Trauma in the Lives of Children: Crisis and Stress Management Techniques for Counselors, Teachers, and Other Professionals (2nd Edition)
All-New Edition of the Ground-Breaking Book on the Effects of Trauma on Children
Children are traumatized every day by personal life crises and events around them. Parental separation, violence or abuse in the home, the death of a loved one, seeing a shooting at school or on the news — all of these, if not properly handled, can affect a child’s development, health, school performance, family interactions and self-esteem. Trauma in the Lives of Children uses up-to-date research and practical examples to explain how children react to specific types of trauma. It shows what schools, therapists, EMTs and families can do — and must do — to help traumatized children regain a sense of security and hope.
An Interdisciplinary, Solution-Based Approach That Bridges the Gap between Clinic and School
This revised and expanded edition covers many changes in the field that have taken place in the last few years, including:
- the DSM-IV’s new category for posttraumatic stress
- “false memory syndrome” and the recent advances in psychoneurology
- widespread acceptance of EMDR as a post-trauma treatment modality
- new understanding of and approaches to professional self-care
- the nationwide movement toward School Crisis Response Teams
- the latest techniques of trauma prevention that can help schools and families prepare for crises
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Book details
- Author
- Kendall Johnson
- Imprint
- Hunter House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Psychology › Psychotherapy › Child & Adolescent
Self-Help › Self-Management › Stress Management
Education › Counseling › Crisis Management - Topics
- child trauma · childhood stress · crisis intervention · school counseling · trauma recovery · child development · mental health professionals · family crisis
- ISBN-13
- 9780897932325 (Paperback)9781630267223 (Hardcover)
About the author
KENDALL JOHNSON, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and master’s degrees in education and counseling, and maintains over two decades of practice as a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist and crisis management consultant. His recent books include After the Storm: Healing After Trauma, Tragedy and Terror, Classroom Crisis: The Teacher’s Guide and School Crisis Management.
Johnson serves as Adjunct Faculty at the California Specialized Training Institute (Office of Emergency Services) and as an Advisory Board member of the Psychological Trauma Center, Los Angeles.
When not writing, Johnson teaches art and literature to at-risk adolescents and consults with schools, emergency departments, and governmental agencies nationwide and abroad. This work directly informs his writing on trauma, crisis, and recovery.
Kendall lives in Claremont, California.