Description: Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster, Paperback by Shaw, Jon A., Espinel, Zelde, Shultz, James M., ., ISBN 1585624268, ISBN-13 9781585624263, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster addresses the effects of disaster on children and their families, and explores the various resources that mental health practitioners and others who routinely interact with children, such as teachers, first responders, health care professionals, child care providers, child welfare professionals, and faith-based community members, can use to help them in their hour of three co-authors have had extensive, and intensive, experience working with disaster victims and preparing both professionals and laypeople to intervene effectively in extreme events. Those on the front lines will find ths practical and insightful observations, techniques, and strategies indispensible. Specifically, th • Explains not only how to provide basic support services and brief interventions but how to recognize children in distress, to actively support positive coping skills, to monitor childrens well-being in the aftermath of disaster and to identify those who need more intensive evaluation and intervention.• Encompasses a broad range of disasters, from the "natural" (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and hurricanes) to the human generated (such as wars, civil strife, ethnic conflict, and acts of terrorism).• Provides a timeline of psychological responses to disaster, with its impact phase and cascade of secondary adversities in the aftermath of disaster, which establishes helpful benchmarks to those providing support.• Includes numerous tables and figures that convey complex information in an intuitive, easy-to-understand way. Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster emphasizes the critical importance of effective therapeutic intervention—which restores function, enhances recovery, and creates a safe and secure environment—and explains how to mobilize family and social supports to achieve that goal.
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Book Title: Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster
Number of Pages: 243 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Children's Studies, General, Psychiatry / Child & Adolescent, Psychiatry / General
Publication Year: 2012
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: James M. Shultz, Jon A. Shaw, Zelde Espinel
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
