Helping Children Cope with Trauma Individual, family and community perspectives

Introduction. Part One: Individual. Pratchett and Yehuda,: Developmental Trauma from a Biophysical Perspective. Greene, Grasso and Ford, Emotion Regulation in the Wake of Complex Childhood Trauma. Pat-Horenczyk, Yeh, Cohen and Schramm, The Impact of Exposure to Violence on Aggression in Children and Adolescents: What can be learned from the trauma and resilience perspective. Baum, Silverman and Ginat, Childhood Bereavement and Traumatic Loss. Part Two: Family. Vogel and Pfefferbaum, Family Resilience after Disasters and Terrorism. Cohen, "Playing with Fire": Promoting play and playfulness in toddlers and families exposed to recurrent rocket fire. Harel and Kaminer, The Haifa Dyadic Therapy: a mentalization-based treatment for war-traumatized children. Sternin and Weiss, Home Visiting: Benefits and challenges of working with traumatized young children in the home using the Child-Parent Psychotherapy Model. Van Ee, Mooren and Kleber, Broken Mirrors: Shattered relationships within refugee families. Part Three: Community. Laor, Wolmer, Spirman, Hamiel and Wiener, Child-oriented Perspective on Community Resilience. Slone and Shoshani, The Centrality of the School in the Community During War and Conflict. Tol, Haroz, Hock, Kane and Jordans, Ecological Perspectives on Trauma and Resilience in Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Bridging evidence and practice. Dawson and Bryant, Developing a Theoretical Model of Children's Responses to Disaster and Conflict in the Context of Islam. Dekel and Nuttman-Schwartz, Being a Parent and a Helping Professional in the Ongoing Shared Traumatic Reality in Southern Israel. Concluding Comments. Brom, Thoughts about Survival Mode Theory of Post-traumatic Reactions. Index.