Living Alongside a Child's Recovery: Therapeutic Parenting With Traumatized Children (Delivering Recovery)

Conventional parenting is not adequate to address the needs of children whose emotional development has been frozen, distorted or interrupted as a result of trauma. Therapeutic parenting is a psychodynamic model of parenting tailored for traumatized children, providing a safe, secure environment in which the traumatized child will have the best opportunity to recover. "Living Alongside a Child's Recovery" asserts that a good understanding of child development and attachment theory is essential to effective therapeutic parenting of a traumatized child, and the book details the roots of trauma as well as the impact this has on a child's ability to maintain normal family bonds, whether with birth parents, foster parents or with staff in a residential setting. It also explains the practicalities of carrying out effective therapeutic parenting, including how to design a therapeutic physical environment, the importance of routine and security, how to approach issues of hygiene and organizing mealtimes. The authors examine individual and group work settings, and also explore transitions; how to manage a child's move to a permanent placement while at the same time ensuring that their needs are prioritized. This book forms part of SACCS' integrated approach and is an ideal accompaniment to "The Child's Own Story: Life Story Work with Traumatized Children" by Richard Rose and Terry Philpot and "Reaching the Vulnerable Child: Therapy With Traumatized Children" by Janie Rymaszewska and Terry Philpot, both of which also feature in the "Delivering Recovery" series. Conventional parenting is not adequate to address the needs of children whose emotional development has been frozen, distorted or interrupted as a result of trauma. Therapeutic parenting is a psychodynamic model of parenting tailored for traumatized children, providing a safe, secure environment in which the traumatized child will have the best opportunity to recover.

Living Alongside a Child's Recovery asserts that a good understanding of child development and attachment theory is essential to effective therapeutic parenting of a traumatized child, and the book details the roots of trauma as well as the impact this has on a child's ability to maintain normal family bonds, whether with birth parents, foster parents or with staff in a residential setting. It also explains the practicalities of carrying out effective therapeutic parenting, including how to design a therapeutic physical environment, the importance of routine and security, how to approach issues of hygiene and organizing mealtimes. The authors examine individual and group work settings, and also explore transitions; how to manage a child's move to a permanent placement while at the same time ensuring that their needs are prioritized.

This book forms part of SACCS' integrated approach and is an ideal accompaniment to The Child's Own Story: Life Story Work with Traumatized Children by Richard Rose and Terry Philpot and Reaching the Vulnerahle Child: Therapy with Traumatized Children by Janie Rymaszewska and Terry Philpot, both of which also feature in the Delivering Recovery series.

COVER......Page 1 Title Page......Page 5 Contents......Page 9 FOREWORD......Page 11 Introduction......Page 13 1. A Deep Wound Abuse and its Effects on Traumatized Children......Page 15 2. Mind, Body and Soul Attachment, the Brain, Trauma and Abuse......Page 23 3. Another Kind of Parent What is Therapeutic Parenting?......Page 34 4. The Adult’s World Consultancy and Supervision......Page 48 5. A Place for Us Creating a Therapeutic Environment......Page 55 6. The New Arrival The Process of Admission......Page 80 7. Food for Thought......Page 88 8. Someone to be There The Role of the Key Carer......Page 96 9. A Chance to Grow Meeting a Child’s Developmental Needs......Page 102 10. The Means to Recovery......Page 113 11. A New Beginning......Page 124 NOTES......Page 133 REFERENCES......Page 134 THE STORY OF SACCS......Page 138 THE AUTHORS......Page 142 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 143 AUTHOR INDEX......Page 146 Back cover......Page 147 A deep wound : abuse and its effects on traumatized children -- Mind, body, and soul : attachment, the brain, trauma, and abuse -- Another kind of parent : what is therapeutic training? -- The adult's world : consultancy and supervision -- A place for us : creating a therapeutic environment -- The new arrival : the process of admission -- Food for thought -- Someone to be there : the role of the key carer -- A chance to grow : meeting a child's developmental needs -- The means to recovery -- A new beginning This book asserts that a good understanding of child development and attachment theory is essential to effective therapeutic parenting of a traumatized child, it details the roots of trauma as well as the impact this has on a child's ability to maintain normal family bonds, whether with birth or foster parents, or staff in a residential setting. Talks about the use of therapeutic parenting to help with the recovery of traumatized children. This book focuses on the effects of attachment, the benefits of residential care, and what is needed to make therapeutic parenting work for children. It provides information on nurturing, primary care and offering structured environment for children