PTSD to his children, but found the options lacking. So, he wrote a book for his family but hopes it will help other military families as well. In "Why Is Dad So Mad?" a family of lions — representing the Kastle family — is battling to overcome the father lion's PTSD. In the book's colorful pages, the father lion is shown with a raging fire inside his chest. That image, and its message, made an impact on Kastle's 6-year-old daughter, Raegan. "No matter what, when they're mad or sad at you, they still love you," explained Raegan, admiring her father's book in her playroom. "There's always a fire in his heart, but no matter what, I know there's love." The book is available now at www.kastlebooks.com.
Why school climate matters with a President Trump, PsychologyToday.com – Students who experience high levels of in-school victimization are likely to have lower educational aspirations, higher rates of school discipline, and higher rates of missed school. With the increase in overt harassment following the election, it is important that educators make the classroom a safe space where students can feel free to perform.
A Recovery Bill of Rights for Trauma Survivors - Infographic. (PDF, 792KB). Thomas V. Maguire. National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. This handout from the National Council provides the reader with information on the rights of trauma survivors.
The Amazing Brain. What Every Parents Need to Know. (PDF, 702KB). Linda Burgess Chamberlain for the Institute for Safe Families. This guide provides parents with information about the growth and development of the adolescent brain. This guide also provides parents with ways to help teens make good decisions, develop healthy relationships, and stay away from alcohol and drugs.
The Amazing Brain. What Every Parent and Caregiver Needs to Know. (PDF, 413KB). Linda Burgess Chamberlain for the Institute for Safe Families. This guide is targeted for parents and caregivers provides insight into how experiences shape children’s brains and how to foster healthy brain development, including helping children to feel safe.
The Amazing Brain and Discipline: Positive Parenting Builds Healthy Brains. (PDF, 3MB). Linda Burgess Chamberlain for the Institute for Safe Families. This guide is targeted towards parents. In this guidebook, the author provides information on how to promote healthy brain development and positive behaviors.
Healing the Invisible Wounds: Children’s Exposure to Violence. A Guide for Families. (PDF, 3MB). Start Center. This guide is a resource to help parents and other caregivers understand the potential impact of exposure to violence on the development of their children. It provides practical suggestions for supporting the healing process. Recommended strategies are tailored to children based on age (birth to 6, 7 to 11, and 12 to 18) and are easily integrated into every day interactions.
In Their Own Words. Trauma Survivors and professionals they trust tell what hurts, what helps, and what is needed for trauma services. (PDF, 500KB). Maine Trauma Advisory Groups Report, 1997. In Their Own Words is the work of over 200 courageous women and men in the State of Maine who have dared to hope that the truth and wisdom of their experience will be heard by those in power, and that Maine’s mental health and human service systems will respond to the long ignored plight of children and adults traumatized by histories of interpersonal violence. Both survivors of abuse and the professionals they trust give voice in this book to their experiences with individuals, organizations and systems that have been shaped and influenced in such a way that they frequently harm, rather than help, the individuals they serve.
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Trauma in the Lives of Homeless Youth Prior to and During Homelessness. (PDF, 541KB). Coates J, & McKensie-Mohr S, Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. 2010;37(4):65-96. This paper presents the findings from a study of 100 homeless youth regarding the role of trauma in their lives. Results indicate that trauma is both a cause and a consequence of youth being homeless, as a large majority of participants experiences a number of types of highly stressful events both preceding and during homelessness, and that trauma in the lives of both male and female homeless youth should be understood as a pervasive reality with serious implications. Implications for services delivery are discussed.
Oh, The Places You’ll Go! A Journey of Resiliency. (PDF, 661KB). Brianne M. Masselli. This presentation provides information about protective factors against trauma and lasting changes that help a person to become more resilient. This presentation also provides tips for developing a positive response system to help individuals avoid trauma triggers.
Parenting a Child Who Has Experienced Trauma. (495 KB) This factsheet discusses the nature of trauma, especially abuse or neglect, the effects of trauma on children and youth, and ways to help a child who has experienced trauma. Parents or foster parents who do not understand the effects of trauma may misinterpret their child’s behavior, and attempts to address troubling behavior may be ineffective or, in some cases, even harmful. By understanding trauma, parents and foster parents can help support a child’s healing, the parent-child relationship, and their family as a whole.
Partnering with Parents: Apps for Raising Happy, Healthy Children. (PDF, 5MB). Linda Burgess Chamberlain for the Institute for Safe Families. This booklet helps the reader recognize how the past shapes an individual’s present. Hotline numbers, apps, and websites are provided to help the reader identify stressors in their life and foster healthy relationships between parent and child.
Violent Places, Dangerous Times: Does Community Violence Control Your Life? NCTSN.org – The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has provided a one-page checklist to help youth asses the violence in their lives and communities. The purpose of the checklist is to teach at risk youth that they are not alone in their experiences with violence.
“The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories From a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook”. Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz. In beautifully written, fascinating accounts of experiences working with emotionally stunted and traumatized children, child psychiatrist Perry educates readers about how early-life stress and violence affects the developing brain. He offers simple yet vivid illustrations of the stress response and the brain's mechanisms with facts and images that crystallize in the mind without being too detailed or confusing. He emphasizes that the brain of a traumatized child can be remolded with patterned, repetitive experiences in a safe environment. Most importantly, as such trauma involves the shattering of human connections, "lasting, caring connections to others" are irreplaceable in healing; medications and therapy alone cannot do the job.
Finding My Way: A Teen’s Gide to Living with a Parent Who Has Experienced Trauma. Michelle D. Sherman and DeAnne M. Sherman. This guide is an invaluable tool in the hands of those so often forgotten in dealing with trauma: the teenagers who are confused and frightened by what is happening. Part One of Finding My Way clearly explains PTSD and other common responses to trauma, reviews co-occurring problems (including addictive behavior), and describes numerous treatment options. Part Two gently encourages readers to address their own strong emotions including anger, fear, confusion, sadness, and shame. Readers are then guided through the process of learning valuable coping tools, identifying their social support network, and figuring out how to deal with their friends. Part Three includes frequently asked questions, a glossary, and an extensive resource list. This honest and respectfully written manual serves as a roadmap for teens who are trying to find their way.
Healing Invisible Wounds: Paths to Hope and Recovery in a Violent World. In these personal reflections on his thirty years of clinical work with victims of genocide, torture, and abuse in the United States, Cambodia, Bosnia, and other parts of the world, Richard Mollica describes the surprising capacity of traumatized people to heal themselves. Healing Invisible Wounds reveals how trauma survivors, through the telling of their stories, teach all of us how to deal with the tragic events of everyday life. Mollica's important discovery that humiliation--an instrument of violence that also leads to anger and despair--can be transformed through his therapeutic project into solace and redemption is a remarkable new contribution to survivors and clinicians.
The Way Home: A Therapist Looks at the Inner Lives of City Children. Lesley Koplow. Penguin Group USA, 1994. A gifted child therapist explores the impact of homelessness on her young clients, and helps them recover their inner lives buried by crisis, poverty, and despair. The Way Home explores these issues as it tells the riveting stories of Qimmy, a wide-eyed and pretty three-year-old, raised on a subway platform, and Opal, her non-verbal, homeless mother, on a mission to get her daughter admitted to a day-care center; Ronnie, a thirteen-year-old girl who has become phobic to attend school and is terrified of homeless women in the subway, until dream images connect her to early memories and family secrets, and ultimately allow her to overcome her fears; Angie, 'Mitri, Raquel, Kendra and Maimai, kindergartners who work to build "homes" within themselves that are strong enough to protect them from the violence in their daily lives, including crack-addicted mothers and abusive fathers.
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