Trauma-Informed Assessment With Children and Adolescents: Strategies to Support Clinicians

Trauma-Informed Assessment With Children and Adolescents is a strong choice for therapists and clinicians, children and families who want practical, reliable insight into trauma.

This book serves as a practical guide for clinicians and other professionals working with children and adolescents exposed to trauma, offering an overview and rationale for a comprehensive approach to trauma-informed assessment, including key domains and techniques. Building on more than 2 decades of work in collaboration with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the authors provide strategies for conducting an effective trauma-informed assessment that can be used in practice to support the treatment planning and intervention process, family engagement and education, and collaboration and advocacy with other providers.

• Key themes include trauma, stress, psychology.
• Written for therapists and clinicians, children and families.
• Supports deeper learning in child psychology with practical, readable insight.

Ideal for therapists and clinicians, children and families, teens and young adults looking for a thoughtful resource on child psychology. Available from Psychology Reads, this title fits both focused study and everyday personal growth.