Main description:

Trauma-informed care is emerging as a critical component of pediatric best practices. With this new practical guide, pediatricians and other child health professionals will learn to identify, evaluate, and treat children and families affected by trauma and adversity when they present at the office.

In addition to instruction for acute, hands-on care, the cohesive approach offered in this guide also lays out a framework and concrete steps to transform practices into ones that are trauma-sensitive and can provide the best, most impactful care to all patients.

Childhood Trauma and Resilience: A Practical Guide includes mnemonics, charts, tables, and numerous case studies to reinforce learning, as well as timely information on physician burnout and secondary traumatic stress.

More than 20 reproducible handouts on topics such as attachment, cultural connections, and promoting resilience, will help pediatricians engage with parents on these important related topics and focus on the family factors that can help prevent and mitigate the effects of trauma.

Contents:

Introduction
Part I: Building the Resilient Child
1. Brain Development: Early Childhood Through Adolescence
2. Promoting Resilience
3. Attachment
4. Parenting
5. Cultural Connections
Part II: Effects of Adversity and Trauma
6. Pathophysiology of Trauma
7. How Trauma Can Manifest in Children and Teens
Part III: Responding to Trauma
8. Engagement
9. Patient Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
10. Surveillance and Screening
11. Pediatric Management
12. The Intersection of Trauma and Culture
13. Supporting the Caregiver
14. Integrated Care
15. The Role of Medication
Part IV: Supporting the Clinician and Pediatric Settings
16. Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress
17. Trauma-Informed Systems of Care

Conclusion

Appendixes: Selected Handouts by Topic
Appendix A. Promoting Resilience Handouts
Appendix B. Attachment Handouts
Appendix C. Parenting Handouts
Appendix D. Cultural Connections Handouts
Appendix E. Signs and Symptoms of Trauma Handouts
Appendix F. Engagement Handouts
Appendix G. Pediatric Management Handouts
Appendix H. Medication Handouts