Children and Disasters : a Practical Guide to Healing and Recovery:A Practical Guide to Healing and Recovery Missouri-Kansas City

Today, one in every three Americans will be affected by trauma, and the most vulnerable among these victims are children. Children and adolescents in our communities are exposed to disastrous and devastating events, including natural disasters, violence, accidents, and, most recently, terrorist attacks, that have a great impact on their emotional and physical well-being. Children in Disasters is a training manual and reference for those who provide psychological relief in the wake of disasters. The expert contributors offer guidance for helping children integrate their traumatic experiences, develop healthy coping skills, and restore a sense of safety. Machine Generated Contents Note: About The Editors And Contributors -- Introduction -- I Psychological Relief: An Overview- -- The Balkan Experience -- Joseph Capozzoli -- 2 Disaster Mental Health: -- Trauma Relief, Concepts, And Theory -- John D. Weaver -- 3 Understanding Children In Crisis: -- The Developmental Ecological Framework -- Wanda K. Mohr -- 4 Developmental Issues In Stress And Crisis -- Wendy N. Zubenko -- 5 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder And Reaction -- June A. Esser -- 6 The Role Of Play In The Recovery Process -- Carol M. Raynor -- 7 Group Interventions For Children In Crisis -- Gordana Kuterovac Jagodic, Ksenija Kontac, -- And Wendy N. Zubenko -- 8 Normalization: A Key To Children's Recovery -- Gordana Kuterovac Jagodic And Ksenija Kontac -- Index. Edited By Wendy N. Zubenko, Joseph Capozzoli. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Contents......Page 10 About the Editors and Contributors......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 1 Psychological Relief: An Overview— The Balkan Experience......Page 19 2 Disaster Mental Health: Trauma Relief, Concepts, and Theory......Page 47 3 Understanding Children in Crisis: The Developmental Ecological Framework......Page 85 4 Developmental Issues in Stress and Crisis......Page 98 5 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Reaction......Page 114 6 The Role of Play in the Recovery Process......Page 137 7 Group Interventions for Children in Crisis......Page 148 8 Normalization: A Key to Children’s Recovery......Page 172 A......Page 186 C......Page 187 D......Page 188 F......Page 189 I......Page 190 M......Page 191 P......Page 192 R......Page 193 S......Page 194 T......Page 195 Y......Page 196 Health-care practitioners offer colleagues practical and theoretical principles to consider when providing relief primarily for children but also for other victims of trauma and widespread disasters. Fundamentals of trauma relief, development, individual and group interventions, and normalization are among the topics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR INDIVIDUALS LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PREDICT, FORESEE, AND INfluence events.