The handbook of therapeutic care for children : evidence-informed approaches to working with traumatized children and adolescents in foster, kinship and adoptive care

This Innovative Book Brings Together A Wide Range Of Therapeutic Approaches, Techniques And Models To Outline Recent Developments In The Practice Of Supporting Children In Out-of-home Care. It Sheds Light On The Significance Of Schools, Sports And Peer Relationships In The Lives Of Traumatized Children. It Also Draws Particular Attention To The Vital Importance Of Taking Into Account Children's Cultural Heritage, And To The Growing Prevalence Of Relative Care. Each Chapter Is Set Out By Acclaimed And World-renowned Contributors' Specific Approach, Such As Dan Hughes And His Work On Conceptual Maps And Cathy Malchiodi And Her Research On Creative Interventions, And Gives Practical Ways To Support Children And Carers. It Also Includes Contributions From Bruce Perry, Allan Schore And Martin Teischer. This Comprehensive Volume Will Open New Avenues For Understanding How The Relationship Between Child And Carer Can Create Opportunities For Change And Healing. The Handbook of THERAPEUTIC CARE for CHILDREN Contents Foreword Acknowledgements 1 - The Need for a New Paradigm in the Care and Support of Children in Foster, Kinship and Adoptive Care 2 - What are the Key Elements of Therapeutic Care? 3 - Understanding the Needs of Vulnerable Children: The Importance of Type and Timing of Maltreatment on Brain Development and Risks Practice reflection 4 - The Fundamental Role of the Mother in the Interpersonal Neurobiological Origins of Mutual Love Practice reflection 5 - ‘Support and Love and All That Stuff’: Evidence of Impact in the Treatment and Care for Kids Program Practice reflection 6 - The Neurosequential Model: A Developmentally Sensitive, Neuroscience-Informed Approach to Clinical Problem-Solving Practice reflection 7 - Dabakan Kooyliny – Go Slowly, Walk Slowly, Walk Together: Culturally Strong Therapeutic Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children, Families and Communities Practice reflection 8 - Children in Kinship Care: Promoting Their Mental Health and Well-Being Practice reflection 9 - Therapeutic Care Teams: Horizontal Teams in the Vertical World of Out-of-Home Care Practice reflection 10 - Defining the Conceptual Maps That Resource the Day-to-Day Interactions between Carers and Children to Become More Therapeutic Practice reflection 11 - Resetting the Fabric of Love: Real-Life Applications That Promote Emotional Connection in the Day-to-Day Experience of Looked-After and Adopted Children and Their Parents Practice reflection 12 - Expressive Arts Therapy as Self-Regulatory and Relational Interventions with Children and Caregivers Practice reflection 13 - Therapeutic Care as it Evolves Author Biographies Subject Index Author Index Blank Page Bringing together a wide range of therapeutic approaches and models, this book examines recent developments in supporting children in out of home care. Covering topics such as cultural heritage, relative care and the importance of schools and peer relationships, it sheds new light on how to create opportunities for healing in traumatized children.