Trauma

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Here are some resources relating to trauma and anxiety in children and adolescents.

Please feel free to add additional resources on working with children with trauma to this page

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AUSTRALIAN CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION
The above heading has a link to the Australian Childhood Foundation website and the document below is available for download there too.



Julian Ford presentation at the Trauma Across the Lifespan conference in 2011

Paris Goodyear-Brown presentation at the Trauma Across the Lifespan conference in 2011

Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents - article Really easy to read article that explains Complex Trauma and Developmental Trauma Disorder which Julian Ford proposed for inclusion in the DSM.

Stress Response System - Diagram
I use this diagram to explain the stress response system that gets activated during traumatic experiences. A good book to read is Dr. Bruce Perry's "A Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" that discusses these themes in very user-friendly ways.



THE TRAUMA CENTRE
This is a link to[| the Trauma Centre]based in the United States that has resources on PTSD, trauma, and links to other relevant websites.

Dr. Steele founded the National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children™ (TLC) in 1990 long before children were included in the diagnostic category of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He began developing and researching trauma specific interventions in 1990 beginning with a one-session trauma specific intervention. Today his model Structured Sensory Interventions for Traumatized Children, Adolescents and Parents (SITCAP™) is used in thousands of schools and agencies across the country and undergoes continuous field testing and rigorous evidence-based research. Outcomes have consistently demonstrated remarkable, statistically significant reductions of trauma and associated mental health symptoms. Here is his article TLC Lessons Learned Since 1990

This article has some broad principles schools can use to assist them in becoming trauma informed



"THE MIND OF A CHILD"
A 10min preview of documentary film re the origins of Professor Feuerstein's theory/ it's connections with treatment of WW2 Holocaust survivors & their re-integration into post-war society.

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