Explores issues of implementation and sustainability of screening and assessment in an already over-burdened child welfare system.
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Discusses how mental health professionals can work with child protective services workers to provide trauma-informed care to infants and toddlers who come to their attention because of abuse or neglect.
Addresses the important role visitation plays for young foster children and their caregivers.
Shares how the Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit: 2nd Edition has been implemented in three different states by non-profit organizations, in partnership with their child welfare jurisdictions.
Discusses the impact of trauma and the experience of young children in the child welfare system and the signs, symptoms, and consequences of trauma in infants, young children, and their caregivers.
Addresses providing or referring infants, young children, and their caregivers for trauma-sensitive therapeutic interventions, including Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) and Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC).
Discusses the unique characteristics of young children in foster care as they recover from abuse and neglect.
Discusses overcoming barriers, including the range of clinical experience and training among those administering trauma screening.
Addresses attachment and its implications for young traumatized children in the child welfare system and discusses the nature of typically developing attachment relationships, as well as the impact of trauma and maltreatment on such relationships.
Describes, compares, and contrasts three specific trauma screening and assessment instruments that have been used extensively within child welfare settings.